Andrew is the operations and technical whizz-kid at Live Alchemy, a cutting edge e-commerce development company that specializes in aiding businesses make the transition towards transacting online. Live Alchemy’s flagship project is Yuppiechef, an award-winning online premium kitchen tools store.

His presentation was entitled ‘eCommerce is not about Technology’.

Raw video footage kindly sponsored and provided by Wordsource.

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Making business sense of the internet

Van Rensburg is a founding member of Fundamo. Prior to the formation of Fundamo, he was the CIO of the Sanlam Group, a past board member of a number of IT-related companies, and has also performed the role of IT consultant to many major South African corporations.

His presentation is entitled: ‘Opportunities for entrepreneurs looking to the mobile web’.

Raw video footage kindly sponsored and provided by Wordsource.

Presentation Slides:

Net Prophet podcasts

Making business sense of the internet

Mike Stopforth is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker who helps companies extract value from Web 2.0* trends and technologies to create smarter, more profitable businesses.

He heads up Cerebra, South Africa’s leading social media company (the sister company of Brandsh Media), which enjoys relationships with local and global brands.

His presentation is entitled: ‘Harnessing the social Web’.

Raw video footage kindly sponsored and provided by Wordsource.

Presentation Slides:

Net Prophet podcasts

Making business sense of the internet

Henk is a computer scientist and Internet junkie turned social entrepreneur. He founded Skyrove, which enables anyone to set up a WiFi Hotspot and earn an income by sharing their internet access with their neighbours. Through its community, Skyrove is today Africa’s largest and fastest-growing WiFi hotspot network!

His Presentation is entitled: ‘Lifting the Venture Capital Skirt’.

Raw video footage kindly sponsored and provided by Wordsource.

Presentation Slides:

Net Prophet podcasts

Making business sense of the internet

Herman is founder and CEO of mobile IM giant MXit – a free instant messaging service with a community of 11+ million registered users and growth rate of between 15,000 and 20,000 per day globally.

His presentation is entitled ‘Mxit, The Past Present and Future’.

Raw video footage kindly sponsored and provided by Wordsource.

Presentation Slides:

Net Prophet podcasts

Making business sense of the internet