Matthew Buckland Explained

Matthew Buckland
Birth Name:Matthew James Buckland
Birth Date:1974 8, df=yes
Birth Place:South Africa
Education:Rhodes University
Occupation:Internet entrepreneur
Boards:Silicon Cape Initiative
Creative Commons
OPA/DMMA/iAB
Cognition
Founder and MD of Creative Spark
Term:2010–2019
Awards:Selected Fast Company Magazine's Most Creative People in Business (2015), Destiny Magazine: Power of 40: 40 entrepreneurs under 40 (2011), Top 100 "South Africa’s most influential media and advertising people" by The Annual (2009)
Website:Company website
Memeburn.com/Burn Media
Personal weblog
Father:Andrew Buckland
Children:2

Matthew Buckland (22 August 1974 – 23 April 2019)[1] was a South African Internet entrepreneur and businessman who founded and exited[2] digital agency and publisher Creative Spark, acquired in 2015 by UK firm M&C Saatchi PLC, the holding group of M&C Saatchi.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Buckland was also the founder of Burn Media, a suite of technology publishing brands which includes Memeburn, Ventureburn.com, Gearburn.com and others.

Buckland previously headed the online division of the Mail & Guardian, thereafter he started 20fourlabs at Naspers' news24.com,[10] [11] [12] the largest South African online news publisher, owned by Naspers.[13] While at the Mail & Guardian Buckland founded Thought Leader.

In 2015 he was selected as a "Master of Digital", sitting down with actor Idris Elba for a "Q&A Session".[14] [15]

Buckland lived in Cape Town with his wife and two daughters.

Early life

Buckland studied journalism at Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[16] He worked in London for the BBC's then-commercial web arm, beeb.com as a developer, and then a web development producer.[17] He then later worked as the Internet editor for prime-time TV show, Carte Blanche, before becoming Managing Director of Mail & Guardian's online division. He was the eldest son of Andrew Buckland and Janet Buckland, a prominent South African acting family.[18] [19] [20] [21]

Entrepreneurship

Buckland co-founded Amatomu in 2007, and in 2010, Creative Spark[22] and Burn Media, which he funded himself after being unable to raise venture capital for it.[23] Five years later, in 2015, he sold a majority share in his company to the FTSE-listed agency, M&C Saatchi.[24] The deal included the sale of both the digital agency and the publishing arm, which owns titles such as Memeburn and Ventureburn.[25] He later retook control of the publishing arm when exiting his former company in 2018.[26] Ventureburn is a site that reports on the startup, entrepreneur and investor ecosystems in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

He was the Master of Ceremonies[27] at the Silicon Cape Initiative launch event and was elected to its inaugural board. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a South African-based organization which aims to turn the Western Cape into a high-tech startup hub. Buckland credits this organisation for inspiring him to move out of the corporate world into entrepreneurship.[28]

In 2012, Buckland was recognised in the Power of 40: 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40 "Doing Interesting Things"[29]

In 2013 and 2014, he was a member of the Cape Town chapter of Entrepreneurs Organisation.[30] [31]

Awards

Buckland’s industry accolades include:

Death

Buckland died in April 2019 of cancer. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kekana . Mashadi . Digital pioneer Matthew Buckland dies . Mail & Guardian Online . 23 April 2019 . 23 April 2019.
  2. http://www.marklives.com/2018/04/buckland-exits-creative-spark-mc-saatchi-group/''Buckland exits Creative Spark, M&C Saatchi Group
  3. http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/mc-saatchi-acquires-sas-creative-spark-20151127''M&C Saatchi acquires SA’s Creative Spark (Fin24.com)
  4. http://www.itweb.co.za/?id=148141:Saatchi-acquires-Memeburn-publisher''Saatchi acquires Memeburn publisher (ItWeb)
  5. http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/creative-spark-sold-to-mc-saatchi/''Creative Spark sold to M&C Saatchi (Moneyweb)
  6. http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/137846.html''BREAKING: Creative Spark acquired by M&C Saatchi PLC (Bizcommunity.com)
  7. http://www.marklives.com/2015/11/interview-matthew-buckland-on-mc-saatchicreative-spark-deal/''Interview: Matthew Buckland on M&C Saatchi/Creative Spark deal (Marklives)
  8. http://www.htxt.co.za/2015/11/27/mc-saatchi-acquires-majority-stake-in-digital-agency-creative-spark/ M&C SAATCHI ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN DIGITAL AGENCY CREATIVE SPARK (HTXT)
  9. Web site: Saatchi Acquires Creative Spark in South Africa (M&C Saatchi) . 29 November 2015 . 25 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425162110/http://mcsaatchi.com/news/2015/mc-saatchi-acquires-creative-spark-south-africa . dead .
  10. News: Matthew on the move. Waal. Mandy de. ITWeb Technology News. 2018-01-11.
  11. News: 300 Young South Africans: Technology (Part 2). Staff Reporter. The M&G Online. 2018-01-11. en.
  12. News: SA online professionals do their own thing. 2018-01-11. en-US.
  13. http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/127946-south-africas-biggest-websites-3.html''South Africa’s biggest websites
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH5Zg6T4miY''The Oude Meester Tour, Day 2 – Cape Town
  15. http://entertainment.iafrica.com/news/971390.html''Idris Elba tours SA for Oude Meester
  16. http://www.poynter.org/author/mattattakk/ Matthew Buckland, Poynter.(Retrieved 16 January 2012)
  17. News: BIO: Matthew Buckland. News24. 2018-01-11.
  18. http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/2010/12/07/on-the-stage---andrew-buckland''On the stage – ANDREW BUCKLAND, BDFM, 2010
  19. http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/local/buckland-s-got-a-play-date-with-obsession-1.1836759#.VlsMoHYrJZk''Buckland's got a play date with obsession, IOL, 2015
  20. https://www.capetown.gov.za/en/smartcape/Peopleofnote/pages/smartcapestd.aspx?pid=701''People of note – Women of Inspiration – Community Buckland Janet
  21. http://mg.co.za/article/2010-06-14-200-young-south-africans-arts-and-culture''200 Young South Africans: Arts and Culture
  22. http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/45272.html''Matthew Buckland to pursue creative spark
  23. Web site: Extraordinary life: Elon Musk. The M&G Online. 27 January 2015. en. 2018-01-11.
  24. http://memeburn.com/2015/11/breaking-mc-saatchi-plc-acquires-independent-digital-player-creative-spark/''Breaking: M&C Saatchi PLC acquires independent digital player Creative Spark
  25. http://www.techcentral.co.za/creative-spark-sold-to-mc-saatchi/61639/''Creative Spark sold to M&C Saatchi
  26. http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/23/178048.html''Burn Media to embark on aggressive growth after deal to go solo – Buckland
  27. Web site: Enter the Silicon Cape Matthew Buckland. matthewbuckland.com. en-US. 2018-01-11.
  28. http://ventureburn.com/2013/09/the-unwavering-persistence-of-entrepreneurs/''The Unwavering Persistence of Entrepreneurs
  29. News: Valuable lessons from a "chicken" entrepreneur DESTINY Magazine. 2012-10-12. DESTINY Magazine. 2018-01-11. en-GB.
  30. Web site: The unwavering persistence of entrepreneurs ventureburn . ventureburn.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930140022/http://ventureburn.com/2013/09/the-unwavering-persistence-of-entrepreneurs/ . 2013-09-30. Ventureburn.com
  31. http://blog.eonetwork.org/tag/matthew-buckland/''High Octane, EO Blog
  32. Web site: Condolences pour in for digital pioneer Matthew Buckland . 2019-04-23 . News24 . en . 2019-04-24.

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