Happy 2nd birthday, urban espresso!

Time flies when you’re having fun. As cliché as it is, it’s true. urban espresso has officially hit the two year mark. The past twelve months since our first milestone have been a rollercoaster of all sorts. There have been ups and downs, extreme highs and extreme lows, but most of all, there have been […]

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Marcela Ospina talks Business Anthropology – Maggs on Media

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that behaviour changes occur gradually, and can be triggered by effective marketing executions. It does, however, take an incredibly trained eye to monitor behavioural patterns and cues, and to make sense of them for brands afterwards. This is where Marcela Ospina fits in. She recently sat down with […]

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Green Robot Design and Business Day TV

We love working with talented and ambitious entrepreneurs, and Kgomotso Mautloa, Creative Director at Green Robot Design, is one such person. Kgomotso was recently featured on Business Day TV’s show SME-Zone.  http://www.businessdaytv.co.za/shows/SME-Zone/2014/09/15/sme-zone-part-2 Informal business models are often not given enough credibility and recognition, despite their contribution towards the country’s entrepreneurial and economic development. SME-Zone is […]

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The accidental entrepreneur

2014 has been an exciting year of adventures and growth for urban espresso. When I started urban espresso, would would focus on PR, I was confident in my PR skills and expertise. Starting and managing a business – not so much. Early in 2014 I started seeing a business coach, Brent Spilkin (affectionately known as […]

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