Read of the Week: The First Kudu (Part 1)

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Our final read of the week for 2023 is titled the 'First Kudu, Building a tech start-up in Africa: stories and lessons from HouseME. The book was written by Ben Shaw and Lorne Hallendorff. Lorne joins us on the OFM Business Hour to discuss the lessons gleaned from this roaring successful business which ended up failing before reaching that elusive billion dollar evaluation target. This is part 1

20 Dec 2023 English South Africa Business · Careers

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