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Investing in EMERGING MARKETSYossi HassonManaging Director,
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First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
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First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
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First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
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First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
#GEC2017 | GEC.CO
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
#GEC2017 | GEC.CO
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
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#GEC2017 | GEC.CO
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
(again)
#GEC2017 | GEC.CO
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
(again)
#GEC2017 | GEC.CO
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Yossi Hasson and I am
a Managing Director with Techstars. I manage the Africa FinTech
accelerator. What this means is that I choose the companies that
enter the accelerator and once accepted act as a connector, chief
supporter, mentor and the person that helps to make sure you are
always seizing the amazing opportunities made available to you. My
background is as a successful entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of
start-ups.
I started my third business by the age 21, a company called
SYNAQ. Together we my co-founder, we scaled that business to over
40 employees, 5,000 clients and 1 million users per month.
Thereafter, I successfully managed to exit that business to one of
Africas largest IT distribution and cloud service providers,
Dimension Data.
I tell you that to let you know that as the person that will be
working closest with you, I have walked in your shoes. Felt both
the highs and lows of starting, scaling and exiting your business.
It is why I feel privileged to be able to talk to you and
potentially work with you on this incredible program.
This is about plugging your start-up into two giant global
networks
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At Techstars, we believe you can build a great company anywhere
in the world so long as you can access the right networks and
partnerships. As the name of the Barclays Techstars Accelerator
connotes, this program is about plugging your company into two
giant global networks the first being Barclays, one of the worlds
largest banks, and Techstars, the worlds leading global
accelerator.
Four Accelerator Programs, Across Four Continents
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Barclays and Techstars have a formed a partnership to create a
network of 4 FinTech accelerator programs across 4 continents. We
began in London three years ago and now have programs in Cape Town,
New York, and Tel Aviv. So, if you get into the Africa program, you
can consider yourself connected to the investor and mentor bases of
all our locations.
WHAT IS TECHSTARS?
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So lets talk about the two networks coming together in this
program. The first is Techstars. What is Techstarswell, quite
simply
Techstars is the best global ecosystem for entrepreneurs to
bring new technologies to market.
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Techstars is the best global ecosystem for entrepreneurs to
bring new technologies to market.
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