War stories of 'doing things that don't scale' with Ben Blaine. (SnapScan, OfferZen, Investec)

Startup lessons with Ben Blaine: From Mxit to Investec’s Programmable Banking.
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April 20, 2024

Ok, so we’ve discussed what it means to do things that don’t scale. But how do you put that into practice? Ben Blaine shares some war stories from pioneering the concept in SA from the early days of Mxit, Snapscan, OfferZen and running the Investec Programmable Banking project.

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10:19 Getting Investec programmable banking off the ground.

21:45 Finding the tipping point.

29:29 How finding your early adopters grew SnapScan.

33:24 Once upon a Mxit.

36:31 The one thing every startup gets wrong.

44:08 A story that validates the 'secret' approach.

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