Fathers & Founders

“Please can you help me find a job, here is my CV.” This is the worst way to approach a busy well connected person. In this short episode I unpack a proactive approach to demonstrating your unique skills and attitude by knowing what you want, who and why you and finally providing value to targeted prospective employers or mentors first. It all boils down to knowing yourself, hard work, mindset, cr...

Fathers & Founders is back with another Walk & Talk episodes through the Renosterveld fynbos of Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. Will walks side by side with JT. A logistics executive, entrepreneur, husband and father; for a candid conversation on building resilient businesses, family priorities and the DNA of South African founders. From Shanghai to Cape Union Mart to consulting with Pargo, JT shar...

Join Will and his friend Pierre for a walking-and-talking podcast recorded against the stunning backdrop of some Renosterveld in Cape Town. In this free-flowing conversation, they explore creativity, strategy, and the value of embracing your uniqueness in a world increasingly dominated by AI. Pierre shares his journey of compiling four years of daily letters into a book, his philosophy of “trackin...

In this video podcast I share the critical aspects of exit planning for entrepreneurs, emphasizes the importance of having an exit-focused mindset, understanding the various types of exits and preparing for due diligence. I outline practical steps in exit planning, including building a strong exit team and the significance of having clean financials, legals and IP. Finally I talk about 'life after...

If you were to give a 15 minute TED talk what would you call it? This is something I’ve been thinking about and hopefully this episode will inspire you to think, plan and record it.

As life gets busier we complain about not having enough time. We need to protect our time and allocate it regularly to the people and projects that we value the most. From completing that book with your elderly father to a regular walk with friends in nature. If you don’t make time, you will lose it on things that won’t matter when you don’t have any left.

Every Friday I summit Lions Head with a group of Founders, Fathers, Friends and Funders. Experimenting with this ‘Walk & Talk’ format recorded in my mobile studio ‘aka car’ post summit. I will invite a few guests to join me.

A 19 year old wantapreneur asked me this question and I wrote a blog post about it. I read the 12 answers to this question. This is a valuable exercise for anyone with 20+ years experience and would like to be a mentor.

Any business owner / shareholder and fund manager should know what the Capital and Sales efficiencies of their company and portfolio is. I. This short episode I share a definition and good benchmark with some examples.

In a recent TED talk the presenter shared some research on female teenagers and how the majority favoured the quality of ‘perfect’ over ‘brave’. This narrative needs to change as we all know, personal growth comes from bravery.

How do you build a community? Scratch your own ‘itch’ and see who joins you. Consistency, experiences and authenticity are key.

Humans are only born with two fears but have three more that are learnt. The emotion of fear is similar to excitement and biochemically the body releases Adrenaline to fight or flight. It is also a signal of change for Entrepreneurs. Being aware of the trigger that causes this is emotion is a valuable exercise. With change comes growth.

At the end of the year professional business people around the world are generally feeling tired with low energy. Sleep, exercise, purpose are my Top 3 things I do/have to top my energy up. I would add Nature and Love to my top 5. Enjoy this short pod episode. Hope it gives you energy 😜

If you are a Founder you are a Sales person. Solid businesses are built on solid sales. How do you think about Sales? Let’s break down 3 important sales basics.

Something to share to add value to your day.

A short practical pod to help you keep being top of mind with your sales pipeline (apologies, audio poor due to studio)

If you feel overwhelmed with all the ‘To Do’ lists in your head, this is a valuable exercise to free your mind and memory.

Value is such a subjective thing. I’m this podcast I quickly breakdown a simple framework that I discovered which you can apply to your own company and to your specific audience be it customers or investors.

The world needs more entrepreneurs but where do kids learn how to become one. In this short mini-episode I unpack my 4 rules for breeding futurepreneurs or like I like to call them kidpreneurs. Enjoy!

The human brain is wired to notice danger 6x more than good news. This primitive wiring is not well suited to the digital world we all live in. Let’s unpack fear…

Sales gets a bad rap but it is one of the most valuable business skill,

Life is one big storm. With fronts of challenges and periods of calm in the eye of the storm. Rest in the eye of the storm and frame the storm front of challenges with one of opportunities.

Guest Sunil Godse Founder & CEO of Intuitionology.com  After making a series of bad decisions, with one leading to a friend being shot and killed, Sunil Godse spent thousands of hours on research and interviews to find out that the reason we waste time making bad decisions is because we ignore our intuition, a subconscious phenomenon that we are all born with that helps us make the right decision...

In business a lot of thought and structure has been attributed to Tangible Assets that can be measured and accounted for in an asset registry or Balance Sheet. However the real value in a business and life lies in the value of your Intangible assets such as Brand, Culture, Trust in business and Freedom of Time in life. 

Places like people have an amazing quality to remind you of memories and positive emotions those places have had in your life and the life of your family. Be intentional with building up places that you enjoy with the people you love to share them with. Hack: Look at where your Panoramic photos were taken.