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Podcast How would you build it?
How Would You Build It?
A weekly show where we discuss macro trends that affect the building of tech products and businesses. Also bringing on guest founders to share their expertise o...
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  • Building A Market By Providing Connectivity | Calvin and Wes | Sebenza Wi-Fi
    There is a move towards connecting more people to the internet. We see it with the likes of Starlink and their move to make the internet accessible around the world. In South Africa, there is a massive need to get more people connecte. And without Starlink available, there are a number of providers who are looking to achieve this while learning about the local market and the user's behaviours. Sebenza Wi-Fi is a South African startup that provides free wi-fi to commuters using mini-bus taxis. This solves several pain points across the industry. And for them, they get to activate thousands of people and brands utilising their marketplace. 00:00 Intro 02:48 Sebenza elivator pitch 04:26 How to identify and pursue opportunities 07:44 How to unlock the untapped market 11:24 How the first mover creates trust 20:26 Getting B2B sales for your marketplace 22:21 Managing your data 25:09 What does the future look like for future internet connections with Starlink 31:19 Growing your team as you scale 36:09 How to go about building the tech for your startup 41:31 Lightning round
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  • 5 Principles for Startup Founders | Alan Knott-Craig | Fibretime & Mxit
    Former CEO of Mxit joins us to share is journey of success and failures. He shares principles he has learnt along the way as embarks on his latest venture, Fibretime.
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  • The SA Startup That Is Saving 5 Lives A Day | Warren Myers | Aura
    A fascinating episode about a Startup that is saving 5 lives a day with its emergency app. The scary stat is that it is quicker to order a pizza through a food delivery app than it is to get a policemen to your house. 00:00 BI78 | Warren Meyers | A ura 02:13 What is Aura and why start it? 04:01 Why is there a lack of innovation in policing 11:31 Creating a path and building a moat 16:47 Building for governments and expanding to UK 22:52 Managing supply and demand of a marketplace 26:10 How founders should plan their burn rate 30:57 How about this as a success metric!!! 36:07 Future of emergency detection
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  • Can Electric Mini-busses Work In South Africa | Justin Coetzee | GoMetro
    Solving South Africa's transport issues is hard and complex. But with many years building GoMetro, founder Justin Coetzee is helping bring EV Mini-bus taxis to South Africa. Justin shares his fascinating story about how leveraging data is helping make our complex network more efficient and helping lay the case for the move towards EV's. Listen to the full episode to learn about 5 business ideas for asiring founders looking to get into the EV business. 00:00 Justin | Go Metro 03:22 Where GoMetro started - the common problem in SA 08:31 How South Africa is a pioneer in informal to formal transport systems 15:09 How to convince people when you are disrupting 17:42 Breaking into the international market 20:30 Where to start when planning to go international 22:53 Bringing EV's to SA 33:10 Specs of the EV Van 39:04 Managing the unit ecnomics of a single EV minibus taxi 42:29 Working with taxi associations 46:21 What the future has in store
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  • How To Get Funded And Build A Sales Management Platform | Sam Clarke | Skynamo
    An interesting story about Skynamo, a sales management platform being built out of Stellenboch. They had to make huge decisions after receiving $32million funding just before Covid as they were rolling their expansion into the US and UK. The Open Letter Team: theopenletter.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-sequeira/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/renier-kriel/ Guest links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-clarke-19900b4/
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