Gidon Novick and Ben discuss the incredible world of entrepreneurship and how working together with the uniqueness of people can fast-track your road to success. 

As the Co-CEO of Comair for 13 years and the founder of Kulula, Gidon gives a unique perspective to entrepreneurship. Focused on building socially minded businesses, Gidon brings a human persecutive to creating large scale, innovative, high impact businesses to South Africa. 

His most recent endeavour is a NGO that he joined five months before lockdown that focuses on the redistribution of food going to waste in South Africa (https://saharvest.org). 

Ben and Gidon discuss how our uniqueness is what can set us on the path of success as well as some of the hard lesson you learn as an entrepreneur and how to get up when you’ve been knocked down. There is a new generation of entrepreneurs coming into South Africa and the opportunities are endless in this modern world. 

SA Harvest: 

https://saharvest.org

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Time Codes:

(00:00) Intro

(00:12) How did you get started in the world of entrepreneurship?

(00:58) How have failures taught lessons and put you on the path of success?

(02:24) Is there a benefit to starting earlier in a certain workspace?

(03:17) What new opportunities have come up in modern times?

(05:17) What kind of people should we surround ourselves with in order to achieve success?

(06:50) How does ego stop us from achieving success?

(08:11) How can we balance manifesting in your head and having too big of an ego?

(09:40) When you were a teenager how did you think your life would play out?

(10:46) How crucial are marks in achieving success?

(12:23) What fundamentals do you need in your personality to achieve success?

(14:55) The things that make us different are the things that make us successful

(16:14) What leadership do you find most effective?

(18:22) What are some essential skills to develop to become an entrepreneur?

(19:41) What advice would you give to people who have failed and are losing hope?

(21:40) What is your personal definition of success?

(25:05) Looking back, what is an accomplishment you are most proud of?

(26:40) What are some common principles in building impactful businesses?

(28:11) Is it possible to achieve success without a plan?

(29:27) What is some advice you would give to teenagers we are aspiring to become entrepreneurs?

(32:06) If you could say one thing to your 16-year old self, what would it be?

(32:22) Outro