Behind The Stack

Send us Fan Mail How do you turn YouTube into a multi-7-figure business? In this episode of Behind The Stack , host Jade Barter sits down with Matt Loui to uncover the strategies behind building one of South Africa's fastest-growing creator brands. Matt shares the lessons that helped him grow a YouTube audience of nearly 200,000 subscribers, build a thriving business through content, and crea...

Send us Fan Mail Every business talks about data. Few understand what it really takes to protect it. In this episode of Behind The Stack, host Jade Barter sits down with Werner Ferreira, Group IT Infrastructure Manager at Lightstone , one of South Africa's leading data and analytics companies. Werner shares what it takes to manage and protect the infrastructure behind millions of data points,...

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE 3: Explain AI Like I’m Your Gran | Featuring Mark Werth Artificial Intelligence is everywhere… but what does it actually mean for business? In this episode of Behind The Stack, Mark Werth breaks down AI in the simplest way possible — explaining how AI works, how businesses are using it right now, and what most people get completely wrong. We unpack real-world AI use cases,...

Send us Fan Mail Most businesses are overspending on IT — and don’t even realise it. In this episode of Behind the Stack , we sit down with Jeremy Lichtenstein from Axiz to unpack the hidden reasons companies waste money on their tech stack — and how to fix it. From overcomplicated infrastructure to underutilised systems, this conversation breaks down what’s actually going wrong inside modern IT e...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Behind The Stack — a podcast exploring the people, decisions, and realities behind the tech industry. From founders and CEOs to operators building the systems that power modern business, we unpack what it really takes to grow and scale in today’s digital world. In Episode 01 , I sit down with Dean Irwin, CEO of Xpand IT, to talk about The Cost of Growth . Scaling a comp...