One of my all-time favorite type of videos is pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known. A thread of some examples: Bastille playing Pompeii in what looks like someone's living room:

Insightful interview with ⁦Arthur Goldstuck⁩ podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the…

Maybe not well-known is that the Bank Zero founding team didn’t pay themselves any salary for 8 years. Instead they contributed their own capital and sweat equity. Start-ups are more likely to win when the entrepreneurs have skin in the game.

Some valid points comparing us to other neobanks; but also consider that our cost base is a fraction of theirs. And our accounts include a high proportion of high-value business accounts. news24.com/business/compa…

Cheaper and prettier than vibracrete!

We’re fortunate to have mostly our own, domestic payment rails in South Africa. Bankserv Africa reduces our reliance on MasterCard and Visa. But we’re heavily dependent on SWIFT for international transactions.

Read this post in 10 years and make me eat my hat if I’m wrong. The future of cars is: 1. Cheaper 2. Chinese 3. Electric and 4. Self-driving

Hope you know that additional ⁦rain South Africa⁩ mobile gigs cost only R10 nationwide rain.co.za

A mate shared this piece of wisdom: “Don’t moan, because the people who are prepared to listen to moaning can’t help and the people who can help don’t have time to listen to moaning.”

You’ve never been this wise

TOBY SHAPSHAK: Unicorn Bank Zero is SA’s latest fintech success story businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/col…

Appreciate the personal angle here businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/col…

If only there were a free electronic alternative…. Something like a Bank that charges Zero for electronic transfers, debit orders and card swipes. And has Business Banking for free too. And Apple Pay and Google Pay 😉

If you believe that the Post Office will be turned around then there’s a cheque in the mail for you too 😉

Love this new product from ⁦rain South Africa⁩. It’s called “Loop”. Take your 5G WiFi with you. rain.co.za

I’ve received a lot of funding requests recently. Here’s a good place to start, if you’re an entrepreneur that needs capital to grow.

Chaos 😉

The US Federal deficit of around $2,5 trillion a year, is a massive boost to the global economy, funded by (future) US taxpayers.

Graph is problematic on both ends. Too little education leads to a population explosion but “too much” education leads to a population collapse

Tariffs for SA exports to: USA: 30% China: 0% World is Easternising fast