Expedition Business

Yoke van Dam is known as the Kintsugi Queen™ for her ability to join, repair, and transform teams into collaborative, committed, and cohesive units. As a qualified behavioral change coach with extensive experience, she has helped over 2,000 team members, providing 2,300+ hours of training and 350+ coaching hours.

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https://y-connect.biz/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yokevandam/

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Rayana Edwards is the founder of Sari for Change, an organization that collects old saris and empowers unemployed and uneducated South African women with the skills to open their own businesses in the fashion industry.

Through her efforts with Sari for Change, Rayana is making a significant impact on women's lives by providing them with opportunities for socio-economic transformation.

On the Award side, the list keeps on getting longer. SABF Social Innovation Award Winner 2022, and she won the Goldman Sachs Fortune Global Women Leader Award 2020. 

Rayana is also a mother of five daughters, a sustainable fashion consultant, life coach, and a community change agent.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayana-edwards-8abb9a54/

https://www.sariforchange.co.za/

Host:  Christél Rosslee-Venter

Want to find out more about Expedition Business?

Visit us at www.expeditionbusiness.co.za. 

If you are an entrepreneur over 50 with a story to share, you are welcome to get in contact with us. 

Sue Gajathar wants to change the world one meal at a time!!  And by the looks of it, she is making serious progress.  

Have you ever considered starting your own restaurant or frozen food brand?  Then you cannot miss out on this episode!

Three years ago Sue Gajathar embarked on a journey to try the global initiative Veganuary, which is a month dedicated to going vegan. It is at that point that my life changed.

Growing up in a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, she was raised by my mother who was an entrepreneur.  Her career as a specialist expatriate tax consultant took a massive fork in the road when a Veganuary challenge turned into what is known today as The Vegan Chef!

"I am vegan because of the health and environmental benefits of a vegan lifestyle. My family test kitchen ignited my passion to want to share my experience with others.  The vegan food cart in Sandton became so popular that I had to choose between my career and my newfound passion."

TVC's vision is to become the first vertically integrated global leader in the manufacturing, retailing, and restaurant industry for vegan and plant-based food and products. Their goal is to deliver gourmet cruelty-free vegan food that is delicious, good for our customer's well-being, and produced in an environmentally sustainable way.

Listen to this podcast to find out more about The Vegan Chef's passion for top-of-the-range vegan food and the why's, what's, and hows of starting your restaurant and or frozen food range.

Expedition Business is hosted by Christél Rosslee-Venter

Some of The Vegan Chef's accolades:

• EY  Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ EMEIA class of 2021

Claudia Castellanos is the co-founder and CEO of Black Mamba Foods, a fair trade producer from Eswatini (Southern Africa) that manufactures and distributes specialty food products that are good for the planet and good for the rural communities they work with. 

The company's range includes chilli sauces, pestos, chutneys, and jams, all made with organically grown ingredients and no added nonsense. Through its partnership with the local NGO Guba, Black Mamba trains smallholders in permaculture and organic farming and buys the fresh produce from them to make its goods.

To date, 60 farmers are part of their value chain, and their direct positive impact reaches over 1000 individuals in Eswatini. The company has won several Great Taste Awards in the UK for its sauces and exports to several countries including the US, the UK, Germany, Norway, and Taiwan.

Claudia Castellanos is passionate about changing the world one chilli at a time and is an impact entrepreneur and food rebel.

She holds an MBA from ESADE with a focus in Marketing and a degree in Finance and International Relations from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. She is a Future of Food Fellowship Fellow and has received several awards, including the WIA Awardee 2020, the 500 Most Influential Africans in the World 2021, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women 2022, and the Trophee des Anciens Eleves du Lycee Francais dans le monde 2022.

Host:  Christél Rosslee-Venter

Want to find out more about Expedition Business?

Visit them at www.expeditionbusiness.co.za. 

This episode of Expedition Business was sponsored by AddShine Corporate Gifts & Clothing.  When you need to ADD SHINE to your TEAM.

Rael Levitt has been the Golden Boy of the Auctioneering industry in South Africa, but this all changed at the fateful Quin Rock Auction on 10 December 2011.  His entire legacy fell to pieces.

But this is not where the story ends.

A couple of marathons, two International Masters' Degrees, and just over a decade later Rael has managed to reinvent himself.  Bigger & better.  In fact, he has aced the reinvention so well, that deserves Reinvention Platinum Status.

The dramas he faced shaped him for bigger and better journeys ahead.  And in-between he learned how to navigate away from the 20th floor.  Or so it seems.

If you need some serious inspiration, this is one Expedition Business episode that you must listen to from beginning to end. 

In the car, at the gym, or in your tekkies on the road.

Expedition Business is hosted by Christél Rosslee-Venter.

This episode is sponsored by AddShine Corporate Gifts & Clothing. It's all about helping your team to shine spectacularly!

Tiffany Markman is a highly accomplished professional with nearly 20 years of experience as a freelance copywriter, writing skills trainer, and international speaker.

She is known for her wide-ranging expertise, diverse experience working with both local and global clients, and an excellent industry reputation.

Tiffany is passionate about teaching and empowering others, whether it's helping someone craft a brilliant email subject line or guiding them into self-employment.

She even offers an online course on freelancing. Tiffany Markman is also recognized for her social media survival strategy, focusing on maximizing results with minimal time and effort.

Additionally, she is a published author and a successful word nerd, showcasing her talent and dedication in the field of writing

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-markman/

Website – http://tiffanymarkman.co.za

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Medium column – https://tiffanymarkman.medium.com

TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@tiffanymarkman 

Franchising is alive and well and Anita du Toit, founder of Franchise Fundi is ready to help our South African entrepreneurs scale their business to heights previously unimaginable.

She has more than 26 years of franchise consulting experience across the telecommunications, automotive, restaurant, and retail industries. During her years in the industry, she has served on amongst others, the council of the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA), been the keynote speaker at numerous SME franchising events, and has co-authored a couple of publications on franchising.

Whether you are keen on social franchising or commercial franchising, Anita has got her ear on the ground, her sleeves rolled up, and is passionate about expanding the economy through franchising development.

"You can make it happen. Arthur Ash, the tennis player said: start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

"So it's creating a purposeful time for self and being selfish. Selfish being self first. Because if I'm not looking after myself, then there's nothing left for anybody else around me, my clients, my networks, the people, my community, the wife."

Tim Wagner is a former burnt-out executive now turned Breathwork Alchemist.

He now specialises in breaking business professionals and teams out of the stress cycle using breath to create transformation in their well-being and mindset.  

Tim worked for over 30 years in hospitality, and his businesses, before turning full-time to focus on personal development and professional speaking.  

Speaking with enthusiasm, passion, and tenacious energy, Tim will inspire you to reach new heights, dream bigger, and live a life by design and not default. 

Hamilton Wende is an author, journalist and TV producer.  He has worked all over the world, covering historical events and some 17 different wars and conflicts. He is the winner of a 2022 National Press Club's Journalist of the Year award and a 2023 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award.

He has worked for a number of international networks including BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera.  He is the author of 9 books.  House of War, Only the Dead and The King's Shilling are thrillers based on his travels around the world as a journalist.  His latest book Red Air is based on his experiences filming with the US Marines in Afghanistan.

He is also the author of the popular children's books:  Arabella, the Moon and the Magic Mongongo Nut and Arabella the Secret King and the Amulet from Timbuktu which are set in Johannesburg and Knysna.  He is working on the third volume in the series. 

https://www.hamiltonwende.com/

https://www.facebook.com/hamilton.wende

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamilton-wende-516598/

When it comes to inspiring entrepreneurs in South Africa, Heidi Muller, has taken this challenge to a whole new adventure.  An adventure race to be exact.  And she is not going to settle for runner-up!

As CEO of the Adventure Racing World Series (AR World Series), Heidi Muller has expanded this global series of Adventure Racing events by building relationships, sharing her knowledge and experience, mentoring race directors, and infusing her commitment to the sport into every interaction. With more than 25 years in sport and business, navigating the way forward for the global AR World Series brand is a new era for this visionary businesswoman.

Over the many years, Adventure Racing has taught Heidi lessons and skills that she implements in her daily life – from raising her children, nurturing friendships, and developing partnerships, to confronting challenges, and running her business.

Her ambitious drive together with her experience in business, and as a competitor and Race Director establishes her pedigree and sets Heidi apart as a woman leading the way with the global Adventure Racing World Series brand under her stewardship.

Christél Rosslee-Venter had the privilege of talking to Heidi about the highs & lows of her entrepreneurial challenge.

1. Would you consider writing a book about your romantic endeavors with adventure racing?

What are the fun & exciting ways that you use to regroup, refocus & rejuvenate?

If you could be your 20-year-old self again …. And you could change anything …. What would that be?

and a whole lot more.

Heidi also talks extensively about the value that her mother and God play in her business journey!  A story in progress.

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