Being an entrepreneur requires you to learn, unlearn and relearn over and over. In this episode, we chat with Robert Paddock on the lessons he’s learned while building multiple businesses. From the startup phase to scaling up, you’ll gain practical advice from one of our most successful entrepreneurs in South Africa on everything from how the tough times can be viewed as an invitation to explore and understand yourself more, the importance of communication and critical conversations to build organisational culture, and why you should expose your humanity as a leader to connect with your team. 

Robert Paddock is the Co-founder of GetSmarter, an online education company that has educated over 200,000 working professionals from 154 countries around the world. In 2019, Rob founded and is currently CEO of Valenture Institute, which offers fully-supported online high school programmes and pre-college certificates. Follow him on Linkedin or at: https://www.robertpaddock.co.za