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In the tenth episode of RadEO, we talk to Jonathan Kohler, founder and CEO of Landsdowne Investment Properties. He shares his humble origins in the property management. How to use hustle to give the impression that you are bigger than you are. Life after selling his house and M3. What to do when you have started too far away from your company and clients. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) More about Jonathan Kohler After completing his bachelor of commerce at Bond University in 2004, Jonathan started his first job working for Summercon Property Development. There he was part of a sales team that sold over 2500 off plan apartments, in 18 different developments. He started Landsdowne Investment Properties in November 2006 in the hope of becoming one of Summercon’s service providers. In 2010 they were awarded the contract to become one of Summercon’s preferred sales & rentals agencies. Since then they have become one of Summercon’s preferred estate management companies and have won contracts to manage Steyn City and Eagle Canyon Golf Estate. Their newest clients are Balwin and Calgro M3. He recently married his beautiful wife (and fierce lawyer), Antonia. He is currently the integration chair of the Johannesburg chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Find Jonathan’s business here - www.landsdowne.co.za Show notes: Explain to us what your business is 00:19 How did you end up in this industry? 00:57 What strategies do you have in place to deal with ever-changing business relationships? 06:30 Competing businesses 08:47 The entrepreneurs' dream of stepping aside from your business and the repercussions 09:54 Two million rand in Legal Fees 11:52 What is next for you and your leadership journey? 13:05 Falling back in love with your business 14:28 Are you passionate about your business? 15:32 Do you want to be a director of this business? 19:40 Knowing your strengths 21:52 What have you done to keep your clients and staff happy? 23:40 Investing in people 25:05 Choosing Uber over driving yourself 28:00 Paying off someone else’s bond 31:48 What’s the next fixed asset that you’ll ditch? 37:50

In this episode with Dr. Jedd Myers, we talk about the executive health industry and disruptive methodologies in his approach to his business. Dr. Jedd shares how he keeps healthy by focussing on energy expenditure. He also shares his insights of systems to scale your business. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) About Dr. Jedd Myers - (MbBch, MBA (Wits)) Jedd Myers is a qualified medical doctor, entrepreneur, executive and investor. After graduating from Wits Medical School, Jedd made the move into the commercial world of healthcare with a passion to deliver large scaled health care initiatives that would have an impact on hundreds of thousands of lives. His healthcare background, commercial insights and exposure to multiple healthcare systems are key in the realization of this strategy. He is a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record in the fields of Executive Health and Wellness, Occupational Health and Safety, Online and Digital Health and Wellness, Health Screening and Testing, HIV and Chronic Disease Management as well as Home Based Care. Jedd is the Chief Operating Officer of The Healthinsite Group, being responsible for strategic development and implementation across the group both locally and abroad. The HealthInsite Group is a global group boasting over 550 corporate clients, engages with over 1 million employee lives and delivers services throughout South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific Rim. Jedd is responsible for operations across all regions globally. Jedd is an experienced leader and executive with the ability to develop strategy, ensure effective execution and create value. His management approach is to “be in control without being controlling”. Jedd also has a number of successful entrepreneurial interests in alternative fields. Jedd is truly passionate about healthcare and its effect on employees, businesses and economies. A real evangelist, Jedd is obsessed with his personal health and is also an accomplished endurance sportsman having completed numerous ultra marathons, cycle events and 6 IronMan Triathlons. 1. www.healthinsite.net 2. www.healthlogix.com.au 3. www.smghealth.com.au 4. www.careathome.care 5. www.macroanalytics.co.za Show notes: Explain to us what your business is 00:39 Tell us how you got into running multiple health businesses 01:34 What are some of your failed business plans? 03:04 When did you first get involved in this industry? 03:57 Do you think that it has all shifted and changed now? 05:36 Can you tell us a bit more about executive health and how you turned that into a business? 07:52 What do you mean by life competencies? 11:37 How do you invest in your health? 12:48 If someone would want to start this journey, where would you point them to? 15:35 The misconception of training all the time to be healthy 17:26 Do you have a six pack and how many times have you done the Ironman? 18:48 How do you balance running a multinational business, doing Ironman, having a wife and performing in a workspace environment? 19:32 How do you approach systems to scale? 21:02 From a health perspective, we are further ahead than Australia 24:15 Is there a doctor onboard? 26:00 How did the transition between medical and business happen for you? 30:46 Disrupting your industry from the inside out 33:20 Do you think of legacy when doing your business? 34:20 NGO’s and funding in the health industry 36:24 How many people did your business treat in the last 24 hours? 38:04

In this episode with Adam Thal, we talk about the 30-second spot, how the attention economy is rapidly changing, the entertainment and film industry in South Africa. Adam shares how he teamed up with his biggest competitor to start his company, the goods, and bads about working with an academy award winner and being a big fish in a small sea. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) About Adam: Having graduated from AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture) in 2003, Adam Thal wasted no time in setting up his commercial production company with his late business partner, Ryan Poole. The Star Film Company was born while in his honours year at AFDA and 15 years later is considered one of the top production houses in South Africa with a multimillion-rand turnover. Besides for running the business, as Executive Producer, Adam manages a stable of 7 incredibly talented directors making sure that every job is delivered on time, on budget and to the highest level of quality! In his tenure, his work has managed to pick up numerous trophies and awards from festivals around the world with the latest being a lion at the 2018 Cannes Lions. Besides these accolades, Adam has been fortunate enough to produce work across the globe. From Los Angeles to Accra, Cairo to Cape Town, Moscow to Nairobi, and many more. The excitement for Adam is the lack of the mundane office cubicle and that each day brings a new adventure. Adam’s expertise lies in the business side of filmmaking and knowing when to spend and when to cut deals. Putting the money in front of the camera and making sure scheduling and logistics are always on point. Over his time in the industry, Adam has made a great name for himself as Executive Producer and is a well-respected individual amongst his clients and peers. Being in an industry you love, makes work fun and for Adam, there is nothing more rewarding than turning your passion into your business. “All Our Dreams can come true if we have the passion to pursue them” - Walt Disney Some of Adam’s work below: https://vimeo.com/album/4469997/video/117252716 - Tusker Lite Beer (Kenya) https://vimeo.com/album/4469997/video/176430471 - Coronation Asset Management (South Africa) https://vimeo.com/236708574 - ShowMax (South Africa) https://vimeo.com/232020474 - Huggies Baby Marathon Trailer (South Africa) Show notes: Explain to us what your business is 01:26 What is the difference between being a CEO and an Executive Producer? 02:05 Does the Executive Producer run the finances of the business? 02:42 Do you think, with the attention economy changing, that you now have to master the 5-second spot? 03:43 Do you apply the 5-second pitch to your own business? 05:37 Can you tell us a bit about your entrepreneurial journey? 06:41 Adam’s almost computer building company 08:24 What introduced you to filmmaking and the entertainment industry? 10:05 Does the South African industry have future potential in your opinion? 11:52 Was your jump straight into TV commercials, or was there a jump before that? 14:47 How did you meet and team up with your business partner? 15:45 How did you come back from losing your business partner? 17:58 How would you describe your current business partner? 20:12 Do you find it challenging to work with someone who is an Academy Award winner? 22:30 How big is your staffing team? 24:22 Do you think other businesses should look into having a staffing system similar to yours? 25:44 Paying freelancers more than you would pay yourself 27:22 What is the biggest cost to your company? 29:45 If you could go back and give yourself some advice, what would you tell yourself? 32:40 How has your business grown since you’ve changed how you think about the industry? 36:14 What’s your current driver? 38:40 Shooting with the team in Los Angeles 41:30 EO specialist groups that you can reach out to 43:30

In this episode, we talk about coffee, what it means to be a true leader, how to enable your team to perform and take outs from the Regional Leadership Academy with George Gan and Warren Rustand. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soudcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) About Andrew: Andrew qualified as a CA in Johannesburg, he spent a year in London working and travelling. After working as a finance manager in the tech and motor industries, he joined the credit risk area at one of the large SA banks. Whilst working on risk projects he became an expert in banking regulations and capital management. It was at this time at the bank that he spotted the opportunity for proper coffee and so The Daily Buzz was born 12 years ago. For the first ten years, he divided his time between risk management consulting and growing the coffee business. 5 years ago he started a coffee roastery called Craft Coffee to supply The Daily Buzz and other discerning customers. He has been a member of Entrepreneur Organisation for 5 years which has been an integral part of his personal and business journey up to now. http://www.thedailybuzz.co.za https://www.craftcoffee.co.za Show notes: Explain what your business is 0:31 Where is the best coffee in South Africa is? 1:18 How did you end up becoming a coffee expert? 1:58 What was the biggest surprise that you learnt by starting the Daily Buzz 3:28 How many cups of coffee do you drink a day 5:21 Share your experience from the EO regional leadership academy 6:11 How have you applied the learning to the Daily Buzz 13:47 Talk a bit about how you “allow them to be free to make mistakes” 16:33 How have you restructured your management/EXCO meetings since the EO regional leadership academy 19:36 Acknowledging people’s behaviour 30:41

In this episode of RadEO we speak to S.M. Imran about leaving a hugely successful company to start a new one, the challenges in running a family company and keeping your self and how to be successful no matter what industry you move into. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soudcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) Books we talked about: * Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping point (https://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624) About Imran: S.M.Imran is a passionate EO Lahore member for last 7 years. He has spent 6 years in EO leadership and is currently serving as Regional Chair MEPA (Middle East, Pakistan and Africa) region. An undergrad from American University in Dubai in BBA Finance. He finished his high schooling from Canada and earlier years in Karachi, Pakistan. He started off his career with his family business by leading setup of a new Textile Spinning factory in the family’s textile segment. At that point, the textile was doing sales if $45 million annually for the group. He was able to drive the production and sales of the segment up to $108 million in 7 years. He also started a poultry layer farm business as a new segment with the capacity of 300000 eggs per day. The other businesses in the family are leather, banking and power generation. In 2013, he left the family business and started assisting his nephew in setting up a fashion retail brand for women “BTW | By The Way”. Is currently engaged in starting another business of Property development to redefine lifestyle in peri-urban areas of the country. www.btwonline.pk Apart from work and EO. He has been an active philanthropist in supporting and working for relief in natural disaster struck areas of Pakistan. He has served as a member on boards of many govt and private bodies including hospitals, universities, governmental committees and textile association. Show notes: * Tell us about your entrepreneurial journey getting involved in the family business what lead you to EO and where are you headed right now 1:21 * Family business 1:33 * Retail business 3:34 * Property in Pakistan 5:35 * “By now or cry later” where did you pick up on this? 6:26 * Most important thing about retail is how you plan your merchandising 9:52 * How did you target the key individuals who drive the behaviour? 10:42 * How did you design your business model around consumer behaviour? 13:43 * Family first mindset 14:45 * Core Value 20:40 * Story of shop assistant baby dying 21:38 * This year’s MEPA team – building bridges 24:00 * The meaning of leadership 26:00 * Challenge you would like to leave us with or a message 26:54 - RadEO is a podcast for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Ross Drakes and Rich Mulholland and produced by the Entrepreneurs organisation in South Africa. Tune in every 2 weeks to hear conversations with business owners who will share their experiences and stories of what they have learnt building their business and what drives them to keep going. If you have a business and want more information on EO, get in touch.

In this episode of RadEO we speak to Grant Gavin about building a multi-Billion Rand business, coaching people and finding purpose in your work. With business interests in Property, both Real Estate and Investment, Business Coaching and Public Speaking , Grant has built his various businesses on the back of an incredibly successful tenure as the owner of the largest Real Estate Company in the North Durban Suburbs. http://www.grantgavin.com Intro to yourself and business 1:32 What was the figure the listed? 2:49 Training people is your core strength to your business – how do you do this 4:29 How long did it take you to win franchise of the year? 6:00 “Top entrepreneurs focus on things they can control” 9:30 Tell us your cross road 11:05 What is your passion and purpose? 15:45 A lot of entrepreneurs move into coaching, do you think there is something in that? 19:33 Do the people in your company enjoy giving back and doing charity or is it something that you drive 21:12 What drives you to partake in EO and the entrepreneurs club 23:00 Do you take a coach for everything? 26:25 How do you coach people in your organisation? 27:19 How do you distribute this across your team? 29:30 Say yes to opportunities 35:00 What are you reading and listening to at the moment? 35:45 - RadEO is a podcast for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Ross Drakes and Rich Mulholland and produced by the Entrepreneurs organisation in South Africa. Tune in every 2 weeks to hear conversations with business owners who will share their experiences and stories of what they have learnt building their business and what drives them to keep going. If you have a business and want more information on EO, get in touch.

In this episode of RadEO we speak to Richard Rayne about the future of learning and how you can use mindfulness and meditation as a tool in your business. Richard Rayne, founder & CEO of iLearn. A 16 year old business, started at the age of 21, with a focus in providing corporate transformative learning experiences in business that has a measurable impact. www.ilearn.co.za Pause, is a state-of-the-art mobile ‘pod’ that shuts out the buzz of workplace distractions and takes the user on a journey of mindful stimulation. www.pause.life Tell us about your company 0:30 What problem do you solve in the world 1:14 Tell us about your EO journey 1:27 How do you make stupid people into amazing people 4:00 Have you used any of your learnings from EO in your business and visa versa 7:00 Is it possible to have an ongoing learning structure or do they go from one to the next 8:05 Where did it all start? 9:40 Give us a highlight of a big scary with the learnings 14:35 How did it feel to hear “no” so many times 20:26 Tell us about the “sleeping pods” 22:19 Tell us about the course in mindfulness 25:27 Could you offer mindfulness as one of your products 31:20 Have you shared this mindfulness meditation with your team 33:00 If you could go back 16 years what would you tell yourself? 41:25

In this the third instalment of RadEO we interview Justin Drennan about his entrepreneurial journey. We talk about fall back in love your business and how to really make a difference in the lives of your people. Check out his company at https://www.parcelninja.co.za/ Justin Drennan is the CEO and co-founder of Parcelninja. Parcelninja is a cloud based warehousing and delivery service geared towards South African e-commerce businesses. The business provides small to large online retailers with cutting edge plug-and-play integration into Parcelninja's warehousing facilities and delivery networks. This first of it's kind solution provides real-time reporting, stock visibility through the entire fulfilment journey, allowing ecommerce business owners to focus on selling products, while Parcelninja ensures customers receive their orders. Justin Drennan also co-founded WantItAll.co.za. WantItAll.co.za is an online shop based in Johannesburg, South Africa that sells over 14 million products. WantItAll has over 25 employees and is ranked as the third largest webstore in South Africa in terms of sales and the second largest in terms of visitors as per Alexa Internet rankings, with 200 000 customers and over 150 000 products shipped from the US to South Africa. Justin enjoys Pina Coladas. And getting caught in the rain. Justin Drennan from Parcelninja Tell us about your EO journey 1:47 “Overestimate what you can do in 1 year and over and underestimate what you can do in 10 years” 3:14 What your business does and what your role is? 4:15 Parcelninja was a system developed to solve a problem that you were having your business wantitall.co.za explain how this happened 5:05 Who would be one of your customers for Parcelninja? 6:47 Do you help start-ups scale 7:40 Can you tell the listeners about an AHA moment that didn’t go the way you expected but actually turned out better? 9:00 How do you split your time between multiple entities 14:50 Forum is a board of directors on your life – group of people that you share learnings once a month 16:41 Do you have a good way of handing a business over to people run it? 18:08 Have you committed a certain amount of time to wantitall 19:36 When Groupon crashed how did it affect your business? 21:26 Do you think the e-commerce market in South Africa is going to keep growing or is it static 24:37 Is there scope for the different LSM in the e-commerce space? 25:54 WRT Groupon issue – did anything in your forum offer you help 27:19 What advice would you give all entrepreneurs? “Overestimate what you can do in 1 year and over and underestimate what you can do in 10 years” 29:00 What does success look like to you? 30:00 "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." - Warren Rustand How do you reduce theft in your warehouse 36:00 Teach staff how to manage their money 38:45 Challenge – make a small difference in the people who work for you lives 40:45

In the second episode of RadEO we speak to Arlene Mulder, CEO of WeThinkCode_ (http://www.wethinkcode.co.za) We discuss coding, the future of education, moving to Cape Town, the internet of things and how to put AI to work in your company. After seven years as an investment banker at Rand Merchant Bank, Arlene left the finance world to start WeThinkCode_, and pursue her dream of starting a tech business that aims to democratise and revolutionise education in order to deliver the world's top tech talent. Arlene is passionate about driving the development of the tech industry as well as establishing innovative digital problem-solving capabilities in Africa. She has always loved exploring the power of tech and mathematics to transform the way we face challenges. When she isn't working with rockstar coders in the making, she spends her time on a mountain bike, in her trail running shoes, ticking off her travel bucket list or reading three books at the same time. More about WeThinkCode_: Corporates looking for talent can contact us at: [email protected] Website: http://www.wethinkcode.co.za Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wethinkcode Twitter: https://twitter.com/wethinkcode Show notes: Describe for the listeners what your business does 0:44 What subjects/topics you are covering 1:30 Which of the topics excite you the most for the future of this country and personally 2:20 Is there scope for South African’s to have a play in the machine learning market 3:14 If people want to use machine learning or the internet in their businesses, how do you see a small business/entrepreneurial business can make money from it? 5:47 How do people hire people coming out of WeThinkCode? 7:45 Tell us about your journey through accelerator into EO 8:45 Go back to your 22 year old self and give her some advice – what would you say? 9:45 What support would you like in your business at the moment? 10:47 How did you get your funding and what do you plan to do with it? 14:19 Is there space for this trend globally of social good companies? 15:30 Is education shifting to your method of teaching? 17:58 Will businesses start building own courses in house? 20:20 How do you enrol the right people? 21:15 Do you select candidates based on your values? 23:48 Is this your first business? 25:06 Now that you are opening up in Cape Town, how do you plan on running 2 campuses? 26:00 What are the digital tools that you use to manage meetings? 27:18 Talk through your sales strategy 29:55 Share an experience that you would have had only in EO 34:10 “I firmly believe magic cannot be taught, it can be learnt but cannot be taught. How can I know what you need, what you should do, what you should think.” by Tommy Wander from the book of Wander __ RadEO is a podcast for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Ross Drakes and Rich Mulholland and produced by the Entrepreneurs organisation in South Africa. Tune in every 2 weeks to hear conversations with business owners who will share their experiences and stories of what they have learnt building their business and what drives them to keep going. If you have a business and want more information on EO get in touch. www.eonetwork.org Find out more at www.radeo.co.za (Disclaimer might not be live at the time of the first publishing)

In the first ever episode of RadEO we speak to Christoph Magnussen. An EO member of 9 years if you also count accelerator. It was recorded at the Global Leadership Conference in Frankfurt Germany. Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/christophmagnussen Christoph is an entrepreneur since high school. After graduating from St. Gallen University, he co-founded a mobile phone reCommerce company which grew from 1M to 31M in revenue in less than 5 years. To scale the business he wouldn’t just add manpower. Instead, he was obsessed with increasing individual productivity through latest online collaboration tools and new work methods. This new digital setup triggered many requests from fellow entrepreneurs to support them in building the same environment in their companies. This is how the idea for http://blackboat.com was born. A tech-focused company designed to help leaders increase team efficiency by leveraging cloud tools and fast communication. Show notes: An into to Christoph and how he freed himself from working in an office every day. 3:15 What are the upsides and downsides of sharing your content and trade secrets? 4:42 Should more entrepreneurs be using the mediums available to them to communicate their knowledge? 6:18 How do you own your opinion? 7:48 Do you think that shouting into the void and brushing it off and repeating it, has it given you resilience in other areas or helped you with your business in other ways? 9:46 Are these tools you creating helping you to market your business? 11:42 Do you think this taps into the new age of branding and marketing, the last thing that we have left is honesty and trust, do you think it’s using that to the benefit of your brand? 19:17 What advice would you give our listeners to start the own podcasts? 15:55 __ RadEO is a podcast for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Ross Drakes and Rich Mulholland and produced by the Entrepreneurs organisation in South Africa. Tune in every 2 weeks to hear conversations with business owners who will share their experiences and stories of what they have learnt building their business and what drives them to keep going. If you have a business and want more information on EO get in touch. Find out more at www.radeo.co.za (Disclaimer might not be live at the time of the first publishing)