I spoke with Andrew Earl about methods to allow creativity to thrive, the pitfalls of having subjective gatekeepers, and finding beauty in inefficiency and waste material.

I spoke with Tim Welsh about his new career as a full-time musician, being proactive about forging your own path, and how to be open and honest with everyone so that you can honour your commitments but can take on new opportunities.

I spoke with George Gibbens about his industrial design company, how being innovative with physical products involves thinking about the whole process from raw materials right through to the unboxing experience, and how to build a reputation as a competent agency.

I spoke with Rob Paddock about life after selling a business for $100 million, building a new remote-first education company, and how to foster a deeper relationship with your partner.

I spoke with Greg Bakker about his refreshed workspace that’s reinvigorated his productivity, having the most effective tools for his craft, and how to use inspiration to create meaningful artistic output more frequently.

I spoke with Florian Bühringer about his journey as an entrepreneurially spirited technologist. His university education enabled him with the skills of a software engineer, but not with the practicalities of building a successful company. Despite that, Florian has spent the last few years pursuing novel business ideas within old industries as well as within new technologies like blockchain.

I spoke with Greg Bakker about the importance of having a supportive community around you. The modern culture has led us to believe that the strongest and most successful people have been lone wolves. However, our connections and our system of people around us are what pulls us into new opportunities to get further toward our goals.

Scott Reinders has pursued three entrepreneurial ventures and now finds himself in a more traditional career path as a lead brand strategist at an established online education company. Scott's passion for brand and marketing has featured in every project and each project taught him lessons that he carried to the next.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottreinders

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/scottreinders

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottyrsa

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Keegan Foreman has chosen to focus exclusively on making his own businesses rather than following a traditional career path. With friends, he's started two companies - one in clothing and the other in tour guiding. However, both focus on being lifestyle brands rather than traditional sales and service, and this decision definitely plays into the success of these two ventures.

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Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/keeganforeman

Instagram (companies): https://www.instagram.com/float_apparel & https://www.instagram.com/localknowledgetours

Facebook (companies): https://www.facebook.com/floatapparelct & https://www.facebook.com/localknowledgect

Websites: https://floatapparel.co.za & http://localknowledgetours.com

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George Gibbens is an industrial designer by trade and has started his own product design consultancy. He's had a few successful side projects and exhibited at the Design Indaba hosted in Cape Town. George learned a lot through the internships and jobs he's done, and as a result, has decided to take his talents into his own hands and start his own company.

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Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/georgegibbens

Instagram (company): https://www.instagram.com/undesignco

Website (personal): https://georgegibbens.com

Website (company): https://undesign.co.za

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