Comments on: SA’s Motribe makes global play http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/ South Africa's technology news leader Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Barry Goldkorn http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19414 Barry Goldkorn Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:34:21 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19414 Interesting idea. I don't want to be a party pooper but a few things pop to mind here. One, it's been done before. ShoutEm.com and Zerista.com are doing this for free, and of course there's Ning which owns the 'make your own social network' space and could easily add mobile. Yet competition is always a good thing so that's not the thing that stands out here, but more the fact that this is premised on the idea that phones and computers are going to always have very different interfaces. This might apply to the market as we are in right now but soon enough we will be building one site that will load on any device, whether web or mobile or ipad or the back of an aeroplane seat or your fridge for that matter. So is a mobile only concept a good idea for anyone really is my question. I'm not so sure it is in the long term. Interesting idea. I don’t want to be a party pooper but a few things pop to mind here. One, it’s been done before. ShoutEm.com and Zerista.com are doing this for free, and of course there’s Ning which owns the ‘make your own social network’ space and could easily add mobile. Yet competition is always a good thing so that’s not the thing that stands out here, but more the fact that this is premised on the idea that phones and computers are going to always have very different interfaces. This might apply to the market as we are in right now but soon enough we will be building one site that will load on any device, whether web or mobile or ipad or the back of an aeroplane seat or your fridge for that matter. So is a mobile only concept a good idea for anyone really is my question. I’m not so sure it is in the long term.

]]> By: Alison Wilson http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19357 Alison Wilson Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:24:26 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19357 Great to see tech innovation coming out of SA - mobi def. seems the key to the future - wishing Nic & Vincent best of luck - here & globally. Great to see tech innovation coming out of SA – mobi def. seems the key to the future – wishing Nic & Vincent best of luck – here & globally.

]]> By: Alette Schoon http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19356 Alette Schoon Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:07:41 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19356 Well done guys! Well done guys!

]]> By: Andrew Thomas-Woolf http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19354 Andrew Thomas-Woolf Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:59:46 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19354 (There are probably around 12 people involved, of which 9 are listed in in the Crunchbase entry. Of those 9, only 3 are located in ZA.) (There are probably around 12 people involved, of which 9 are listed in in the Crunchbase entry. Of those 9, only 3 are located in ZA.)

]]> By: Andrew Thomas-Woolf http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19350 Andrew Thomas-Woolf Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:40:01 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19350 @David: Justin was pivotal in getting the fund up and running and is still the main driver, but the story is correct: the fund itself is domiciled in Jersey. Have a look at the Crunchbase background article for reference: http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/4di-capital @David: Justin was pivotal in getting the fund up and running and is still the main driver, but the story is correct: the fund itself is domiciled in Jersey. Have a look at the Crunchbase background article for reference: http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/4di-capital

]]> By: Tendai Sean Joe http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19349 Tendai Sean Joe Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:16:55 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19349 This is just amazing This is just amazing

]]> By: David http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19293 David Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:18:56 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19293 It's great to see that South-Africa's pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit is slowly starting to get global regconition - after all the list of world-renowned innovations that came from South-Africa is impressive - but for clarity, the guy behind 4DI, Justin, is a South-African from Cape Town. It’s great to see that South-Africa’s pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit is slowly starting to get global regconition – after all the list of world-renowned innovations that came from South-Africa is impressive – but for clarity, the guy behind 4DI, Justin, is a South-African from Cape Town.

]]> By: Marc http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19287 Marc Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19287 Great to see this business breaking cover. It will be interesting to see where it goes in the next few years. Great to see this business breaking cover. It will be interesting to see where it goes in the next few years.

]]> By: Craig http://www.techcentral.co.za/sa%e2%80%99s-motribe-makes-global-play/16958/comment-page-1/#comment-19284 Craig Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:53:03 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=16958#comment-19284 This is a really exciting product coming out of SA. Good luck to the guys, I'm sure they'll do well locally and globally. Side note, isn't 4DI based in Cape Town? This is a really exciting product coming out of SA. Good luck to the guys, I’m sure they’ll do well locally and globally.

Side note, isn’t 4DI based in Cape Town?

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