Podcast episodes
E37 - Zanele Matome - From a personal butler to broke and back
Zanele Matome has experienced the highs and lows of entrepreneurship like few people I have ever met. She went from wininng mining tenders, living in a huge house with a butler to broke and back at her childhood home. But that did...
E36 - Chris Jones - How his business survived losing 70% of its revenue in one meeting
Like many entrepreneurs, Chris Jones built his business off the back of a product that he developed to solve a problem that he had. As an American Football player, Chris noticed a gap in the market for durable catcher's gloves wit...
E35 - Jason Bagley - A single distracting client ended this business
When his business eventually ended, it took with it his cofounder relationship, best mate and group of friends from high school. Jason Bagley's company, Firing Squad, started out as a project-based service business. But thanks to ...
E34 - Hiten Keshave - I lost all of my savings when my business died
Hiten Keshav is an accountant who wanted desperately to strike out on his own and build a business despite his parents desperately wanting him to take a different path to their own.His first business opportunity was in an unfamili...
E33 - Mike Abel - How a failing client almost took down his ad agency
No matter how large your business is or how much experience you have leading, the threat of business death is always looming. When Mike Abel decided to pitch for the advertising business of the flailing retailer Edgars, he believe...