On this week’s episode, we are really excited to have Leo Page join us.

Leo shares his life journey of how he started his entrepreneurial journey and what the trigger point was to him taking the plunge into going on his own.

Leo shares golden nuggets in the episode of going from having everything in abundance, loosing it all and then having to build back up again. The lessons shared are so insightful and inspiring and gives everyone the foundational building blocks on how to succeed.

He gives us insights into his next venture and how he plans to makes the lessons he learned impactful and available to everyone.

We end the episode off with one lesson that he would tell his 21-year-old self:

o “Take it slow in business and take your time, don’t try to impress anybody except for yourself. Practise patience and success will come the way that they are supposed to. If you force it, you will break it.”

You can reach out to Leo on the below platforms:

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/artworks-0513381a3/

Page Life Coaching

https://www.pagelifecoach.com/

We are very excited to have Alex MacPhail join us on Business & Beers for an episode filled with so many golden nuggets of wisdom, as Alex takes us through his journey of going from an Airline Pilot to an entrepreneur.

One thing that we get taught is that entrepreneurship might not be pretty but if you put your mind to it, bring what you can bring, and add as much value wherever you can, you will be successful.

The episode is filled with insights that we can learn on working in high-performance teams, surrounding yourself with amazing people, and using your previous experience to make today a success.

Key lessons Alex shares from his experience:

1. You have to be prepared as you can be, but not at the expense of starting.

2. Allow your team to fail and be honest about it.

3. Build trust in your team and trust people in their own domain. Try fast forward trust as fast as possible.

You can follow Alex on one of the below channels.

o LinkedIn

o High Performance Teams Website

o YouTube

We are fortunate enough to have Frugal join us for another episode of Business and Beers for his experience of leaving his toxic work environment to starting his own business and what this process looked like.

Frugal provides such valuable insight into what his exit strategy looked like, how he was held accountable throughout the process and gives our listeners some fantastic tools that can be used to understand who you are as a person in more detail and how to develop personal development plans to succeed in whatever your exit strategy looks like.

If you found value from the episode, please reach out to Frugal at any one of the below channels:

o Website

§ https://localmoney.co.za/

o LinkedIn

§ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-barnard/

o Twitter

§ https://twitter.com/FrugalLocal

o Facebook

§ https://www.facebook.com/frugallocal

o Instagram

§ https://www.instagram.com/frugallocal/

o YouTube

§ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1T-BVof4NlUgb3YxpobLCg?view_as=subscriber

In this week’s episode, we chat to Frugal Local about what it means to be the victim of a toxic workplace and what his experience was in dealing with a toxic workplace.

He walks us through the different personas one would encounter on the journey of a toxic workplace, how to identify these characters, what to do if you find yourself in the situation, and most importantly how to identify if you are in fact a victim of workplace toxicity.

You can reach out to Frugal on any of the below channels:

o Website

https://localmoney.co.za/

o Twitter

https://twitter.com/FrugalLocal

o Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/frugallocal

o Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/frugallocal/

o YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1T-BVof4NlUgb3YxpobLCg

On this week’s episode of Business & Beers we chat with Jacques du Toit.

Jacques shares his story from running his side hustle publication and textbook business called BookIt Books while being a full-time student at University of Pretoria. He shares his story of how the business was started by a massive gap in the market and we get introduced to ‘Mr Chang’ who re-enforced the idea of the business.

He goes into his story of being a natural explorer at heart, what drives him to succeed, how does he solve problems and identify gaps in the market with a passion for property. He was 1 of the first handfuls of properties to start an Airbnb in Cape Town with his mother’s house that turned into other properties that he started managing.

But with Jacques’s passion and drive it was only time before he moved into his new venture of going into consulting and working with an international firm on systemizing the business and he discusses what he learnt along this new journey and how the relationships he built in that business led to his own consulting business called Source Consulting.

Jacques’s story is really inspiring to show what you can achieve with drive and passion and being able to be agile in identifying gaps in the market and chasing the opportunity.

Jacques shares some interesting tips with our listeners that he has learnt along his journey:

1. Keep costs low which allows you to survive most storms.

2. Personal productivity and health must be a priority, get enough sleep.

3. Value your clients and your suppliers

4. Time blocking. “In the morning usually 2 hours my phone is off, and I do priority work with no distractions”.

Follow Jacques on the below channels:

LinkedIn

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-du-toit/

Website

o https://jacquesdutoit.com/

BookIt Books

o https://www.bookitbooks.co.za/

ZA Homes

o https://zahomes.co.za/

Source Consulting

o https://sourceconsulting.co.za/#

This episode of Business & Beers is a very special episode as we interview our very own host, Steven Van Rooyen.

Steve successfully started Digidorx many years ago as a side hustle which eventually turned into his full-time job in 2019 that he has turned into a success even in a global pandemic.

This podcast is filled with so many golden nuggets that Steve gives along his journey of mentors and people that helped guide his path from varsity and deciding what to study, working for different companies and agencies along the way to eventually becoming a business owner in 2019.

If we could have more space in the summary, this would probably turn into an autobiography because it is that good! The podcast is filled with incredible stories that Steve shares with some good laughs and some pivotal points in his career that some people might be facing today.

One that stood out for Simon was how he chose the name Digidorx which was super interesting and hopefully inspires many budding entrepreneurs out there.

Top 5 lessons that Steve shares in starting his own business:

1. Being a small business owner, Cash is king.

2. Enjoy the freedom and enjoy what you do.

3. Enjoy the challenges because it is difficult, and no one teaches you this stuff.

4. The journey can get lonely so choose the people you surround yourself with carefully.

5. Appreciate the people around you like your suppliers and your clients.

You can find Steve on any of the below channels to reach out and have a chat:

o LinkedIn 

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-van-rooyen/

o Twitter

 https://twitter.com/stevevanrooyen

o Digidorx

 www.digidorx.co.za

 [email protected]

We are super excited to have Danny de Nobrega join us all the way from Cape Town.

Danny’s story is something that a lot of people can relate to, going from wanting to study to be an architect to founding Kilmer & Cruise Advertising Agency.

We touch on the idea that brewed over a few days and turned into the dream that Danny talks us through.

Danny shares incredible golden nuggets on the show:

1. How they found their business name.

2. Why they started their own business.

3. Strategies they adopted in working with amazing brands that they loved and wanted to work with.

4. The 4 levers their business adopts with clients.

5. How to be unique on your own.

6. The 3 tips to be creative in your own business and many more.

I hope that you have a cold beer and ready to learn a ton from Danny on an episode that we are super excited to get to the Business & Beers listeners.

If you would like to connect with Danny, you can find him on LinkedIn below:

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannydenobrega/

Alternatively, you can follow Kilmer & Cruise on their website below.

o https://kilmerandcruise.com

Enjoy the episode.

B & B Team

On this week’s episode of Business and Beers, we are joined by the Finance Ghost.

In simple terms, the Finance Ghost takes complicated finance stuff like investing, corporate finance, what companies are doing on the JSE and how to invest in them and repackages it in a way that simple people will understand.

We dive into detail on side hustles and how Finance Ghost started his journey from a corporate career and moved into having a successful side hustle while still managing to keep Mrs. Ghost and baby ghost happy.

Finance Ghost drops some golden nuggets for anyone looking to start a side hustle or considering the idea of a side hustle and we hope that you find the episode useful in figuring out the next step of your journey to side hustles.

You can follow the Finance Ghost on any of the below channels:

o Twitter Handle

 https://twitter.com/FinanceGhost

o Website

 https://thefinanceghost.com/

o Ghost Mail

 https://thefinanceghost.com/ghost-mail/

o The Finance Ghost Podcast

 https://thefinanceghost.com/category/podcasts/

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Till next time.

Cheers

B&B Team

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