Stuart McConnachie is the race director of Ultra Trail Cape Town (UTCT), one of the most prestigious trail running events in the country!

Since its inaugural event in 2014 UTCT has grown to become a major international race, with 35% of participants coming from 55 countries and boasting one of the world's best international athlete fields.

He joined Eitan in the lead up to this year’s event, to take us through the story of exactly how he managed to build a global community around his brand and take UTCT from a capetonian event to the world stage.

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Nick Herbert is the founder of Shelflife, South Africa's biggest premium sneaker and streetwear store!

In this episode Nick sat down with Eitan, amidst the launch of their Nike x Shelflife Jordan 2 sneaker, to talk about running a business from passion and how, often, running a brand from a place of authenticity, can be the thing that leads to success.

It’s an inspiring chat with one of our country’s great entrepreneurs and the man at the centre of streetwear and apparel culture.

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Mitchan Adams is a successful entrepreneur who co-founded Ozow, one of South Africa’s biggest fintechs, before exiting to start Aions.

In this episode, Mitchan sat down with Eitan to chat about his journey from township, to experiencing his tech startup rapidly scale into a multi-million dollar company, and the big question he was faced with next - do we have a responsibility to invest back into the local tech ecosystem?

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Danielle Clough aka Fiance Knowles is an embroiderer whose career took off, literally overnight, when she went viral on Instagram!

Since her sudden rise to fame she’s built an astronomical following and worked with international brands like Nike and Yeezy, to name just a few.

In this episode, Eitan and Danielle hit record and dive into what it was actually like to go viral, and how using social media to build a brand can be extremely powerful but also incredibly dangerous for your business and future.

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Monique Schiess is one of the founders of AfrikaBurn, and this is the story of growing an event from a concept to an international sensation with a very, very, committed following! 

In this episode Monique and Eitan mic up to explore her high highs, dark lows, and explain why it’s important to grow a devoted and value-based community around your business, and how that can sometimes turn dangerous and scary.

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Brett Thompson is an animal advocate and the CEO of Mzansi Meat Co. a biotechnology research company on a mission to reimagine our food systems and the way we make meat. 

So, when can South Africans stop eating meat? 

In this episode, Eitan and Brett sit down to discuss lab grown meat and Mzansi Meat Co’s relentless pursuit to bring healthy, accessible and affordable meat to your braais, potjies and shisa nyamas by growing it from cells, without harming animals.

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Simon Attwell is a member of Freshlyground, one of South Africa’s biggest and most formative bands on the world stage. 

In this episode of Big Fish Stories, Simon joins Eitan to chat about life as a musician through the pandemic, the future of live music in South Africa and abroad, mental wellness of musicians through the pandemic, and how artists can do the hard work while things are tough to create their own work.

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Mark Tanton is CEO of Red Cap Energy, a company developing large scale renewable energy projects within South Africa.

In this episode of Big Fish Stories, Eitan and Mark sit down to demystify our current load shedding situation and the country’s plan to get us out of it. 

They discuss the history of South Africa’s electricity crisis, the current state of load shedding, what plans the government is making, what small businesses can expect over the coming years and what we can do to try and manage it.

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