The best disruptors are focused on customers, not products, they use technology rather than fear it, they create new opportunities often where regulations don't exist and they are backed by those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk. Colin Cullis presents stories of Business Unusual - those people and companies driving the next industrial revolution. The associated articles and videos are available here
https://www.702.co.za/features/110/business-unusual
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 13 hours 8 minutes
A big battery may work better than a power plant
Electricity grids fail if there is more demand than supply. Batteries could fix that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2017 was the year social media got captured
Rest in Peace, social media innocence… The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Stuff magazine’s Toby Shapshak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How a South African put Amazon in the cloud
You may not know Chris Pinkham, but you use the services he helped create every day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Things we invented in 2017
No, this is not about Bell Pottinger or Donald Trump, but actual innovations that will affect us in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The drone and satellite could become as important as the tractor to farmers
Farming advances will add precision, both to reduce waste and costs while improving yield and being kinder to the environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robots are coming! They're running, jumping and doing the backflip to get here
A robot doing a single task is not new. The kind that can do tasks on their own? That can be a bit more scary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Grass is always greener where you water it. That is the problem
We may love the sight of a manicured green lawn but, for most of South Africa, it is just not a good use of water anymore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Craft ice is a thing. And it’s coming to restaurant and bar near you
Craft beer, sure, but craft ice? The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Tom Steen, the man who is developing craft ice. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Electricity prices getting you down? How does free sound?
Suppliers of renewable energy in Germany reduced electricity prices to zero recently. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Treat your personal data like cash (because that's what it is)
You can't be 100% safe online, but you can be safer than you are now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.