May 4, 2021Opportunities in this pandemic and how to start with Zitah McMillan from Predictive BlackOpportunities in this pandemic and how now it is the right time to start with Zitah McMillan from Predictive Black Mark de Rijk Hi and welcome to today’s SME Business podcast, your host, Mark, will be joining you to interview a founder of an SME business each week, highlighting lessons…Predictiveblack28 min readPredictiveblack28 min read
Nov 25, 2020New ways of ideation and prototyping to help you validate your product or service with Jonathan SunMark de Rijk Dear listeners, thank you for tuning in for the next episode of the SME Business podcast. Today we are joined by Jonathan Sun. Mark and Jonathan are also members of Mentors and Mentees. Jonathan is the founder of Nifty. Nifty helps entrepreneurs validate ideas. Mark de Rijk …Nifty32 min readNifty32 min read
Oct 27, 2020S1E2: Why UX matter and renewable energy is here to take over with Jared Huke from Daito Design.Mark de Rijk Hi, dear listeners, thank you for tuning in for the next episode of the SME business podcast. Today we are joined by Jared Huke. …Sme35 min readSme35 min read
Sep 30, 2020SME Business Podcast — S1EP1 — Sales Strategies for the new normal Steven Benson from Badger MapsMark de Rijk Hi people today we welcome Steven Benson to the show. Steven is the CEO of Badger Maps. Badger Maps helps field reps sell 20 to 25 per cent more. He also hosts “outside sales talk” the number one podcast for outside sales reps. Check the link in…Peopletoday32 min readPeopletoday32 min read
Mar 10, 2020Cybersecurity for startups: What do as a founder to secure your firm: Part 2 — Identify (ID)Introduction — With plenty of data providing the evidence that attacks are getting more commonplace, and the impacts are also increasing, it’s only logical for us to lead from our experience of dealing with startups but also large enterprises. With technology being the bedrock (or platform if you will) of pretty much…Startups7 min readStartups7 min read
Jan 22, 2020Cybersecurity for startups: What you can do as a founder to secure your firm Part1: NIST CSFSome sobering statistics on small business impacts A startup like regular smaller companies has competing priorities for the amount of money to spend on cybersecurity. At the same time, it goes through growing pains going from a small team blossoming into the large enterprise of tomorrow. This doesn’t mean that a startup doesn’t encounter any cybersecurity risk. …Cybersecurity6 min readCybersecurity6 min read
