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By sashgonzalez November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Career/Featured/Innovation/Inspiration/Reflection

A Trip to Silicon Valley

Last week, I had the privilege of traveling to San Francisco and the greater Bay Area for an internal Google conference titled “Converge”. I must say, I was really excited, as it had been a goal of mine for the past 2 years to visit Silicon Valley to see what

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By sashgonzalez May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Career/Featured/Inspiration/Reflection/Self-development

“You Don’t Get if You Don’t Ask”

At about 10:30pm last night, I came across a post by one of my favourite South African authors and speakers, John Sanei. John shared a picture of him preparing to deliver a keynote address this morning at Singularity University’s (South African) Executive Programme. (If you’re not familiar with Singularity University,

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By sashgonzalez May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 Featured/Inspiration/Reflection/Self-development

The Book Club

Given the fact that I returned to Cape Town this year (no longer a student), I knew I had about four months before leaving to Dublin where I could really focus on personal growth and development. I also knew that if the four months went by and I hadn’t experienced

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By sashgonzalez April 19, 2019May 3, 2019 Featured/Inspiration/Reflection

Laduma Ngxokolo: an inspiration

Laduma Ngxokolo (founder and designer of my favourite brand, Maxhosa) is one of my biggest inspirations. To see what the likes of himself, Nelson Makamo (artist) and Black Coffee (DJ) are doing to fly the South African flag on a global stage is nothing short of extraordinary. And in a

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By sashgonzalez August 19, 2018May 3, 2019 Innovation/Inspiration/Self-development

Magnetiize with John Sanei

It was really inspiring listening to John Sanei at Suits & Sneakers last night. It was my second time hearing John speak about his new book and I can honestly say I was equally as blown away. (By the way, the title isn’t a typo, it’s the name of his

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By sashgonzalez July 20, 2018May 3, 2019 Innovation/Inspiration/Self-development/University

Disruptive Tech by Sharron McPherson

I was really moved by our guest lecture at University of Cape Town today: Sharron L McPherson (Co-Founder of the Centre of Disruptive Technologies) shared her views on disruption, innovation, collaboration and forward thinking strategies from an African perspective. Some key takeouts from her lecture: 1. We need African solutions

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By sashgonzalez July 19, 2018May 3, 2019 Inspiration/Reflection/Self-development

Purpose-led with the CEO of Virgin Active

I had the pleasure of attending an insightful talk by Ross Faragher-Thomas, CEO of Virgin Active SA, at a recent Suits and Sneakers event. While we learnt about his journey to becoming the CEO, he also discussed how Virgin Active can remain relevant in a world that is being disrupted

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By sashgonzalez June 19, 2018May 3, 2019 Career/Featured/Innovation/Inspiration/Reflection/University

Nando’s: an Inside Experience

This past week I had the privilege of spending time at Nando’s South Africa’s “Central Kitchen” in Johannesburg. I was fortunate enough to spend time with and learn from their marketing team, as well as members of senior management focusing on strategy. Besides their awesome campus, there is a genuine

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By sashgonzalez June 4, 2018May 3, 2019 Innovation/Inspiration

Uber’s Goal in the South African Market

Two insightful talks I attended in two nights: 1. Suits & Sneakers hosted Marnus Broodryk (entrepreneur and Shark Tank judge) who shared his story about his humble beginnings and highlighted some of the key life/business lessons he’s learnt along the way. 2. Nfinity hosted Justin Spratt 🚗 (Uber’s head of

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By sashgonzalez June 1, 2018May 3, 2019 Career/Innovation/Inspiration/Self-development

To Nfinity and Beyond!

I spent this past week learning from and observing media and marketing legend Ken Varejes’ latest business venture: Nfinity. An innovative group of businesses who are definitely disrupting the South African market as we know it! Interestingly, Ken has opted to buy a bunch of small marketing companies which range

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