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B2C

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🎄 The One Thing Missing From the Tree

Dec 8, 2025

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11 min read

🎄 The One Thing Missing From the Tree

Plus: How Netflix bought Hogwarts 🦉, Excel world champs, local business help & new SA tech events.

Marketing

+9

🤑 Better Way to Pay & Get Paid

Feb 7, 2025

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14 min read

🤑 Better Way to Pay & Get Paid

Plus: Elon and the X-Files 🛸, shark-friendly SA, so many AI Agents & avoiding the founder trap.

Marketing

+3

🎯 Making Sales While You Sleep...

Oct 8, 2024

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14 min read

🎯 Making Sales While You Sleep...

Plus: Beer money 🍺, scaling local startups, Superbalist’s restructure & 20 years of startup lessons in minutes.

SaaS

+1

🦓 The Best Place to Build a Startup...

Sep 24, 2024

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12 min read

🦓 The Best Place to Build a Startup...

Plus: Kenya’s solar road trip 🛵, SA’s investment boom & SA goods on Amazon.

Digital Product

+3

🙌 Making 1m+ Hires, 70% Faster

Aug 16, 2024

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12 min read

🙌 Making 1m+ Hires, 70% Faster

Plus: Dricus’s Bok escort 🏉, SA’s dirty hotspots, movies while you bank & your chance to ask the Snapscan co-founder anything you want.

Digital Product

+5

😇 Clocking in with a Selfie...

Aug 13, 2024

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11 min read

😇 Clocking in with a Selfie...

Plus: The 1st Nigerian in space 🪐, electric arrow busses, Jozi’s solar crown & two unmissable startup events.

Digital Product

+5

🫶 Helping 21M+ Parents Save the Day

Aug 9, 2024

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13 min read

🫶 Helping 21M+ Parents Save the Day

Plus: Toasters on demand 🍞, breaking an e-sweat, Woolies’ solar power play & SA startup royalty.

Marketing

+4

📊 Clawing Back R1 trillion in Ad Losses

Aug 6, 2024

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13 min read

📊 Clawing Back R1 trillion in Ad Losses

Plus: Starlink’s Chinese cousin 🛰️, SA’s lucky startup 7, PnP’s big bucks & SA’s lekker-est startup events.

Digital Product

+3

🚘 They Service Cars Where?

Jul 26, 2024

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11 min read

🚘 They Service Cars Where?

Plus: Shein’s SA mall play 🛍️, Zuck’s Llama fight, censoring China’s video AI & 100 data-driven SA startup ideas.

Digital Product

+3

🦾 How AI Helps Cure 2.5 Million Africans

Jul 23, 2024

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11 min read

🦾 How AI Helps Cure 2.5 Million Africans

Plus: Finfluencer clampdowns 👮, SA’s VC rise & the truth behind Friday’s blue screens of death.

Marketing

+7

😎 Getting 2.5M Hustles Online

Jul 19, 2024

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10 min read

😎 Getting 2.5M Hustles Online

Plus: AI war drones 👾, Cape carbon cash, Lula’s big new moves & the product manager’s rap you missed.

Enterprise software

+5

🔐 Securing 361 Billion Messages a Day

Jul 16, 2024

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13 min read

🔐 Securing 361 Billion Messages a Day

Plus: SA’s Wimbledon gold 🥇, bank of Gauteng, African investment roots & faster international payments for gig workers.

SaaS

+3

📿 AI Bling For Your Memory...

Jul 12, 2024

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13 min read

📿 AI Bling For Your Memory...

Plus: High-tech taxis⚡, 2026’s heater gas, SA’s super cyber sleuths & the matrix your B2B startup.

Digital Product

+5

🏡 How to Sell 100+ Homes in 24 Hours...

Jul 9, 2024

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12 min read

🏡 How to Sell 100+ Homes in 24 Hours...

Plus: TOL Pro is here 🔥, corporate gaming, ring payments, PeugeotGPT & 5 more tools to build a big business.

Enterprise software

+6

🏴‍☠️ When Orca Tackles Fraud...

Jul 5, 2024

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13 min read

🏴‍☠️ When Orca Tackles Fraud...

Plus: Wanna buy a bank? 💵 Radioactive rhinos, recurring gold subs & how to build an HR Tech startup in SA.

Marketing

+6

🍿 SA's School Play Revolution...

Jun 28, 2024

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13 min read

🍿 SA's School Play Revolution...

Plus: Uber’s free job rides 🚘, SA’s top employers, City Power’s chatbot & how to ace the first few months of your startup.

Digital Product

+5

🍟 Making Fast Food Even Faster...

Jun 25, 2024

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16 min read

🍟 Making Fast Food Even Faster...

Plus: ChipTok 🤖, big office perks & how to knock the socks off your first customers.

Marketing

+7

🔑 The End of Rental Deposits...

Jun 21, 2024

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12 min read

🔑 The End of Rental Deposits...

Plus: New sea legs app, floating solar panels & how to manage your startup brand during a pivot.

Fundraising

+8

🤩 They Did What to Sell More...?

Jun 18, 2024

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14 min read

🤩 They Did What to Sell More...?

Plus: Uber permits 🚘, SA-India solar, JSE cannabis & how to build a bigger, more valuable company.

Digital Product

+4

🥵 Relieving 75M+ Users' Pain...

Jun 14, 2024

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12 min read

🥵 Relieving 75M+ Users' Pain...

Plus: SA’s robokiddos 👾, biltong-powered fuel, TymeBank’s global play & how to spin up, pivot and build faster.

Digital Product

+2

⛳ When Hobbies Finally Pay Out...

Jun 11, 2024

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14 min read

⛳ When Hobbies Finally Pay Out...

Plus: Amazon’s slothy launch 🦥, 1-hour Apples, SARS klaps Temu & how to spot business ideas before they get big.

Marketing

+7

『☕』Gamifying Your Next Cuppa...

Jun 7, 2024

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14 min read

『☕』Gamifying Your Next Cuppa...

Plus: SA’s pirate clampdown 🏴‍☠, Discovery breach, our thriving tech scene & how to build a killer newsletter in SA.

Fundraising

+5

🏪 Is This the Future of Markets...?

Jun 4, 2024

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13 min read

🏪 Is This the Future of Markets...?

Plus: Here comes TrumpTok 📣, Pick n Pay’s pickle, why Apple’s chips are down & how to build a killer website yourself.

Fundraising

+6

💰 Africa's Untapped Insurance Goldmine...

May 31, 2024

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12 min read

💰 Africa's Untapped Insurance Goldmine...

Plus: Bots gets Starlink 📡, most phones in SA, startup acquisitions & how to go from idea to market: the quick-fire playbook.

Marketing

+8

💚 When Love is a R144bn Business...

May 28, 2024

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14 min read

💚 When Love is a R144bn Business...

Plus: Woolies tech 🦾, presidential deepfakes, SA game dev boost & how to 10X your startup LinkedIn game.

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