Product Development for SMEs – Does your business need an App?

Mobile applications have fundamentally changed the way people want to interact with the world. Sensing a massive opportunity, many SMEs these days want to develop products to differentiate their business in the market. Since this, however, is for many traditional businesses a completely new world, challenges abound.

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Wim Morris (http://t.sidekickopen53.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs7fsH4gW643Wcd3MhKLdW5vfRWq56dH5df6Q54PR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fza.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwimmorris&si=5368552476114944&pi=f878baff-e9f0-48dc-a605-b6298f18b3cb), COO of mobile product development company Polymorph (http://t.sidekickopen53.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs7fsH4gW643Wcd3MhKLdW5vfRWq56dH5df6Q54PR02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polymorph.co.za%2F&si=5368552476114944&pi=f878baff-e9f0-48dc-a605-b6298f18b3cb), will provide an overview of product development in general, share some personal war stories of where things have gone wrong and provide some guidelines on how to approach product development if you are an SME. He will conclude with an overview of all the new options becoming available due to the increasing acceptance of modern technologies (e.g. cloud services) in our businesses.

This time, we will do things differently and do the networking before the event (between 17h30 and 18h30). If you are keen, you can still join us for a few drinks after the event.

To not miss out, RSVP now and save the event to your calendar.

Be sure to invite your business colleagues! Attendance is free of charge.

Agenda:

5:30 pm Networking (Food & wine)

6:30 pm Talk

7:15 pm Q&A Session

7:30 pm End of official event

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About the Organising Sponsor Xuviate (http://www.xuviate.com/):

Xuviate has made it its mission to unlock the true business value of information technology in mid-sized businesses everywhere in the world.

Instead of jumping on the current technology hype bandwagon (Big Data, Cloud, Internet of Things…) the company supports business and IT leaders who want to acquire essential business technology management skills in support of their companies’ digital transformation journey.

About the Venue Sponsor USB (http://www.usb.ac.za/):

The University of Stellenbosch Business School offers a wide range of internationally accredited management and leadership programmes.

USB is recognised as a top school in the international business school network. Overall, we strive to develop responsible leaders through well-grounded business education and research.

USB's programmes are relevant for South Africa, other African countries and beyond. Over and above our flagship MBA, we offer programmes in Development Finance, Leadership Development, Management Coaching, Futures Studies and Project Management.

About the Beverage Sponsor Collaboretix (http://www.collaboretix.co.za)

Collaboretix offers Strategic Business, Infrastructure Technology and Leadership consulting services.

Business Longevity, Operational Excellence and Data Centres are our specialities. We engage with clients from a strategic business perspective.

Collaboretix offers customers a turn-key solution – from vision and business concept to strategy and planning, from building and implementation to program and project management, and from team structuring to coaching.