#tech start up

Everyone is talking about the new DTV, but if you are a high-level tech professional, startup founder, or investor, the SMART Visa is Thailand’s best-kept secret.

Why?

✅ No separate Work Permit required

✅ Up to a 4-year visa duration

✅ 1-year reporting instead of 90-day reporting

✅ Your spouse gets the right to work, too!

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I took a risk last year, leaving my job of 6 plus years to join a pretty new Tech Start Up. Mainly because there’s a lack of growth opportunities and I’ve been wanting a challenge rather than staying in my comfort zone. Did it work out? Short answer is no. However, I did managed to hit 1 year + 1 month mark before they announce that the investor is pulling out and they are shutting down…

The UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is launching a new International Tech Hub Network 2019, in partnership with the British High Commission in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Kicking off 2019, the global Tech Hub would like to invite start-ups with post MVP solutions in fintech, healthtech and agritech to join a 2 week program in London, in March 2019, designed as an immersive experiential learning opportunity for any founders interested in future expansion beyond South Africa.

The program includes meet-ups with UK start-ups and various workshops.

What’s involved?

Successful applicants will be sponsored to join a delegation of ambitious African start-ups to the UK for a 2-week immersive programme in March 2019.

The programme will help companies to improve their business skills and capability, build links with the UK’s thriving tech sector and work with UK expertise to take their business to the next level.

Application dates & deadlines

To apply, please read the guidance, and submit your one minute video pitch in this form by 30 January 2019.

Application deadline: 30 January 2019 (12 pm)

Judging panels: 7 – 14 February 2019

This Bushwick Startup is Bringing Professional-Grade Sports Science to Your Gym Routine

Bushwick’s body sensor startup, Notch, officially launches. The promise of innovation is this: Although when breakthroughs are made they are typically so expensive that only those with a lot of money get access to them, the technology will get cheaper over time and become available to the general populace. That holds for Bushwick’s Notch, which officially launched last week. “After several years…