Pieter de Villiers
Scaling Tech Startups
Award-winning entrepreneur, Pieter de Villiers, shares his recipe for scaling a sustainable, fast-growing technology business.
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About This Recipe
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Pieter de Villiers shares his recipe for turning a concept into a scalable, investable, and sustainable tech business. He explains how his million-dollar business, Clickatell, grew from just four lines of code into a global technology platform. Pieter reflects on the key enablers of growth, the challenges of scaling a tech business, and the lessons failure taught him. He shares his approach to securing funding, building partnerships, and using digital products to help small businesses scale globally. With a blend of strategy and aspiration, Pieter gives entrepreneurs practical guidance on how to grow a tech business that is profitable, sustainable and globally relevant.
What You'll Learn
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- Turn ideas into scalable businesses.
- Understand digitalisationā€™s impact on scale.
- Identify growth enablers.
- Recognise scaling challenges.
- Learn lessons from failure.
- Approach funding effectively.
- Use digital products for global growth.
- Leverage telecommunications to scale.
- Build partnerships that accelerate growth.
- Understand what investors seek.
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Who Is Our Heavy Chef?
Pieter de Villiers is the co-founder of Clickatell. He is a recognised leader in the mobile industry and an active member of key organisations such as the GSM Association and CTIA. As an accomplished international speaker, he has shared insights on mobile technology and innovation at major conferences across the United States, Europe, and Africa, including Mobile World Congress, Mobile Money Africa, and the CTIA Wireless Conference. Pieter was also honoured with the Industry Personality of the Year Award, and was awarded the Social Economic Impact Award from the San Jose Business Journal.
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