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Desafio técnico em Visão Computacional + FashionTech

Preciso de um Sócio, estou estruturando uma startup para resolver o problema no e-commerce

Preciso de um CTO (Chief Technology Officer) que entenda de Visão Computacional e IA.

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De preferência Rio de Janeiro

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Co-Founder Matchmaking in Lagos

Thank YOU everyone for making the very first co-founder matchmaking event by Founder2be in Africa a big success! A big thanks goes to all our dear speakers, everyone who attended to listen, share their experiences, ideas and skills, and, of course, Chinedu and Emeka, our ambassadors in Lagos.

With the official kick off at 4pm on the 11th of August 2013 the venue was packed with over 50 co-founder candidates eager to find their match. Zanzi Bar & Grill, a lounge and bar offering a laid back atmosphere on a cool Sunday evening in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria provided the perfect background for the event (see the pictures). To guide everyone and set off the mood, the event started with short 10 min talks by select invited guest speakers coming from various backgrounds ranging from legal to information technology-but all biased to business creation.:

George Akomas jr, who among other things is a strategist, trainer, and entrepreneur biased to start-ups. He spoke on ‘Conceive. Connect. Create: Ideas2Business’.

Bob Anikpo, a high-flying professional, who enjoys offering strategic management and leadership talks to young aspiring entrepreneurs. He works with Chevron, and has a lot of experience managing large teams on major capital projects. In his talk, he shared case studies of people locally who took advantage of changes in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry to start up innovative companies.

Anthony Onyeoghene, a legal practitioner and investment banker who consults and advices start ups. His talk was titled ‘Before You Press Play: Legal Considerations’.

Dika Oha who is a serial IT entrepreneur. He helped start DealDey, a popular local deal site and acted as the VP Tech & Product Strategy for a while. He recently founded EOS (E-Commerce Outsource Service) Ltd, a company offering e-commerce services to retailers. He spoke from his vast experience on ‘Finding Your Co-founder’.

There were loads of questions! The talks got everyone buzzing and led into the networking games which were so much fun! The attendees were broken off into small groups for discussion and were reshuffled after 30minutes. A lot of them didn't want to change groups - they were bonding already!

The event was planned to end officially by 7:00 pm but carried on much later mostly because people didn't want to leave and everyone was so caught up in the networking, having a great time. As usual at our events around the globe, the #1 question as the evening drew to a close: When will the next event in Lagos take place? The answer is: soon!

Make sure you're among the first to get an invitation for the next event by joining our co-founder finding community online. Tickets for this event were all gone two weeks in advance.

Want to bring a Founder2be event to your startup community? Host an event on your continent and become an ambassador for entrepreneurship.

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Startup Weekend Las Vegas

What's better than losing a ton of money? Building a start-up!

And what better way to learn how to build a start-up than attending Startup Weekend? Getting a free ticket to the hottest gig in town this weekend: Startup Weekend Las Vegas! You heard right: Thanks to our good friends at Startup Weekend, Founder2be is giving away a free ticket to Startup Weekend Las Vegas. And all you have to do is send us an email saying you want to go. So, hurry up. First come, first serve.

If you're lucky, you could go for free to this amazing event tomorrow, Friday, Jan 6th at 6pm.

Enjoy! PS Be the first to know about start-up news, co-founders and other opportunities and subscribe to our newsletter.

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Find a co-founder at Founder2be - Start up, founders, co-founders, business idea, startup business

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Ziliot finds co-founder on Founder2be

This is the stuff dreams are made of. You quit your job and set out to do something, which many people tell you it can’t be done. You start slaving away night and day, weekends, and pour every free minute into proving that it can be done indeed. And then, less than two months after launch, it happens: The first call with someone proclaiming excitedly: “Thank you! We met our co-founder on Founder2be and now we are starting up with our startup.”

And that is exactly what happened last week. Aniekan had an idea for a B2B network bringing together government agencies, chambers of commerce and businesses: Ziliot. Together with Tuan they had been pondering about it for a while. In need for extra firepower on the development side, they were looking for an experienced co-founder to fill the CTO role.

So Aniekan registered at Founder2be. Browsing some profiles, he decided to contact Juha who has just the skills he was looking for. After sending a message around midnight, Juha responded 20 min later: “Let’s meet tomorrow.” And so they did.

This is how startups get started: You have an idea, you put together a team, and you start doing. It’s as simple as that. Anyone can take the first step. Nobody knows everything, and everyone knows something. With the right team, you can make it happen, too. And with Founder2be, the step of putting together a team has never been easier. What’s next for Ziliot? Now the real fun starts: Working hard on getting the product ready for launch, spreading the message, and finding customers. As for any startup, the path to success is long and rocky. In order to maximize the chances for success, the team at Ziliot is seeking advise and support by applying to the Protomo incubator in Jyväskylä.

We wish you success and hope you will surpass your own expectations. You are an example to all of us!

Who is next?

If you have an idea and you are looking to turn it into reality rather than just keep on thinking about it, find yourself a co-founder and get started.

And if you don't have an idea yourself, but you have skills and some time, make sure whoever has the idea for the next Twitter knows that you want in.

Or as Fred Wilson said: "If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup."

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