Best Nic Haralambous Podcasts (2024)

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Rebelion and curiosity go hand in hand - Greig Jansen 50:42

3y ago50:42

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Greig is the founder of PURA Soda. In this episode, we discuss curiosity as a matter of nature or nurture, how creating the future is the best way to predict it, how curiosity is like a muscle, once you start you get better at it and become more curious about more things and how PURA pushes a curious corporate culture. ☆☆JUMP IN ☆☆ Nic Haralambous …

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Becoming an upcycled human being - Jasper Eales 53:45

3y ago53:45

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Jasper is the founder of Sealand and considers himself to be an upcycled human being through a liver transplant. In this episode Nic and Jasper discuss building a truly purpose-driven lifestyle brand, becoming an aspirational brand with an educational voice, how initially, all curiosity needs to be explored but then you need to follow the excitemen…

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TV is a trauma response and how to be more curious - Leana de Beer 1:03:20

3y ago1:03:20

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Leana de Beer is a social entrepreneur and the CEO of Feenix.org. In this episode we discuss hiring for diversity, taking a step back and letting other people speak first, the trauma response that is watching television how the pursuit of excellence can be exhausting. ☆☆JUMP IN ☆☆ Subscribe for more content from Nic: ➡ YOUTUBE ➡ LINKEDIN ➡ FACEBOOK…

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Why you should need a license to nap - Dale Rae on sleep cycles, the curiosity muscle and quality sleep 44:43

3y ago44:43

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Dr Rae is the Director of Sleep Science and a Senior Researcher at the University of Cape Town. Her research focuses on sleep and circadian rhythms (i.e. the body’s 24h clock). She is particularly interested in how sleep is associated with health, disease and obesity, and the relationship between sleep, the body clock, athletic and work-place perfo…

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Ideas are often born out of frustration - Shannon Esra on acting, thinking, living and love 58:21

3y ago58:21

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Shannon Esra is an actor and deep thinker. Watch her latest show on Showmax right now! Follow Shannon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShannonEsra ~ ~ ~ Nic is the obsessively curious host of the Curious Cult podcast. He is an accomplished startup entrepreneur, global keynote speaker and bestselling author. Described as "authentic, incredibly knowle…

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Constraints create curiosity - Yossi Hasson on NFTs, the WHO that defines your life and more 54:43

3+ y ago54:43

54:43

Yossi Hasson is a tech entrepreneur and investor who has his mind on all things new, innovative and bleeding edge including crypto and NFTs. Sign up for his newsletter: https://yossihasson.substack.com/ ~ ~ ~ Nic is the host of the Curious Cult. He is an accomplished startup entrepreneur, global keynote speaker and bestselling author. Described as …

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Nik Rabinowitz - How to be a happy comedian and what to do about the ego 1:04:57

3+ y ago1:04:57

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In this episode of the Curious Cult, I have a fantastic chat with Nik Rabinowitz about how he got into the world of comedy, his relationship with comparison and dealing with the ego. Nik is a full-time stand-up comedian, a part-time sit-down comedian (thanks to Zoom and online comedy shows), a parent of three, and an all-round fascinating human. To…

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Michael Smollan - Purpose-driven business and globalising a world view 57:00

3+ y ago57:00

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In this episode of the Curious Cult, I am excited to chat with Michael Smollan about how living in Shanghai changed his life, how working in the family business has made him more hungry for curiosity and how making sure a business operates according to the purpose is crucial. Mike is the Chief Growth & Innovation Officer of the Smollan Group, he he…

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Alexandria Procter - Identity, layers of curiosity, & creating things 1:03:08

3+ y ago1:03:08

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In this episode of the Curious Cult, I am excited to chat with Alexandria Procter about identity, vertical and horizontal curiosity and a whole host of other topics to inspire starting something. Alex is the founder of DigsConnect, a company that connects landlords and tenants in a secure, vetted way. Alex is a self-declared loud-mouth who challeng…

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Mike Scott - The challenging necessity of cultivating feedback 59:42

3+ y ago59:42

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In the first episode of season 3 of the Curious Cult, I am thrilled to chat with Mike Scott about why curiosity can be difficult but how it can help you evolve, why design by committee is bad but consensus can work and a whole bunch of other exciting topics. Mike is the co-founder of NONA, a firm that builds intuitive software for companies across …

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Sam Beckbessinger - Creative Curiosity and Exploiting Unique Craziness 53:01

3+ y ago53:01

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In this episode, I chat with one of my closest friends and best-selling author Sam Beckbessinger about working through a lack of inspiration, harnessing unique personality flavours and why consistency is so crucial for output in a creative space. On a quest to find out “how to adult”, Sam writes by trade and follows her curiosity, recording interes…

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Rob Hope - Freedom as Success 54:45

3+ y ago54:45

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In this episode, I catch up with Rob Hope, a Cape Town-based multi-talented digital maker who goes by many labels from designer to developer to a casual surfer. With an aim is to fill his day with things which inspire him, Rob opts to take on things which challenge or offer enjoyment (like surfing). In his career, Rob has found that when he was mos…

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Natalie Nagele - Shifting the Focus from Business to People 51:02

3+ y ago51:02

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In this episode, I chat with Natalie Nagele, co-founder and CEO of Wildbit, a company which puts people at the forefront of businesses. With 20 years running the company, has a wealth of experience in starting things and learning along the way. She and Wldbit are shifting the focus in business: Prioritising people and developing a business culture …

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Kyle Redelinghuys - The Art of Starting, Scaling, and Satiating Curiosity 54:16

3+ y ago54:16

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In this episode, I chat with Kyle Redelinghuys about how he manages to stay on top of four business ventures while maintaining a relationship and still has time to exercise at the end of the day. The perfect advocate for starting things, Kyle offers a wealth of knowledge about how to scale businesses sustainably. If you want to get in touch with Ky…

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Ory Okolloh - Intellectual Curiosity & Challenging the Status Quo 54:38

3+ y ago54:38

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In this episode, I chat with Kenyan activist Ory Okolloh, who has an active sense of chasing curiosity with an appetite to see social change in the African landscape. With the social development in Africa a strong driving force in her professional pursuits, Ory is one of the founding members of Ushahidi, a non-profit open-source software applicatio…

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Bob Skinstad - Focus, Commitment and The Power of Choice 51:31

4y ago51:31

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In this episode, I catch up with former professional rugby player Bob Skinstad who played for the Springboks. In addition to his time on the pitch, Bob also has a wealth of experience in the field of business and investments. From Stellenbosch University, Bob spent twelve years playing professional sport internationally. During his sporting career,…

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Tashmia Ismail - Avid curiosity and combatting inequality 1:03:54

4y ago1:03:54

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In this episode, I chat with Tashmia Ismail who has built models to combat inequality and social injustice. Born in South Africa, a remarkably fascinating but unequal country in career opportunities and the job market, Tash has an avid curiosity about democratising access to the basic chances of employment available to young South Africans. “I’m a …

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Vinny Lingham - Abundant thinking for entrepreneurs 49:51

4y ago49:51

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In this episode, I chat with Vinny Lingham about his time spent working in a corporate career and how it acted as a stepping stone to entrepreneurship. With a hunger for knowledge and an appreciation for information, Vinny is a massive advocate for skill-building experience and it’s evident in the way he talks about work and career opportunities. H…

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Mike Joubert - Moving from corporate to entrepreneurship 1:05:56

4y ago1:05:56

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In this episode, I chat with Mike Joubert who has had a thirty-year corporate career working with brands across the world. After moving from corporate to entrepreneurship, Mike started and sold his own successful business in 2009. From there, with the love of developing companies and people, he has spent his time investing in businesses in South Af…

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Dr Adrian Saville - Starting an Asset Management Firm 40:59

4y ago40:59

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The art of Starting Something: If you can dream it, you can do it In his early 20s, Adrian took his skillset in investment and economics and started something. Worried about job prospects out of university, and with the support of his friends who had investable assets, he was encouraged to share his expertise in economics which quickly became a use…

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Curiously Quarantied with Jarette Petzer 32:44

4y ago32:44

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Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Jarette Petzer.

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Curiously Quarantined with Xola Nouse 1:03:16

4y ago1:03:16

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Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Xola Nouse.

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Curiously Quarantined with Heather Moore 57:01

4y ago57:01

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Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Heather Moore.

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Curiously Quarantined with Lebo Mokgabudi 40:55

4y ago40:55

40:55

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Lebo Mokgabudi. Unfortunately, the final part of this episode was cut off by a technical glitch with Crowdcast. Probably best not to use Crowdcast to record webinars.

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Curiously Quarantined with Catherine Lückhoff 1:07:32

4y ago1:07:32

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Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Catherine Lückhoff.

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Curiously Quarantined with Joy Des Fountain 1:11:21

4y ago1:11:21

1:11:21

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Joy Des Fountain.

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Curiously Quarantined with David Perel 1:03:28

4y ago1:03:28

1:03:28

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and David Perel.

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Curiously Quarantined with Faheem Chaudhry 54:35

4y ago54:35

54:35

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Faheem Chaudhry

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Curiously Quarantined with Tim Harris 57:57

4y ago57:57

57:57

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Tim Harris.

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Curiously Quarantined with Lars Veul 50:28

4y ago50:28

50:28

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Lars Veul.

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Curiously Quarantined with Mike Sharman 57:20

4y ago57:20

57:20

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Mike Sharman.

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Curiously Quarantined with John Sanei 1:00:21

4y ago1:00:21

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Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show LOCKDOWN EDITION, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and John Sanei.

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Curiously Quarantined with Keet Van Zyl 59:23

4y ago59:23

59:23

Listen to this special edition of The Curious Cult Show, recorded live in a webinar between Nic Haralambous and Keet Van Zyl.

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Curiously Quarantined - Introduction Episode 1:46

4y ago1:46

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Welcome to the Curious Cult Show's Curiously Quarantined special edition episodes. These were recorded over a period of 3 months during lockdown via live webinar with an audience and special guests from around the world.

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Professional trail runner and coach, Megan Mackenzie on finding your north star (Ep. 15) 41:18

4y ago41:18

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Megan Mackenzie is a professional trail runner and has won South African Long Distance Trail Championships in 2015, African X in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Ultra Trail Cape Town 65km and others. She has also represented South Africa internationally at numerous events. Her perspective on finding and maintain a direction in life is unique and insight…

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David Perel, professional racing driver, CoachDave, SimGrid founder on curiosity and hard work (Ep. 14) 54:02

4y ago54:02

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David Perel started his racing career at a very young age. He's had ups and downs, he's discovered a passion for real-life racing and found success there all the while progressing as a formidable sim racer. In this interview, David and I discuss his entrepreneurial spirit, what it takes to be the best at something, starting side hustles that become…

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BRCK.COM Co-founder, Erik Hersman on boredom, new words for failure (Ep. 13) 50:24

4y ago50:24

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In this fascinating conversation, I talk with Erik Hersman, the co-founder of BRCK.COM, iHub and Ushahidi about: Innovative ways to bring wifi to emerging markets in rugged conditions. The business model of innovation. How they bought a 4-letter domain. How things work vs will this work type of curiosity. New words for failure that we should use. T…

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Rich Mulholland - on knowledge hunting vs gathering, comfort vs curiosity and starting to sell early (Ep. 12) 59:23

4y ago59:23

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Rock and Roadie turned entrepreneur Richard Mulholland is the founder of presentation powerhouse Missing Link, as well as the co-founder of 21Tanks, HumanWrit.es and The Sales Department. He has written three books, Legacide, Boredom Slayer, and Good story, bro and is a global public speaker that in 2019 alone spoke in 26 countries on 6 continents …

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Lauren Beukes - on launching a novel about a pandemic, parents creating curiosity and more (Ep. 11) 54:54

4y ago54:54

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Lauren Beukes is the award-winning and internationally best-selling South African author of The Shining Girls, Zoo City and Afterland, among other works. Her novels have been published in 24 countries and are being adapted for film and TV. She’s also a comics writer, screenwriter, journalist and documentary maker. In this episode, Lauren discusses …

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Tinus Le Roux - Taking stadium-sized selfies and using AI (Ep. 10) 43:11

4y ago43:11

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Tinus Le Roux is the CEO at Fancam. They take stadium-sized HD selfies that teams across the world use to engage their fans. Tinus has a unique experience and understanding of his curiosity and is one of South Africa's unsung entrepreneurial veterans.

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Rob McGinnis - Turning C02 into fuel (Ep. 09) 45:16

4y ago45:16

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In this episode, Rob McGinnis talks about his intense curiosity about turning C02 into fuel that we can use in our vehicles today. We discuss his storytelling ability, his theater background and how that helped him raise the funding he needed to change the world.

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Rapelang Rabana - Leading African Entrepreneur on Reading, Lifelong Learning and Startups (Ep. 08) 37:16

4y ago37:16

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Rapelang Rabana is one of Africa’s most impressive entrepreneurs. She was a curious child who grew into an obsessive entrepreneur. She read voraciously and turned her curiosity into the need to build solutions to big problems. Apologies for the sound in this recording. I’ll do better next episode!

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Zev Siegl - Starbucks Co-founder and small business expert (Ep. 07) 39:46

4y ago39:46

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With over 50 years of startup experience and co-founding Starbucks, Zev Siegl was a "hyperactive" child who wanted to get the most out of life. He struggled to focus as a child but that trait has held him in good standing over the years. He did not formally study business in any way but his interest in business came from close family and friends th…

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Greg Smithies - Venture Capitalist on the climate crisis, lifelong learning and turning C02 into gasoline (Ep. 06) 39:37

4+ y ago39:37

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Greg Smithies is currently a partner at BMW's i Ventures where he invests in Hardware, Software, and Sustainability applied to unsexy industries. Before i Ventures Greg headed Finance and Operations for both The Boring Company and Neuralink simultaneously; headed finance, sales, and business development for Versive; and was an early- and late-stage…

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Husayn Kassai - Onfido CEO and Cofounder on lifelong learning and hiring for curiosity (Ep. 05) 23:18

4+ y ago23:18

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Husayn is the Onfido CEO and Co-Founder. Onfido helps businesses digitally onboard users by verifying any government ID and comparing it with the person’s facial biometrics. Founded in 2012, Onfido has grown to a team of 350 across SF, NYC and London; received over $100m in funding from Salesforce, Microsoft and others; and works with over 1,500 fi…

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Geraldine DeRuiter - James Beard Award-winning writer on familial curiosity and transporting grain in ships (Ep. 04) 43:05

4+ y ago43:05

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Geraldine is an acclaimed author, world-renowned public speaker, and the voice behind the award-winning Everywhereist blog. While ostensibly a travel writer, Geraldine also writes about dessert, feminism, and a variety of other riveting topics. TIME Magazine described her work as “consistently clever” and The New York Times said her writing was “da…

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Rand Fishkin - Sparktoro and Moz founder on risotto, frogs and building a new kind of business (Ep. 03) 36:24

4+ y ago36:24

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In 2004, Rand co-founded the SEO software company, Moz, where he served as CEO until 2014. In 2018, He founded SparkToro, making software to put audience intelligence at every marketer's fingertips. He is the author of the incredible book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World and is a frequent keynote speaker on mar…

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Mmusi Maimane - South African politician on race and the value of exploration (Ep. 02) 26:37

4+ y ago26:37

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Born in Soweto, Mmusi Maimane is a South African politician and the former leader of the DA, the main opposition party in South Africa. He speaks 8 of South Africa’s 11 national languages and is a pastor and leader in the Liberty church. He has masters degrees in Economics and Theology and is currently reading for his PHD in economic development in…

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Trip Hawkins - Electronic Arts founder on Dungeons & Dragons and the state of the world (Ep. 01) 44:33

4+ y ago44:33

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Trip Hawkins is an incredibly accomplished entrepreneur who has a vast breadth of skills and depth of experience. He is the founder and first CEO of Electronic Arts, was crowned “King of the Nerds” by the Economist, he designed, produced and marketed his first game while still a teenager and at that young age mapped out a 10-year plan that lead him…

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The Curious Cult Show - TRAILER! 1:36

4+ y ago1:36

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Welcome to the Curious Cult. The show where I talk to incredible people about their fascinating curiosity. I'm your host, Nic Haralambous and I am an obsessively curious entrepreneur and author. I can't wait to share the incredible stories that I've uncovered by talking to people like the founder of Electronic Arts, the Co-founder of Starbucks, the…

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