Tag Archives: superhero interview
1 Min. With A Superhero: Co-Founder Of 21 Tanks, Don Packett
We welcome back entrepreneur, raconteur, business consultant, stand-up comedian and (phew!) co-founder of 21Tanks, Don Packett, to chat to us about his new book, Do Ideas – a book on, um, ‘doing ideas’. The book features contributions from a range of South African experts from a variety of industries, including digital marketing, aviation and entertainment. [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Hein Van Vuuren On Debt Counselling
We chatted with Hein van Vuuren, from National Credit Revolution, on the topic of debt counselling. As personal and business debt has sky rocketed over the past two decades in South Africa we aim to find out how the NCA and other initiatives are helping entrepreneurs and business people to challenge this rising problem. Hein, [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: James And Neil, Co-Founders of My Destination
James Street and Neil Waller are the Co-Founders of My Destination. I had the opportunity to chat to the two founders about their company, social media and the economic downturn. Established in 2006, My Destination is a start-up business that’s grown on a shoe string budget, out of the university dorms of their two Co-Founders, [...]
1min with a Superhero: Social Entrepreneur, Jock Odendaal
Meet 4th generation bucket reared Kalahari dwelling driller, Jock Odendaal. Jock is busy working on a project to improve service delivery by enhancing communication between municipalities and its people. We asked Jock a few questions about his new venture: So Jock, in a few ‘man on the street’ words, what is it that you’re doing? [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: David Dugmore from Pass Matric
This morning, we’re chatting to the founder of Passmatric.co.za and Tee2Pin.co.za, David Dugmore, who has become an Internet Entrepreneur. We ask him more about his two companies and working in the online business sphere. David, please tell us about the two businesses you’ve started online. The first, www.tee2pin.co.za, is a site which markets discounted golf membership. We offer [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Bruce Campbell, renegade whisky maker
This morning, we had a surprise guest from Scotland pop into Ideate HQ. Brandishing barrels of Bruce Campbell merchandise, the great man himself waltzed around the studio, signing autographs and taking numbers. I took a minute to ask him a few questions. The ‘Bruce Campbell way’ favours a number of new whisky-making methods including using [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Jason Brown, Editor of Men’s Health
Today we’re chatting to the editorial director of Men’s Health magazine, Jason Brown, about one of SA’s biggest and most popular publications. We ask him about his own health, entrepreneurship in SA and the future of magazine titles in a digital economy. Jason, we’re huge fans of your mag. In fact, I think I’d make a [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: Jonty Acton
We were very excited to chat to documentary maker, Jonty Acton, about his new venture called Animal Doctor. Jonty has been in the film industry for many years and has produced 8 short films and several feature screenplays. His latest project, Animal Doctor, is one we are looking forward to see so, we asked Jonty [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: Gina Levy from Supernews!
We’re chatting to Gina Levy from Supernews and we find the concept of changing the content of the news as we know it – one compelling news story at a time, one BIG idea at a time – which will increase awareness, change systems, influence new ways of thinking, raise our expectations of ourselves and South [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Bernadette Homor from MDA
Today we’re yakking away with Bernadette Homor, who heads up a company called MediaDigitalAgency (MDA), with offices in Malta, Cape Town and London. Bernadette, give us a short overview of MediaDigitalAgency and what it is that you do? Through monetising your website and driving traffic as well as giving your brand an online presence, MDA [...]
