Danny Meyer: Helping SMEs Get On Their Grind

Starting a business is a daunting endeavor. Entrepreneurship is treacherous ground. A dear friend of mine recently started her own business, within 3 months she was ready to quit. She felt unequipped, in unfamiliar territory. She was essentially a fish out of water. She stuck with it though, “finding her way through the dark” as she puts it. You can’t …

Kasi Vibes Vol.4

A Quarterly Exhibition Festival For Start ups/SMEs Lace-up your All-Stars, Vans, and Tommy’s, all sneakers are heading to Kasi Vibes, Vol 4. Ekse ouens, it finna get lit. Kasi: A name used to refer to the township, also known as “the location” or “the hood”. Vibes: A feeling, and/or an atmosphere Kasi Vibe is an urban, raw, authentic, artistic spirit …

Decoding Cyber Security for Small Businesses

For most Startups or Small to Medium Enterprises (SME’s), just getting your business going is enough to preoccupy your time and resources, leaving little for tracking computer news or security threats for example. Coupled with the fact that small business owners aren’t always fluent in the language of technology, costly mistakes can often be the result. Without protection, your business …

A Business Based on Technology and Relationships

An example of what happens when you prioritise the needs of your customer, Bintecs is a small start-up Namibian company that has gone from operations on a balcony, to creating a second business (IT Namibia) to support their clientele, most of whom have been and stayed with the company since it’s inception. Nadia and Chris Burger are the couple behind …