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Whats up hustlers, so trying to define media is a very difficult thing to do because in todays world media is evolving so quickly. For context, as of April 2018, total worldwide population is 7.6 billion The internet has 4.2 billion users There are 3.03 billion active social media users. That works out at a new social media user every 15 seconds. Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp handle 60 billion messages a day. This is just a quick snap shot of the media driven world we are living in. But as much as the world changes, some things stay the same. Like making sure you, the entrepreneur, have a great story to tell on the plethora of media channels that you have at your disposal. One entrepreneur has seemingly survived all of this change in media and today is responsible for household entertainment shows like Shark Tank, Strictly Come Dancing, Come Dine With Me and many, many others. Duncan Irvine runs the biggest TV production studio in Africa and by all accounts is a living legend in the media space. In this ep

Hey guys, so entrepreneurs must deal with pain more than most. You know, the pain of cash flow, the pain of failure, and the pain of just well, having to make it on your own. And so, when the proverbial shit hits the fan, it’s easy to think we’re suffering more than most – but that’s just not the truth or reality. You see, regardless of how bad things get in your life, there is always someone who is worse off than you are. In today’s episode, I chat to Cathy Davies, an entrepreneur who the transforms the lives of ordinary people and celebrities. In her new reality TV show called Outpatients on FOX Life she shares the real stories of ordinary people who are dealt some really unbelievably bad blows and yet despite everything have the strength inside of them to push through incredible pain and despair to achieve their dreams. This particular episode of the Matt Brown Show is really one about perspective – because sometimes the right perspective makes things possible. So without Support the show

Much in the world of entrepreneurship is relative. For example, when you are a startup and a solopreneur you’ll most likely have cashflow problems and you’ll battle to pay yourself a salary. Then you have Robbi Brozen, the founder of Nando’s who had 38 stores across the country and couldn’t pay his staff. It’s all relative. Let’s take Silicon Valley for example, there are so many headlines about startups raising hundreds of millions of dollars from VC’s that it’s easy to think that you’ll raise the same kind of money from VC’s in Africa. But you won’t. The markets are chalk and cheese. But the one thing that isn’t relative is that entrepreneurship is very much about pain and regardless of whether you are a startup, Robbie Brozen, a startup in Silicon Valley or just an ordinary entrepreneur trying to make a living – we all have to push through the challenges that lie before us as we look to achieve personal and business success – whatever success might mean to you it is stories like Tim Ohlsen’s, the CEO of El

Grit. The difference between entrepreneurs who make it and those who don’t. This theme has been a consistent one of the last three years of doing this show and yet stories about entrepreneurs who do whatever it takes to break through the obstacles that lie in their way just never get old. The story of Jonathan Kohler is no different and it is a story that truly brings to life what it takes to build a monster of a business. As the saying goes, only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. Support the show

It is said that to live a creative life we just lose our fear of being wrong. As an entrepreneur it is about knowing where your blind spots are and this is easier said than done. Let’s take creative companies and agencies for example. They are so busy building the brands of other companies they very rarely build their own brand which is one of the greatest paradoxes in the business world today. Yet most creative agencies do not acknowledge this blind spot even exists because as the saying goes, when you are stuck inside the bottle you can’t read the label. So what you need is perspective to break through and that often means working with experts and skill sets you don’t have on the payroll. Lauren Woolf is the CEO of Mrs Woolf, a strategic consultancy that helps creative companies identify their blind spots and helps them to unleash and direct their creativity toward building their own brand. Oh, and pay attention to a new segment on the show called the Justice League where Lauren gets busy with a baseball ba

So just yesterday I was catching up on the Joe Rogan show and Jo was chatting to Gary V about podcasting. Jo shares my sentiments about podcasting exactly and to quote him exactly he said “Radio is fucked”. Allow me to explain. With podcasting you don’t have to listen to adverts, traffic reports, or miss your favourite shows. A podcast you can be streaming it on your TV, then in your car and then while you run later that day. It’s always on demand and most importantly on your terms. But how big is the podcast market in South Africa and what is the big opportunity for entrepreneurs in this space? Well, towards the end of last year, my team and I undertook the largest independent research initiative into SA podcasting. It was supported by online and mainstream media across the country over a period of six months and resulted in capturing the podcast media consumption data of over 15,000 respondents. Here are some of the headlines and key findings. The addressable market for podcasting is 16 million people, appr

Bullying in the workplace is a very real thing but as a community of business people we simply do not talk about this kind of thing enough. You see, bullying or being emotionally abused is very difficult anyone, to deal with. It makes you feel afraid and degraded and often it makes a person feel like they are worthless. Many of us who are bullied even start asking ourselves if we can do anything right and worst of all blame themselves for the situation when we are not at fault.In this episode, I chat to Leah McCrae the MD of The Park House of Events on 7 about her new venture Resonance that is shining a light on the world of bullying in the workplace.And remember, if you are being bullied right now you have to tell someone. You may not want to do this because it means showing that you are vulnerable, that you are letting someone get the better of you. But really, it is very important to tell someone otherwise, it may not stop. So, speak to a friend, a parent, brother or sister, uncle or aunt and most importan

So today I want to tee up this episode of the show by talking to you about something called Stopforths Law. Stopforths law is named after Mike Stopforth, the CEO of Cerebra communications. When social media took off around the world Mike put his hand up in South Africa as the countries first social media expert and aggressively grew his personal brand in the social media space. As a result, and even to this day, he is still regarded as one of Africa’s leading social media experts. And this story, lead to the creation of Stopforth’s Law – meaning he who puts his hand up first as the expert in something will automatically be accredited as the expert. My guest today, is none other than Kat Woolf, who off the back of building one of the countries largest commercial property brokerages has just put her hand up as South Africa’s commercial property expert – and through her new show called the Property Woolf, is using the power of podcasting to grow her personal brand and ultimately her own business. This is a journ

So, if you’re an entrepreneur running your own business at some point on your journey you will have a run in with the law. No, I’m not talking about drunk driving although I’m sure that this will apply to some of you. What I’m referring to are legal issues, risks and challenges you’ll encounter as you scale your business. I call them pinches – because most entrepreneurs don’t know that they are in a pinch until it’s too late and this can wind up costing you the entrepreneur your hard earned cash when you need it most. So, I reached to my legal team - Natalie and Lucy from Consilium Legal – to discuss how entrepreneurs can avoid winding up in legal troubles and we also share the backstory to their new series called the Pinch where they share real stories of businesses navigating the ever changing legal and how you can leverage the law to avoid landing up in a legal pinch of your own. Support the show

This is the final instalment of the Secrets of Scale event series powered by Entrepreneur Magazine and the MESH Club.I'm probably more excited about this show than any of the others because we'll be covering the very personal aspects of entrepreneurship and scaling a business - and featuring arguably three of the most insightful people I have in my network.Tonights panelists are:- Tom Asacker (International Best Selling Author, The Business Of Belief & I Am Keats)- Howard Sackstein (CEO, Saicom)- Erik Kruger (Personal Performance Coach & Founder, Betterman)AGENDATonights show will consist of three parts:Part 1 - The Business of BeliefThis segment will focus on how the World's Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and other leaders get us to believe. We'll explore how beliefs are created, and how people get others to change their beliefs and we'll unpack how our beliefs shape our choices of products and services, and, collectivel

Welcome to the 3rd installment of Secrets of Scale featuring:- Vinny Lingham (CEO, Civic & Shark Tank Investor)- Marnus Broodryk (CEO, Transaction Capital SME Services & Shark Tank Investor)- Jason Goldberg (Founder 10X-E and Director, Edge Growth)- Vuyo Tofile (CEO, Entreprenuer Banc)Tonights show will consist of three parts:Part 1 - Building The Aeroplane This segment will be the majority of our focus and will cover practical "how to steps" for scaling your business. We'll be revealing how to design a scale ready business and walk you through common pitfalls that all entrepreneurs will encounter as they "build the aeroplane" and how to avoid them. We'll also reverse engineer how to design a scale ready business from a 150 strong team all the way down to a 5 person team.Part 2 - Built For WinterThis segment is all about how to ensure that you remain profitable as you scale. We'll unpack how to bring different revenue streams, partnerships and products/services to to

Last night we kicked off the second instalment of the Secrets of Scale event series powered by Entrepreneur Magazine and the MESH Club.The instalment of the Secrets of Scale pitted an entrepreneur against two of South Africa’s top venture capitalists to find out: What exactly does it take to build a fundable business? Your panellists are:- Keet Van Zyl (Partner, Knife Capital)- Clive Butkow (CEO, Kalon Venture Capital)- Benji Coetzee (CEO, Empty Trips) Todays show will consist of three parts:Part 1 - Funding your scale (David vs Goliath)In this segment we'll share insights related to funding your businesses scale using venture capital vs the benefits of bootstrapping it yourself. You'll discover what VC's look for when backing "scalepreneurs" and you'll hear first-hand about Benji Coetzee's experience competing at the world cup of startups in Silicon Valley.Part 2 - Formulas to scale (How to scale any market)We will reveal proven formulas to scale across for any business in

The Secrets of Scale series of events are designed to help entrepreneurs understand the dynamics and challenges of scaling a business and will empower attendees with the skills, insights and principles necessary to enable a business to scale on a world stage.YOUR MASTERS OF SCALE ARE:Allon Raiz (CEO, RaizCorp)Rich Mulholland (Missing Link)Howard Mann (Business Brickyard USA)Full info: www.qkt.io/secretsofscalewww.mattbrownmedia.co.za Support the show

www.qkt.io/secretsofscaleThe most exciting and important stage of a businesses life is the beginning of the scaling process. You have your product or service figured out, and now it is time to get things going! It's during this stage that you will learn if you are going to make it or not. Your decisions at this stage will determine if you are going to scale or fail. So how do you scale a business? In this episode I chat to Marnus and Erik about and unpack the fundamentals of scaling your business!Support the show

Howzit guys. So, last night we hosted another sold out live show this time in conjunction with two of the most exciting people in business at the moment - Gilan Gork (Expert Mentalist) and Mark Keating (CEO of Sales Guru) where we explored "how to use influence and persuasion to get what you want in business" in front of a live audience of about 150 people at the Mesh Club in Johannesburg. This show is a tad longer than usual and for very good reason. This subject of how to use persuasion and influence to make sales and get what you want in business has never been more important than it is today. You see, sales are the life blood of any business and the ability to make sales and sell your ideas to decision makers is a critical component of a business regardless of its size. One of the biggest ongoing challenges for businesses and entrepreneurs is to find new business and importantly, how to sell their ideas to decision makers. Over the past decade, many marketing options have been promoted as "

This edition of the Matt Brown Show is powered by Get Smarter.com. In 2008, at the tip of Africa, GetSmarter, is founded by brothers Sam and Rob Paddock. The first online course ever presented was Wine Evaluation in partnership with the University of Stellenbosch. Later the same year, Africa’s leading university—the University of Cape Town—agreed to collaborate with GetSmarter. Fast forward to 2017 and Get Smarter was acquired for R1.4 billion. I met up with Sam and Rob in Cape Town for a chat about their journey in building the Get Smarter business and the psychology of #entrepreneurship in front of a #LIVE online audience. Support the show

Michael Jordaan was the CEO to one of South Africa’s largest banks FNB with a customer base of nine million. With more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector and nearly a decade at the helm of the Bank, Michael oversaw the move away from traditional banking, and led FNB to be named the “World’s Most Innovative Bank” in the 2012 Global Banking Innovation Awards, held in Washington DC. He is the 2013 Sunday Times Business Leader Award winner and in 2014 he was awarded CNBC The All Africa Business Leader of the Year award. Today he is the founder and CEO of Montegray Capital – a private venture capital arm that invests in businesses with high growth potential. I sat down with Michael to discuss everything from entrepreneurship, startups, the blockchain and its impact on the global financial systems and we even explore how to overcome fear when it comes to making big decisions in business. It’s not every day that you get to sit down with one of the most prominent personalities in South Africa

Just a quick word to say thank you to Nadine Todd from Entrepreneur Magazine for taking the time out to conduct the centenary episode of the Matt Brown Show – she did a stellar job I’m sure you will all agree. And finally, to every one of you who have supported the show in any way – whether that is listening to the show like you are right now or attending one of my live show, it all wouldn’t be possible or worth it without your feedback and support. So, here’s to the next 100 episodes of the Matt Brown Show. Support the show

Howzit guys, so as the saying goes there is no business-like show business. Last night at #CryptoKungfu we put on a show which was broadcast around the world and which featured three of the world’s most influential people in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Tone Vays from the US, Adam Meister also from the US and representing Africa we had Lorien Gamaroff. We explored and debated the merits of bitcoin versus bitcoin cash and when I say it was a debate it really was a heated debate with Tone and Lorien having numerous shall we say differences of opinion about which coins are the ones to invest in and why. We also had a very active YouTube chat room so don’t forget you can catch the full video stream in HD on my channel. Simply search for “matt Brown Show” to grab the video and the chat room feed. So, without further this is what went down at #CryptoKungfu. Support the show

Adam Meister is regarded as one of the worlds leading Bitcoin experts and his passion for BTC has lead him to travel to six continents in less than a year in order to contemplate the revolutionary economic aspects of cryptocurrencies. He is all about "disruption" and believes that Bitcoin will be the ultimate disrupter of the next ten to twenty years. He is the host of the Disrupt Meister Show - a channel that provides a unique, passionate, and easy to understand take on cryptocurrencies and how it can be used for disruption and wealth building.He is a specialist on early stage cryptocurrency business financing with a focus on companies in developing nations. He has an on the ground expertise in the Southern African countries of Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Support the show