Making SMEs Matter

Making SMEs Matter


Latest Episodes

The Incredible Entrepreneur Behind NetFlorist
November 24, 2019

Ryan Bacher is humble and honest, yet also incredibly optimistic! His determination and willingness to try new things without being afraid of failure is what allowed their 'proof of concept' e-commerce website to grow into one of SA's most valuable...

The Charismatic CEO Who Built the Investec Empire
November 17, 2019

Stephen Koseff is the ex-CEO of Investec and one of SA's most elite business leaders. His passion, focus and entrepreneurial spirit were instrumental in building the world-class brand we know today. In this episode he shares the most important values...

Advice from 11 of SA's Top Entrepreneurs [EP12 S2]
August 20, 2019

These entrepreneurs have overcome adversity and built incredibly valuable businesses in the midst of a challenging South African economy. They are leaders in their field with brilliant lessons and life stories to share with you. Thank you for...

The Queen of a Car Rental Empire, Dawn Nathan-Jones [EP11 S2]
August 12, 2019

An exclusive interview with Dawn Nathan-Jones, one of SA's most influential women in business. Not only is Dawn a successful entrepreneur and CEO who built a car rental empire in South Africa, she also featured as a Shark on M-Net's Shark Tank. This...

The Founder of WooThemes & WooCommerce [EP10 S2]
August 05, 2019

Mark Forrester is one of SA's tech icons who built WooThemes and WooCommerce, two platforms which were eventually sold to Wordpress.com due to their international popularity. Mark is a phenomenal entrepreneur with a calm approach to business and in...

Secrets from an E-commerce Expert [EP9 S2]
July 28, 2019

Warrick Kernes tells us which products are the smartest to sell online and which digital marketing strategy allowed him to build a successful business worth millions. He's one of SA's leading e-commerce experts and he shares important rules that...

From a Village in Limpopo to Owning a Multi-million Rand IT Company [EP8 S2]
July 21, 2019

Bethuel Lebeya grew up in a village in Limpopo without having access to computers, a situation that didn't hold him back from eventually becoming the founder and co-owner of multi-million Rand IT consulting company, Command Quality. Him and his team...

Kings of Venture Capital, a Company that Funds Innovation in SA [EP7 S2]
July 14, 2019

Keet van Zyl is a partner and co-founder at Knife Capital, an incredibly well-established South African venture capital firm. In this episode Marnus finds out how Keet got here, and together they discuss the current landscape of entrepreneurship and...

Interviewing the Founder and CEO of sme.africa and The Beancounter [EP6 S2]
July 11, 2019

In this episode we flip the script and interview Marnus, the entrepreneur behind sme.africa and The Beancounter. He shares his thoughts on building exponential businesses with recurring revenue, hiring and training people effectively, using hyper...

The Cape Town Engineer Building Drone Software for Farmers [EP5 S2]
July 01, 2019

Benji Meltzer is a South African Engineer who partnered with a university friend, James Patterson, to build Aerobotics. Their company uses drone technology powered by AI and intelligent software to provide useful data to farmers around the world....

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