It's just us today and what a season this was. Also, we got listed on The Top 100 Outstanding Role Model Lists supported by INvolve and YouTube.
Join us for the season wrap-up and key calls to action.
00:00 - To More Top Moments
00:30 - 2024 Top Lessons
02:28 - Showing up on people's issues
05:20 - Psychological safety and values
06:40 - BTS
07:55 - What we can still do
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My friend, what should be happening to resolve the problems South Africans face with spaza shops?
Want to find the right niche?
Today, we delve deep into the multifaceted world of entrepreneurship, exploring the challenges and opportunities that shape the landscape for modern business owners and reflecting on South Africa's potentially limiting identity crisis.
Join us as we sit down with Avelile Nontanda, the founder and CEO of Mayhem Digital with more than 10 years of experience helping businesses and brands live their best digital lives from Google to social media and father. Avelile gets candid about shared realities such as dealing with Black Tax, not-so-friendly spaza shops and the importance of a self-reliant economy.
We discuss the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs today, the importance of a strong brand identity, and the power of digital marketing.
In this conversation, we'll cover:
00:00 - Finding Your Niche: Being a Jack of All Trades, Master of Niche
06:25 - The Google Dilemma and Exploring Ownership
15:51 - Dealing with “Pull Him/Her Down” Syndrome and The Discount Mentality
21:29 - Finding a Balance After Groove and Equal Focus
26:10 - First World and Third World Fallacies
29:15 - Black Tax is Good and Bad at the Same Time
40:54 - Digital Nomads, Why start in Cape Town, and Can Looks Be Deceiving?
Resources:
Call to Action:
Briefly 1 Newsletter: Beyond Milestones
We are celebrating 1,000 downloads and community growth in our first audio newsletter.
What is covered in this newsletter:
Annemarie Shrouder (she/her), international speaker, consultant and author of Being Brown in a Black and White World, which shares the personal and organisational costs of polarisation, joined me today to talk about the essentials for community building and what we can borrow or learn from post-COVID-19 amid waning global commitments.
On today’s episode:
0:00 - Intro & welcome
0:24 - Common frustrations shared since the start
2:47 - Inclusion vs Belonging and other polarisations
4:12 - “Healing requires that we all need to do our own work”
5:52 - Learning from parenthood for the best workplace
9:42 - The impact of COVID-19 on community and balance
15:09 - The tools we can use today
17:39 - The power of intersectionality on how we show up
20:58 - Wellness and heart-based exercises as impact drivers
24:20 - “Everyone is doing the best they can with the trauma they carry”
26:15 - Looking ahead with 5% more courage
30:53 - Wrap-up
RESOURCES
Annemarie’s Book: https://annemarieshrouder.com/book/
(Amazon) - https://www.amazon.com/Being-Brown-Black-White-World-ebook/dp/B09224CN47
The HeartMath Institute: https://www.heartmath.org/
More About Annemarie Shrouder:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarieshrouder/
Website: https://annemarieshrouder.com/
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★ Support this podcast ★Today’s guest, Melilizwe Gqobo (he/him) - Founding Director of Hubspace (Khayelitsha) and Venture Scout, has successfully created space for founders and entrepreneurs to thrive by strengthening and reinforcing their capacity or ability to seek opportunities.
With the hindsight of co-founding Hubspace, a pioneering startup ecosystem or incubator space to bring communal offices and resources to entrepreneurs and founders within the township economy, meaningfully contributing over 5% to South Africa’s GDP, Melilizwe shares key lessons and insights on what it takes to make a successful venture while highlighting examples from Bolt and Uber’s entry to the South African/African market.
What's Covered On This Episode:
0:00 - The Entrepreneurship and Founder Ecosystems
1:23 - Founder Lessons and Challenges
4:40 - Reasons why I became an Entrepreneur
6:02 - The Opportunity Set – NGOs
8:07 - Making a successful venture
10:51 - Does First Mover Advantage Exist?
12:50 - The Role of Enterprise Development
14:51 - The Township Economy
25:39 - The Importance of Patient Capital, Support, Routine and Mindset for Preservation
32:57 - Allyship: Creating space and an intentional community
38:29 - Innovation and AI
46:17 - Wrap-up: Key Takeaways
RESOURCES:
https://disruptafrica.com/2014/11/15/townships-offer-real-investment-opportunities-hubspace/
https://www.news24.com/news24/partnercontent/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-township-economy-20230621
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5reve8476o
Follow Melilizwe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melilizwe-gqobo-6229a729/
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