How would you build it?

How Would You Build It?
How would you build it?

A weekly show where we bring you founders, builders and innovators to share their expertise on how they would overcome challenges and build products and tech businesses.

  1. Solving Crime In SA With WhatsApp - Creating A Crowdsourcing Platform

    1 DAY AGO

    Solving Crime In SA With WhatsApp - Creating A Crowdsourcing Platform

    In this episode of How Would You Build It, we meet Mike Houghton and Nick Mills, the co-founders behind a bold new startup using crowdsourcing, data, and AI to tackle one of South Africa’s most pressing issues — crime. What started with leveraging the network effects of WhatsApp has now turned into a fast-growing platform backed by $500K in funding. They share how they’re collecting insights from communities, how AI is helping them build faster, and how they’re thinking about fundraising, speed, and scale. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Community Wolf founder story 04:59 What is Community Wolf11:00 Tackling crime & safety in SA 12:45 Data as a business model 18:07 Building with AI 27:27 Building in WhatsApp 33:24 Area-based networks 43:19 Marketing hacks 49:31 Building for seed funding

    53 min
  2. 5 Secrets Behind Startup Success | Louis Buys | The Delta

    2 JUL

    5 Secrets Behind Startup Success | Louis Buys | The Delta

    Why do some startups thrive while others fizzle out?In this episode of How Would You Build It, we sit down with Louis Buys, CEO of The Delta, one of Africa’s leading venture studios, to explore what really makes early-stage startups succeed. With years of experience incubating and scaling over 100 ventures, Louis shares 5 hard-earned lessons that every founder should hear — from building culture to market sizing and the underestimated power of young founders.Louis has shared stages at Startup Grind Cape Town and AfricArena Berlin, helping shape the future of African and European startup ecosystems.👉 Join our founder collab👉 Subscribe to The Open Letter👉 More at HowWouldYouBuildIt.comTimestamos00:00 Louis- The Delta05:29 Moulding young founders14:08 How the Delta successfully paved the way for startups in SA 29:21 Growing in SA32:26 TAM40:49 Impact of AI in the venture space44:53 Building outside of SA46:47 The Delta Campus

    52 min
  3. 2 Powerhouses Combine To Help Shape The Next Gen Of Startups In SA | NextOrbit

    06/12/2024

    2 Powerhouses Combine To Help Shape The Next Gen Of Startups In SA | NextOrbit

    Next176 & Byte Orbit have joined forces to groom the next generation of startups in South Africa. They have started a joint venture, bringing their unique skill sets to create an ecosystem to help startups take their concepts from ideas to businesses. Listen to the episode to hear more about the story and how they plan to go about grooming founders and startups for success. The Open Letter Team: https://www.theopenletter.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-sequeira/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/renier-kriel/ Guest Links: https://byteorbit.com/ https://www.next176.com/ 00:00 Introduction 05:22 Next Orbit 10:15 How Byte stopped building products people didn't use 13:22 Building for corporate 30:59 Focus areas for aspiring founders 32:32 What does Om and Next look for in a success story

    50 min
  4. Building A Market By Providing Connectivity | Calvin and Wes | Sebenza Wi-Fi

    29/11/2024

    Building A Market By Providing Connectivity | Calvin and Wes | Sebenza Wi-Fi

    There is a move towards connecting more people to the internet. We see it with the likes of Starlink and their move to make the internet accessible around the world. In South Africa, there is a massive need to get more people connecte. And without Starlink available, there are a number of providers who are looking to achieve this while learning about the local market and the user's behaviours. Sebenza Wi-Fi is a South African startup that provides free wi-fi to commuters using mini-bus taxis. This solves several pain points across the industry. And for them, they get to activate thousands of people and brands utilising their marketplace. 00:00 Intro 02:48 Sebenza elivator pitch 04:26 How to identify and pursue opportunities 07:44 How to unlock the untapped market 11:24 How the first mover creates trust 20:26 Getting B2B sales for your marketplace 22:21 Managing your data 25:09 What does the future look like for future internet connections with Starlink 31:19 Growing your team as you scale 36:09 How to go about building the tech for your startup 41:31 Lightning round

    47 min

  5. 22/11/2024

    5 Principles for Startup Founders | Alan Knott-Craig | Fibretime & Mxit

    Former CEO of Mxit joins us to share is journey of success and failures. He shares principles he has learnt along the way as embarks on his latest venture, Fibretime.

    54 min
  6. The SA Startup That Is Saving 5 Lives A Day | Warren Myers | Aura

    18/10/2024

    The SA Startup That Is Saving 5 Lives A Day | Warren Myers | Aura

    A fascinating episode about a Startup that is saving 5 lives a day with its emergency app. The scary stat is that it is quicker to order a pizza through a food delivery app than it is to get a policemen to your house. 00:00 BI78 | Warren Meyers | A ura 02:13 What is Aura and why start it? 04:01 Why is there a lack of innovation in policing 11:31 Creating a path and building a moat 16:47 Building for governments and expanding to UK 22:52 Managing supply and demand of a marketplace 26:10 How founders should plan their burn rate 30:57 How about this as a success metric!!! 36:07 Future of emergency detection

    54 min
  7. Can Electric Mini-busses Work In South Africa | Justin Coetzee | GoMetro

    11/10/2024

    Can Electric Mini-busses Work In South Africa | Justin Coetzee | GoMetro

    Solving South Africa's transport issues is hard and complex. But with many years building GoMetro, founder Justin Coetzee is helping bring EV Mini-bus taxis to South Africa. Justin shares his fascinating story about how leveraging data is helping make our complex network more efficient and helping lay the case for the move towards EV's. Listen to the full episode to learn about 5 business ideas for asiring founders looking to get into the EV business. 00:00 Justin | Go Metro 03:22 Where GoMetro started - the common problem in SA 08:31 How South Africa is a pioneer in informal to formal transport systems 15:09 How to convince people when you are disrupting 17:42 Breaking into the international market 20:30 Where to start when planning to go international 22:53 Bringing EV's to SA 33:10 Specs of the EV Van 39:04 Managing the unit ecnomics of a single EV minibus taxi 42:29 Working with taxi associations 46:21 What the future has in store

    49 min
  8. How To Get Funded And Build A Sales Management Platform | Sam Clarke | Skynamo

    04/10/2024

    How To Get Funded And Build A Sales Management Platform | Sam Clarke | Skynamo

    An interesting story about Skynamo, a sales management platform being built out of Stellenboch. They had to make huge decisions after receiving $32million funding just before Covid as they were rolling their expansion into the US and UK. The Open Letter Team: theopenletter.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-sequeira/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/renier-kriel/ Guest links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-clarke-19900b4/

    56 min
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A weekly show where we bring you founders, builders and innovators to share their expertise on how they would overcome challenges and build products and tech businesses.

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    How Would You Build It?
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
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