Another Excuse | Entrepreneurship, Business, Insights, Fears

Eitan Stern is the founder of Legalese. Legalese is a creative legal practice which has redesigned legal services to suit creative, start-up, and tech-based businesses by making them accessible, affordable and understandable.

In the episode, we discuss:

• How Legalese started
• Challenging a traditional industry
• What to strive for
• Risk and how it develops
• The benefits of a network
• What makes a good entrepreneur
And so much more...

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Ludré Stevens is the founder of three different companies. They are iNBOTiQA, GoGetNow and CalendarNow. He is still involved in all three and we discuss the businesses and his unique perspective on running all three businesses and the challenges they bring.

In the episode, we discuss:

• What each of his businesses do
• How he came up with each idea
• The challenges of running three businesses
• Learning from mistakes
• The power of networking
• Getting better and faster at testing and launching an idea
And so much more...

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iNBOTiQA
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Jessa Molyneux is the founder of Her Nation. Her Nation is a network state building a representative suite of tools to deal with gender bias in AI. It's a complex and important problem that she's tackling and we discuss all the intricacies of the project.

In the episode, we discuss:

• What Her Nation is
• What a Network State is
• The importance of good governance
• The four pillars of Her Nation
• Jessa's journey to get here
• Circumstances necessary to take action
And so much more...

Her Nation:

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Jessa:

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Heléne Smuts is the founder of Credo Growth and a Board Member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Accelerator program. Credo Growth is a growth consultancy that empowers entrepreneurs and business leaders to grow their technology companies. Not only do we talk about Credo Growth and EO, but many more projects and Heléne's book!

In the episode, we discuss:

• What Credo Growth does
• What drew Heléne to coaching
• Junior to Giants
• Bootcamp to Boardroom
• The benefits of community and EO
• Heléne's book - Ditch Mediocrity: Learn how to take your team performance from average to incredible
And so much more...

Credo Growth:

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Heléne:

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Bootcamp to Boardroom:

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Jan is the founder of Supernova Brands, an import and distribution company bringing products and brands to the South African market. We have an interesting discussion about how the company started and what he's learned along the way.

In the episode, we discuss:

• What Supernova Brands does
• How the company started
• Evaluating risk
• Being a mentor
• Filtering through the noise of automation
• The importance of decompressing
And so much more...

Supernova Brands:

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Jan:

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation:

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I started podcasting 21 episodes ago. It's been an amazing journey and I have learnt a lot in the process. I couldn't recommend starting one enough and I explain why in this episode. Check it out if you want to start one yourself.

In the episode, I chat about:

• The positives of starting a podcast
• The struggles of running a podcast on your own
• The things I'd do differently
• Everything I've learnt with some tips

Platform I use:

Riverside

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Today’s guest is … me!

The roles were reversed and I featured on Jason Luboyera’s podcast Pillow Talk. He was my very first guest and it was now his turn to ask me some questions. The episode is focused on Personal Branding and everything I’ve learned so far.

In the episode, we discuss:

• Goals when building a personal brand
• The importance of building a personal brand
• The mistakes I’ve made along the way
• How metrics change based on account size
• And the future of personal branding

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Ry is the founder of Sonder, a personal branding consultancy and my boss. We have an interesting discussion about why he chose personal branding and what differentiates Sonder.

In the episode, we discuss:

• The value of university
• What Sonder does
• Why personal branding is particularly important today
• The value of transparency
• His previous ventures
• Investment
And so much more...

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Ipshita is the VP of Brand Innovation at Hype, a Web3 marketing and creative agency. We had a great discussion about how it's essential for brands to explore new technologies to improve their service offerings.

In the episode, we discuss:

• What Hype does
• The importance of exploring new tech for Brands
• Examples of projects she's worked on
• Psychological ownership
• The importance of community
• Her upbringing in India
And so much more...

Hype:

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Ipshita:

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Resources Mentioned:

Flaunt
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Gemini Cryptopedia

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Sam founded MintPass, a Travel-based collectorship platform that allows you to turn your travel experiences into digital identity. We've kind of just dealt with the way we plan and share our travels and it just makes sense to have it all in one place. Sam's working on some interesting things and I can't wait to use the app.

In the episode, we discuss:

• What is MintPass and how it works
• Identifying an opportunity in a passion area
• Building a web2 product with Web3 in mind
• The many directions the app can go
• Taking action on an idea
• Gamification is everything
And so much more...

MintPass:

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Sam:

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