PM Portfolio · Maipelo Letebele · Cape Town, South Africa

Four products.
Real stories.

Built, shipped, and iterated on across construction, consumer goods, and technology. Each product taught a different lesson about what it means to build something people actually need.

Case Study 01
heirloom.
2026 · Cape Town
Live Research

A secure preservation vault for physical handwritten journals. Built from scratch using the full PM pipeline — discovery, competitive analysis, live survey, PRD, and user flow.

56+Data Points
47Requirements
🔴Active
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Case Study 02
WealthSpaces
2019 – 2022 · Johannesburg

A two-sided marketplace connecting remote workers with hotels and cafes. Raised R350K, reached Top 10 downloads in SA, partnered with The Maslow, DAVINCI, and The Capital Hotels.

R350KRaised
Top 10SA Downloads
22Venues
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Case Study 03
The Juice Bar
2018 · Johannesburg Markets

Fresh fruit and vegetable juices sold at weekend markets. The only product in this portfolio that achieved genuine product-market fit — through observation, sampling, and data collected by hand.

~40Customers/day
R40Per bottle
Product-market fit
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Case Study 04
Minions SA
2012 – 2014 · Sandton, Johannesburg

An on-demand errand service built at university — before the gig economy had a name. Award-winning concept, right problem, wrong timing. The lesson in beachhead strategy.

🏆Wits Award
15Providers
2012Pre-gig economy
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