- The document discusses the early days of starting a telecommunications company called Yeigo, including taking the leap to start in 2005 and building a prototype while seeking funding. - Key lessons learned include that you can't outsource your competitive advantage, innovation is iterative, and producing a demo shows commitment. Secrecy also cannot protect your idea if it can be easily copied. - The South African telecommunications market faced problems of underinvestment in infrastructure from VoIP operators and difficulty collecting revenue via mobile channels. Wholesale interconnect rates set by law were also higher than retail rates charged in practice.

1. Eagles don ’t need parachutes By Rapelang Rabana

3. My computer science days Acknowledgement: http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/06/stress_anxiety.php

4. What am I supposed to do with myself?

5. Waiting for my real life to begin..

6. Illusion of Certainty Acknowledgement: http://www.barryandstuart.com/category/blog/page/3/

7. Taking the Leap

9. Facebook MSN GoogleTalk Yahoo! ICQ AIM Skype QQ

11. Product = Execution != Original Idea

14. Eagles soar when storm clouds come in

17. South African Telecommunications Legalized in 2005…. But did it anything change??

18. Wholesale versus Retail Rates Wholesale Interconnect Rate R 1.25 Retail Interconnect Rate R0.90 to R1 > < In Theory But in Practice… Wholesale Retail

19. Wholesale versus Retail Rates R 0.73 Less than R1 < Wholesale Retail Six years later Parliamentary pressure

21. Eagles don ’t need parachutes