Electric Thoughts in a Digital Era

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  • The select eCommerce crowd

    I have a confession to make. After I started my current job, I started to look for the important people in eCommerce to follow. You know the type, the individuals who play an important role in shaping the market/ environment thorough their expertise. When they speak at conferences or are featured in magazine articles the information become gospel. If they speak then the market listens. I have looked high and low and have found nothing, nada that is helpful. So I decided to make a list.

    The people I respect due to their work and thoughts are the following (in the coming weeks, each one will get a post with further explanation as to why they are here)

    • Jeff Bezos – Founder, president, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and chairman of the board of Amazon.com.
    • Sam Walton –  Founder  Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club
    • Jack Abraham – Director of Local @ eBay & Founder of Milo.com.
    • Romero Rodrigues – Founder and president of BuscaPé
    • Tara Hunt – CEO, Buyosphere
    • Tony Hsieh – CEO, Zappos.com
    • Jack Ma – CEO, Alibaba

    This list is not in any rank or order as that would complicate the matter even further..

    Update: I forgot to add Jack Ma from Alibaba to the list

  • Changes on my blog

    I have decided that it is time for change. I have been sitting on the fence too long and talk a lot but don’t execute in terms of writing.

    So I have changed to a new theme and switched off all comments as I feel it detracts from the point of this blog. If you feel the need to comment on a piece of writing that I have done, please contact me  and I will post it.

    Secondly, as this is new, I suspect there will be some bugs and failures please bare with me as I resolve them over the coming days. I am going to post more (I know I have been saying this for a while) and the content will be in various lengths. Some will be short ala John Gruber and some will be long and in depth.

    A hat tip to Ben Brooks of The Brooks Review for pointing me in the right direction about the changes.

     

  • Great Resources For Learning About Startups & Technology

    The last few weeks I have found some really nice sources for information on technology in South Africa and startups. Startups are an interest of mine and on the Bloomberg channel (channel 411) on DStv there is a show dedicated to it. The show is hosted by Cris Valerio and she travels all over the world to report on start-ups and challenges they face. I have noticed that on her show, her guests are more willing to communicate on certain issues than on blogs. Venture is shown on Saturdays and Sundays in South Africa.

    Bloomberg describes “Venture gives viewers an inside look at what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. The weekly half-hour program, hosted by Cris Valerio, will feature interviews with entrepreneurs and small business owners, focusing on issues and policy that impacts the way Main Street does business.”

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