Our ninth episode is live! Topics broached in this episode includes the current global housing bubble, Pub chain Fuller’s decision to axe 10% of its workforce, the impact of the working-from-home trend among many others.

We're back with our eighth episode! In this episode we discuss latest business topics including celebrities investing in cloud paper,  Facebook’s threat to quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US, LVMH $16 billion merger deal with Tiffany and many more. Thank you for listening! We’ll be back next week. Stay healthy & safe.

Welcome to the seventh episode of Coffee with Centuro! Today Seraj takes us on a very well connected journey through the news as we talk about Billionaires giving away their money, a driver of a self driving car charged with negligent homicide, new hydrogen powered cars, new Lego stores and packaging, Staff value propositions and moving to cheaper towns but getting paid less.

If you like what we are doing or have any feedback, please reach out to us via all the usual social channels. We'd love to hear from you.

Welcome to the sixth episode of Coffee with Centuro. This week’s episode includes discussions about Neuralink, Amazon's spike in job creation, Uber's new rent-a-car feature, France’s massive stimulus package towards digitization among much other business and tech news.

On this weeks episode of Coffee with Centuro we delve into:

Netflix looking to offer it's original content for free, at least the first episode.

Amazon has been given approval by the US Federal aviation administration to do commercial deliveries via drone.

Australian Government is looking to make Google and Facebook share revenue related to news articles with News Agencies.

Join us as we discuss these and more. Plus for a bonus learn one of Zain's high school nicknames!

Welcome to the 4th episode of Coffee with Centuro! In this episode, Seraj Toefy is joined by Zain Ali and Ben Blackburn as they share their thoughts and opinions on a range of trending topics in the Business world from Jeff Bezos, Stocks rises, KFC’s slogan change among many others.   Get some news and updates too!

Recessions - Unicorns - Top Countries to do business

Nothing like grabbing a coffee and diving right into it. In this episode we discuss the UK being in the worst recession in history and how quickly we think it will bounce back. On a more positive light we also look at the top countries to set up a business and which ones we weren't expecting. Keep an ear out for a hot tip on the Slipper Market as we wrap up with a discussion on 50 future Unicorns (Billion dollar companies).

An Englishman an Australian and a South African walk into a virtual cafe ... and talk business.

Join us for a light hearted discussion on the latest business news and trending topics around the world.

In this Episode we tackle the US government hearing with Google, Amazon, Facebook & Apple. We take a look at the impact of Covid on the most valuable brands in the world and some of the big swings in the stock market.

Hosts:

Zain Ali - CEO

Zain started his career as an Intellectual Property lawyer at Bird & Bird advising large multinational media, sports, & technology companies on how to protect and license their brands, inventions and creative content. He had stints working for the The FA and the Brit Awards before branching out to advising startups and scale ups, exposing him to some key challenges that all entrepreneurs face and inspiring him to start Centuro Global.

Seraj Toefy - Director of Strategy

Seraj is a serial entrepreneur based in Cape Town with a rich background in marketing, communication & entrepreneurship. He started his career in the oil industry before switching to the internet, publishing & communication industry heading up several consumer magazines before starting his own content marketing business. Seraj lectures Entrepreneurial strategy & management at a few leading universities throughout Africa and is a regular guest speaker on the topic in Europe.

Ben Blackburn - Business Development Executive

Ben is a professional with over 10 years’ experience working both in the UK and overseas. He has implemented partnership programs for large companies as well as establishing successful strategic plans for business growth. Ben is a creative and analytical individual with specialist skills in developing unique solutions.

We are used to having South African, English and Australian pundits talking about rugby and cricket, now we're doing it for business. Below is a snippet from our first episode of a new series called Coffee with Centuro, where we talk about the week's business news. I share the platform on a weekly basis with Zain and Ben, and we occasionally get guests to have some coffee with us.

IP lawyer, Zain Ali of Centuro Global, will be joined by Alex Athienitis of EdTech startup, Education Shed, to explore the different types of intellectual property and how to use them to grow your business.   

Who is this Podcast for?   

This event is for dynamic forward-thinking entrepreneurs and business owners to help them get an edge on their competition by understanding intellectual property and how this might apply to their business.   

What will we cover?   

Zain Ali will guide you through the core forms of IP and how these can be exploited by your business, he will cover:   

Core forms of IP - Trade Marks, Patents, Copyright and Design Rights  

Top tips for protecting your IP  

Do’s and don'ts when using IP to get ahead of the competition  

How to exploit your IP  

Zain will be joined by Alex Athienitis to discuss how Education Shed exploited Trade Marks to scale their brand globally across 102 countries. With over two million users of their technology, the innovative online platform that provides educational resources globally has gone from strength to strength. Alex will also share his experience of how they protect themselves from competition plus the key considerations for startups when creating their IP strategy.   

Discover your business's Intellectual Property  Every company will have some form of IP that they own or can own, yet many businesses are not aware of some of the IP that exists within their company and do not know how to exploit it. Apple reached a TRILLION DOLLAR evaluation in 2019, and 80% of that value arose from their intellectual property.