1. What is this?
1.1. it is a list of all the resources I mention during my Koi Workshops and Masterclasses for entrepreneurs...
2. Want to attend a free Workshop or Masterclass?
2.1. my Idea Workshop Bootcamp helps entrepreneurs to discover and develop a great idea for a better world
2.2. it is run regularly across South Africa by organisations like Microsoft, the Innovation Hub, mLab, the Bandwidth Barn and Stellenbosch University
2.3. I also run run regular afternoon Masterclasses in both Cape Town and Gauteng, followed by "Coffee with Neil" sessions where you can discuss your ideas with me and the others
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3. Note on books...
3.1. Many of the books recommended can be purchased as Kindle ebooks (at half the price!), and read on your PC with the "Kindle for PC program" (there are also Kindle apps for iPhones, iPads and Android)
3.1.1. download Kindle for PC
3.2. Hard-to-find books can be also be sourced thru AbeBooks.com
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5. DAY ONE
6. A Better World... (The Three Worlds)
6.1. Book
6.1.1. Jeff van Duzer, Why Business Matters to God (excellent outline of what a business should be)
6.1.2. my sermon on this topic
7. Ideas
7.1. Book
7.1.1. Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point (invaluable for understanding how we REALLY make decisions)
7.1.2. Summary of The Tipping Point - available as a Kindle download
7.2. Article (PDF)
7.2.1. Hugh MacLeod, How to be Creative
7.2.1.1. brilliant!
8. Technology
8.1. Open IP
8.1.1. The Global Innovation Commons
8.2. CSIR
8.2.1. has plenty of great technology waiting to be commercialised
8.2.2. (talk to me if you're interested; I work with them to commercialise their IP)
8.3. NASA Startup programme
8.3.1. over 12,000 patents can be licensed from NASA
8.3.1.1. only available to companies in the USA...
9. Non-Profits
9.1. Philanthropy University online courses
10. Incubation
10.1. LaunchLab in Stellenbosch
10.2. Bandwidth Barn in Cape Town
10.3. Innovation Hub in Pretoria
10.4. extensive vendor support is also available for new ventures through Microsoft's BizSpark programme
10.5. also
10.5.1. The Sable Accelerator (in Silicon Valley, for SA companies)
10.5.1.1. article
11. Spaces
11.1. South Africa
11.1.1. National Planning Commission
11.1.1.1. 9 Challenges facing South Africa (YouTube)
11.1.1.2. Planning for Thandi's Future (YouTube)
11.1.1.3. full Diagnostic Report (PDF)
11.2. Transport & Telematics
11.2.1. AutoTech's $150m for transport startups
11.3. Internet of Things
11.3.1. AutoDesk's Forge platform for IoT apps
11.4. Base of the Pyramid
11.4.1. books
11.4.1.1. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
11.4.1.2. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
11.4.1.3. Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu
11.4.1.3.1. mixed reviews; haven't read it yet
11.5. Cities
11.5.1. South African Cities Network
11.5.2. Future Cape Town, London, Joburg, Lagos
12. Research
12.1. Feedly RSS reader
12.2. Evernote
12.3. XMind mind mapping program
12.4. MindMeister online mind mapping program
13. Right Fit to You?
13.1. Book
13.1.1. Po Bronson, "What Should I Do With My Life"
13.1.1.1. summary article
13.1.2. Daniel Coyle, The Talent Code
13.1.2.1. a good guide to the "10,000 hours" !
14. DAY TWO
15. Marketing
15.1. Book
15.1.1. Guy Kawasaki, Selling the Dream (and see his other excellent books)
15.1.2. Geoffrey Moore, Crossing the Chasm (and see his other excellent books)
15.2. Sales
15.2.1. Sales management
15.2.1.1. Miller Heiman, "Large Account Management Process (LAMP)" (and see their other excellent books on selling)
15.2.2. Proposals
15.2.2.1. there are some great tools out there for preparing proposals; this article covers some of the best ones
15.2.2.2. Nusii has a great free proposal cheatsheet
16. Developing
16.1. UI Design
16.1.1. lots of great articles at Smashing Magazine
16.1.2. "Step-by-Step UI Design" - great eBook for $6
16.1.3. "Before & After: How to Design Cool Stuff"
16.1.3.1. superb book on design in general
16.2. UI tools
16.2.1. ForeUI
16.2.2. Balsamiq
16.2.3. DesignerVista
16.2.4. Proto.io
16.2.5. Prototypes
16.2.5.1. just for iPhone apps; runs on Mac
16.2.6. Flint
16.2.6.1. brilliant for Mac and iOS protyping
16.2.7. more
16.2.7.1. Article on 25 UI tools
16.3. Stacks
16.3.1. StackShare
16.4. Mobile development
16.4.1. using WeChat
16.4.1.1. Good introduction to WeChat's possibilities
16.4.1.2. Naspers' R50m WeChat fund for mobile startups
16.4.2. the M Lab
16.4.2.1. (part of The Innovation Hub, see below under Incubation)
16.4.3. The Smashing Magazine "Mobile Book"
16.5. Vendor support
16.5.1. extensive vendor support is available for new ventures through Microsoft's BizSpark programme
16.6. Platforms
16.6.1. Ning
16.6.1.1. for social networks, forums
16.6.2. Evernote
16.6.2.1. for document systems
16.6.2.1.1. Online course on the API from CodeAcademy
16.6.2.2. eg Postach.io
16.6.3. Dropbox API
16.6.3.1. for sync'ing desktop and mobile apps
16.6.3.1.1. eg. YNAB
16.6.4. OneAPI
16.6.4.1. emerging standard for single sign-on across mobile operators for mobile apps
16.6.5. Keen IO
16.6.5.1. great backend for accumulating, analysing, reporting on events
16.6.6. Analytics
16.6.6.1. Flurry (free)
16.6.6.2. Mixpanel (very powerful)
16.6.7. Twilio
16.6.7.1. for voice and text functionality
16.6.8. Salesforce.com
16.6.8.1. for enterprise-facing applications
16.6.8.2. see local Salesforce.com company Agilitude
16.6.9. Bing
16.6.9.1. for
16.6.9.1.1. "Bringing the World’s Knowledge to Your Apps" - think access to the massive amounts of knowledge stored in Bing
16.6.9.1.2. "Natural and Intuitive User Experiences" - access to OCR, translation and voice control (a' la Apple's Siri)
16.6.9.1.3. "Awareness of the Physical World" - access to Bing's mapping, directions and immersive geospatial experiences (see for eg their Photosynth work, that merges hundreds of public domain photos into 360% panoramas)
16.6.10. Prss
16.6.10.1. iPad publishing
16.6.11. (Autos)
16.6.12. (Watches)
16.6.13. (AR)
16.6.14. Messaging & chat for mobile apps
16.6.14.1. SendBird
17. Monetisation & Value Chains
17.1. Profit migration on value chains
17.1.1. Books
17.1.1.1. Slywotzky, Profit Migration
17.1.1.2. Slywotzky & Morrison, The Profit Zone
17.1.1.3. Slywotzky et al, Profit Patterns
17.2. Wardley Value Chains
17.2.1. intro
17.2.2. Simon Wardley's blog
17.3. pricing
17.3.1. Books
17.3.1.1. Lean Pricing
18. Managing
18.1. book
18.1.1. Kawasaki; Rules For Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services
18.2. slide deck
18.2.1. Startup Culture: 23 Insights From The NetFlix Culture Deck
19. New node
20. Teams
20.1. how to divide equity
20.1.1. use vesting equity for new people
20.1.2. useful book
20.1.2.1. Slicing Pie: Fund Your Company Without Funds
20.1.2.2. The Slicing Pie Handbook: Perfectly Fair Equity Splits for Bootstrapped Startups
20.1.3. useful infographic
20.1.3.1. .
20.2. expert Barn mentor on partnerships
20.2.1. Mignon Keyser
20.3. slide deck
20.3.1. Startup Culture: 23 Insights From The NetFlix Culture Deck
20.4. New node
21. Funding
21.1. Government funding
21.1.1. SPII Grants
21.2. DTI and and DST funding
21.3. also
21.3.1. The Sable Accelerator (in Silicon Valley, for SA companies)
21.3.1.1. article
22. Scaling
22.1. Deliveries
22.1.1. OnTheDot
22.2. Online backups
22.2.1. CrashPlan
22.3. CRM's
22.3.1. Highrise
22.3.1.1. simple, solid, reliable
22.3.1.1.1. See here for highlights (tips)
23. pan-Africa
23.1. which countries?
23.1.1. A New Map for Business in Africa
24. Protection (from the Shark!)
24.1. LOTNetwork
24.1.1. a nonprofit community of companies that includes global giants like Canon, Red Hat, Dropbox and Logitech as well as startups. Member companies agree to provide immunity for one another in case their patents at some point fall into the hands of a troll — providing a real deterrent to frivolous lawsuits
24.2. Unified Patents
24.2.1. offers products and services on the defensive front
25. Coworking spaces
25.1. Cape Town
25.1.1. "Cape Town Office"
25.1.2. Platform9
25.1.3. Daddy.O
25.1.4. review of cowering spaces in CT
25.2. Johannesburg
25.2.1. "5 Creative Co-Working Spaces in Johannesburg"
25.3. South Africa
25.3.1. CoworkingSA
26. DAY THREE
27. Storytelling
27.1. Books
27.1.1. Annette Simmons, The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion through the Art of Storytelling
27.1.2. Stephen Denning, The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations
27.1.3. drawing while presenting
27.1.3.1. The Back of the Napkin, by Dan Roam (and other books by him)
27.2. Podcast
27.2.1. "Sell It With A Story", by Doug Stevenson
27.2.1.1. (see his book, too)
27.3. Newsletter
27.3.1. "Likeable Expert" - an excellent guide to writing short stories for newsletters
27.3.2. (also see his son's newsletter on Copywriting...)
27.4. Comics
27.4.1. Comic Life software for Windows/Mac
28. Branding
28.1. start here
28.1.1. read my KoiTip "Don't Be Shoemaker's Children"
28.2. Logos
28.2.1. "If You Love Your Brand, Set It Free": excellent article on the new way of thinking about branding
28.3. Domain names
28.3.1. Checking
28.3.1.1. InstantDomainSearch for .com/org/net
28.3.1.2. IWantMyName - best guide to new TLDs
28.3.1.3. SA Whois for .co.za's
28.3.1.4. DomainTools for others (or more information)
28.3.1.5. DomainScout - great iPhone app for this
28.3.1.6. Sedo - for buying/selling domains (research pricing...)
28.3.1.7. Escrow.com - use for escrow when buying a domain
28.3.2. Registering
28.3.2.1. RegisterDomain for .za domains
28.3.2.2. IWantMyName for new TLD's
28.3.2.3. GoDaddy for all others
28.3.2.3.1. also do .co.za's now
28.4. Websites
28.4.1. Booklet
28.4.1.1. Seth Godin, Knock Knock (free PDF) - read this BEFORE you plan your site!
28.4.2. Vigo - stunning websites, from SA company (that I mentor!)
28.4.3. Weebly - great tool for doing your own site
28.4.4. Squarespace - like Weebly but
28.4.4.1. 1. way more more beautiful
28.4.4.2. 2. more expensive: $8 pm for 20 pages, $16 pm for unlimited pages
28.4.4.3. 3. steeper learning curve
28.5. Images
28.5.1. CanStockPhoto
28.5.2. iStockPhoto
28.5.2.1. tip: add "isolated" to search, to find images on white background
28.5.2.2. has become very expensive...
28.5.3. YAY Micro
28.5.4. Stock.XCHNG (free images)
28.5.5. many others...
28.6. Email newsletters
28.6.1. MailChimp (free up to 2,000 subscribers & 12,000 emails pm)
28.6.1.1. or get started very easily & quickly with MailChimp's TinyLetter service for free
28.6.2. or if you're severely tech challenged, Mad Mimi (free for up to 100 subscribers)
28.6.3. new changes to ECT ACT 2002
28.6.3.1. no more OPT-OUT !
28.6.3.1.1. fines of R1m !!!
28.7. Pitching
28.7.1. Book
28.7.1.1. Don Peppers, "Life's a Pitch"
29. Design
29.1. great graphics tool
29.1.1. Canva
30. MORE
30.1. great online tool for drawing up your business plan
30.1.1. LivePlan
30.1.2. see also their hundreds of superb free sample business plans
31. Can't Find It ?
31.1. can't find a resource I mentioned during the workshop? or found a broken link?
31.2. drop me an email!!!
31.2.1. neil@koistrategy.com
32. Good Reading
32.1. Startup Digest
32.1.1. "free weekly email to help you learn more in the tech startup world"
32.2. Silicon Cape Digest
32.2.1. sign up on the site to get their weekly Digest of useful articles for entrepreneurs
32.3. Mixergy
32.3.1. fascinating indepth interviews with successful entrepreneurs (audio & transcript)