David Cummings

No. 120: 3 Thursday AM Reads – Netflix for Black Folks Mais En Francais | Atlanta Investors Building Tech Ecosystem | Always Be Closing

Oct 30, 2015

Economics, Entrepreneurship, Notes, Race & Society, Technology

Afrostream, Allen Nance, Atlanta, Cross Culture Ventures, David Cummings, Gabriel Weinberg, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marlon Nichols, paul judge, Tech Square Labs, Tonjé Bakang, Troy Carter

Francophone Africa and Europe can expect access to more African and African-American content through Afrostream. The two-year old startup led by Tonjé Bakang has been on a tear this year, finishing up at Y Combinator and landing funding from Troy Carter’s Cross Culture Ventures (have they finished raising their $50M fund?), Orange Digital Ventures, Ace…
No. 34: Zendesk IPO Predicts Dropifi’s Future

May 19, 2014

Africa

500Startups, CRM, David Cummings, David Osei, Design, Dropifi, Enterprise, IPO, SaaS, SEC, Zendesk

The Dropifi team probably felt chills running through their bodies while watching Zendesk’s share price rise 49 percent on day one of its IPO on Thursday, and then reach a $1B market cap on its second day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s why: 1. Big Sandbox – In its Form S-1…