Bits, Bytes and Business

Bits, Bytes and Business

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Bits, Bytes and Business episodes

  • James Cook: The challenges early stage founders struggle with
    In this podcast we talk to James Cook, coach at Next Level. James provides coaching to organisations and individuals to help them attain peak performance.
    In this podcast we talk about what James means by "high performance", how you tackle imposter syndrome, what makes a good leader, what we really mean by "culture" in the workplace and what challenges he sees that most start-up founders face when they start off as well as when they scale
    36 min
  • Accelerate Yourself - A Young Entrepreneur's Journey with Ahana Banerjee from Clear
    In this week's podcast we are talking to Ahana Banerjee, the founder of Clear
    https://getclearapp.com/
    Ahana has quite the founder's story, she decided to join an existing startup whilst at university and during that period realised that instead of working on someone else's idea, she wanted to work on her own and so set up her first startup at the age of 21
    She applied to YCombinator with that startup and was told "We like you, but not your idea, come up with a new one" and within a week she had a new business and had already proved her product-market-fit
    From there she raced forward, raising 850k, hiring her first team and building an app that in her own words is "is fuelling innovation and empowering consumers in the skincare industry via data, technology and community."
    48 min
  • Lessons in Business from South African Entrepreneur Andre de Wet
    In this wide ranging discussion we are talking with Andre de Wet, serial entreprener and current founder of Flood
    https://www.flood.finance/
    In this conversation we cover:
    - His bounce back from failure
    - How he won the global mobile app of the year
    - How entrepreneurship has changed in the past 30 years
    - Tips on how you can take your business global
    - How you can scale a marketplace business
    - The origins of Flood
    - How you sell to enterprise businesses
    - Is sweat equity a good thing
    - His experience of mentorship and the common mistakes that founders make
    - Tips on expanding your business into Africa
    51 min
  • Live from Ukraine - Running a business during wartime with Artkai
    In this podcast we talk to Kos and Victor the co-founder and Head of Sales for Artkai, a software development business based in Ukraine
    This is a hard hitting podcast where the guys talk about the early days of war, how that impacted their business and what they have done to bring some sense of normality to their team and their day to day business
    In the second half of this podcast we have a tech masterclass where we discuss what founders / business owners need to think about before they engage with a tech team and what they should expect when they hire one
    59 min
  • Mike Greyling: How to use statistics to improve your business performance
    This week we're talking with Mike Greyling from DMSA:
    https://www.dmsa.co.za/
    Mike has spent his life in statistics and data analytics and in this podcast we explore a number of questions:
    - What is the definition of a statistic
    - In what ways can statistical analysis help a company gain better insights
    - What types of projects does this type of analysis best suit?
    - How can early stage businesses benefit from implementing statistical analysis
    33 min

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