Corporate A-players can flop in an SME. Maneli Pets founder Nhlanhla Dlamini learned that the expensive way, three times.
In Part 2: screening for adaptability and values, treating probation as the real interview, and how AI freed up the mindshare for the important work that never got done, from development plans to new revenue streams. Plus rapid-fire nuggets: the most dangerous myth about scaling in South Africa, the role founders hire too late, and the one decision that kept Maneli alive.
Missed Part 1? Start with the factory nobody thought he should build. Click here to dive into Part 1.
