1 July 2023 marked 10 years since we started Pomegranite. It’s surreal. When Liz and I sat down a decade ago to write our business plan, we decided to pepper it with ways we would celebrate big milestones. For our 10th birthday, we thought, we’d have
Sometimes it really does feel like the right people cross paths with you at the perfect time. With Melissa’s promotion to Operations Manager at Pomegranite (the best thing to happen since Taylor Swift rerecorded her music for herself), we needed more project management capacity within the
It’s been so interesting seeing the different evolutions of Pomegranite over the years, as the business has grown, as the team has expanded, and as our lives have changed along with it all. This year has felt, more than any before, like a new era for
One thing that continues to surprise me about running a business is how difficult it can be to find the right people to join the team. You need someone with the right skillset, and ideally the right sector experience. But you also need someone with
The two responses I get most often from Callie, either on Slack or in Zoom meetings, are: “Got it.” and “I’m on it!” You know when you look into someone’s eyes as they’re talking to you and you can almost see the mental spreadsheets their brain
After two years in a pandemic-restricted world, a week-long music festival on the Albanian coast in the middle of summer seemed like the perfect tonic. What to do both before and after slid into place quickly (thanks in large part to Tash’s knack for planning
My first day at Pomegranite was three days after my 28th birthday. I had worked my two months’ notice at my “real” job, and on 1 July 2013, as we sat in Liz’s tiny Long Street flat drinking tea on her couch, the enormity of
Even though we’ve done this for nine years now, it’s still hard to think of ourselves as experts when it comes to starting your own business. When feminist writer and researcher, Jen Thorpe, asked us a few questions about entrepreneurship for her latest book, Adulting
When Natalie applied for a position at Pomegranite, she said: “I have been following the Pomegranite journey for many years and admire the agency, the culture and your incredible work. I have always kept an eye open for potential job openings. I love that the agency
A few days ago I was with someone during quite a big moment in their life, and they were really emotional. “I’ve been finding that I’m so much more maudlin this year,” they said, smiling through a real fruit salad of feelings. I’ve been thinking about
Having worked with CHIPS Coworking space for a few months on their social media, their office option was the obvious decision for our in-person work day. The workspaces are inviting, energetic and airy, with floor-to-ceiling windows and incredible views of Table Mountain.
When we interviewed candidates for the social media manager position at Pomegranite, we took notes during each chat to help us remember key points about each person. During Anja’s interview, Liz only wrote down one word: yay!