Founder stories
#0028 Marc Loon from Kairos
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13 Ideas About Interacting With Children, Combining Alternative and Traditional Educational Systems, The Shift to Online Teaching, and Nonviolent Communication
#0027 Michael Renzon of inQuba
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16 business ideas on raising capital in South Africa, pitching to investors and going international.
#0026 Ruwayne Kock of Authentic Organisations
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14 Ideas on the Meaning of Authenticity in South Africa’s Private Sector, Growth, Reaching Out to Companies, and the Importance of Attending Networking Events.
#0025 Bertha Kgokong of Tati Software
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9 Ideas on keeping record of your work and the perks of networking.
#0024 Joanne Vermaak of Everything Tea
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18 business ideas on growth, supplier relations, transparency in customer service, and the importance of outsourcing to local businesses.
#0023 James Hammerton of Vault
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13 ideas on brand awareness, engagement, and overcoming the inner saboteur.
#0022 Edmond Sebetseba of Alpha Innovate
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11 ideas on developing a business mindset, self-improvement, and team discussions.
#0021 Nadia Virasamy of Moving into Dance
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17 ideas on the difficulties of being an NPO in the dance industry, showing kindness to your employees, and handling downsizing.
#0020 Riana Pretorius of Exponential Financial Services (EFS)
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25 ideas on building a family business from scratch, effective budgeting, choosing client base, effective customer service, and self-improvement.
#0019 Linda Hamman from Talk2Us
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15 business principles on leadership, building brand confidence, followership and the new Workorder.
#0017 Michael Hinton from Finatix
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15 business ideas on finding opportunities, managing finances and working with clients.
#0016 Simon Spurr of HealthCloud
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36 ideas from Simon Spurr on selling into enterprise customers, surrounding yourself with good people and having a strong board of mentors and advisors.
#0015 Mike Lysko of Flock
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11 business ideas on skills, communication with teams, habits and processes.
#0014 Jules Newton of Avocado Vision and Green Business Value Chain
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9 business ideas on funding modules, growth and success.
#0013 Clayton Campbell of Onsite Group
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13 business ideas on creating a referral-based business, operating in Africa and communication with teams.
#0012 Kevin Derman of Kaskade
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20 business ideas on digital marketing, automation and using tech as a competitive advantage.
#0011 Luke Warner of Intergreatme
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33 ideas on starting businesses, finding co-founders and getting crowdfunded
#0010 - Paul Galatis of Names & Faces
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27 ideas on moving to Silicon Valley, competing internationally and building a world-class company
#0009 - Nic Haralambous
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33 ideas from Nic Haralambous on entrepreneurial life, fundraising and founding a cryptocurrency startup
#0008 - Daniel Goldberg of Bridgement
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17 ideas from Daniel Goldberg on launching a platform, being a solo founder and raising funding
#0007 - Brett Perlstein of SearchKings™ Africa
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20 ideas from Brett Perlstein on growth, early customer sales, scaling your business and financial management
#0006 - Bradley Whittington of Superbalist
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33 ideas from Bradley Whittington of Superbalist on eCommerce, hiring and managing engineering teams
#0005 - Dominic White of SensePost
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17 ideas from Dominic White of SensePost on running a professional services firm, hiring a CTO and creating great technical talent
#0004 - Lolo Ndlovu of The Sneaker Shack
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34 ideas from Lolo Ndlovu of The Sneaker Shack on spotting opportunities, testing ideas and customer feedback
#0003 - Grant Ansell of Perron
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31 ideas from Grant Ansell of Perron on starting, fitting out and managing restaurants
#0002 - Gerrie Brink of AQUAffection
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25 ideas from Gerrie Brink from AQUAffection on starting a business, finding opportunities, managing and marketing
#0001 - Justin Hunter of Daily Fruit
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Justin Hunter is the founder of Daily Fruit. Founded in 2010 they have been delivering fresh fruit to offices to help keep employees healthy. Currently they supply over 500 corporate clients delivering more than 150 000 pieces of fruit a week.