Show notes
In this episode of How Would You Build It, we meet Mike Houghton and Nick Mills, the co-founders behind a bold new startup using crowdsourcing, data, and AI to tackle one of South Africa’s most pressing issues — crime.What started with leveraging the network effects of WhatsApp has now turned into a fast-growing platform backed by $500K in funding. They share how they’re collecting insights from communities, how AI is helping them build faster, and how they’re thinking about fundraising, speed, and scale.00:00 Intro01:00 Community Wolf founder story04:59 What is Community Wolf11:00 Tackling crime & safety in SA12:45 Data as a business model18:07 Building with AI27:27 Building in WhatsApp33:24 Area-based networks43:19 Marketing hacks49:31 Building for seed funding
