Rob Rickard

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Techpreneur, speaker, & ‘top product guy’ - Founder/CEO @Guhemba - Founder RWBuild @RwandaBuild (Rwanda Build Program) #startups #software #developers

Rwanda & Upper Midwest USA robrickard.com Joined March 2007

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Rob Rickard @Rickard Feb 25, 2023

The best advice I'm ever going to give you about software development is this:
Don't start with the tech or the logic - begin with the people. Software is about people. Build a solution that solves a real problem, and the rest will come together.

Rob Rickard @Rickard 2d

🤩 @AnthropicAI just took away power users from hundreds of SaaS startups.
They scale that up, and Google/Microsoft workspace suites will be next.
Then build it into a friendly UI that anyone can use, and the world of software is theirs.

Dan Fein Verified account @dfeinition 3d

We just added Whiteboards and Sheets to Claude, and Dashboards is now Claude Data.

Work with your team and Claude to:

• Sketch a plan and brainstorm live
• Ask for a formula in plain words
• Turn the numbers into a story

Sketch, sum, show it in Claude

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Rob Rickard @Rickard Nov 2

It is the start of the end-of-the-year events season in #Kigali.
Host your events and meet-ups at Rooftop Ikawa Cafe in Kiyovu. It is cost-effective and flexible for your hosting needs.
Ikawa.rw

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HelloKigali @HelloKigali Nov 2

Host your next event in #Kigali at Rooftop Ikawa Cafe.
Planning a meeting, workshop, work session, or private event? Bring your guests to Ikawa Rooftop Cafe and enjoy a flexible event space with a beautiful rooftop view.

Nov/Dec 2026 SPECIALS
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Rob Rickard @Rickard Oct 14

Yes. And I would add anyone you’re looking to onboard or hire needs to be flexible with that ability to change and build with AI tools as they evolve. If not, you are hiring someone to slow you down.

Common World Inc. @CommonWorld Oct 14

Business office process changes every couple months; a core skill for your team is how they can ‘unlearn’ what they now do for new AI tools and processes. Companies needs to now think and operate like a startup lab to retool their processes with AI - @Rickard at meetup in WI USA
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Rob Rickard @Rickard Sep 2

This was a great podcast event with Fumnanya Okeleke-Kooper & @ThibautMntwari.
Fumnanya is an expert on product/project management, and it showed. At our RWBuild events, we record our long-form conversations in partnership with The Voices Podcast. This conversation with Fumnanya was insightful and packed full of useful experiences for anyone running a startup looking to manage talent.

Watch our full podcast episode: youtu.be/LcGhG3mRwl4?si…

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Rwanda Build Program @RwandaBuild Sep 2

The July edition of Startup Founders Talk, recorded by The Voices Podcast, recorded at Rooftop Ikawa Café is up - watch the full podcast episode: youtu.be/LcGhG3mRwl4?si…
The episode explored a question at the heart of Rwanda’s growing technology ecosystem... 🧵
#kigali #startups

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