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Josh went to University in Edinburgh and it was from there that is entrepreneurial journey began and thanks to not getting the consultancy job he wanted in London, he came back to South Africa and soon launched Granadilla Swimwear, the fastest growing brand of it's type in South Africa. We learn how
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Andrew spent time working on Yachts across the world but he always knew that he would end up back in Cape Town, doing what he wasn't sure.
When he did return though he saw an opportunity through a friend to get into the food business. What started out as a lobster roll business has since become an Hawaiian Street Food business called Poke Co and it orginated as a fulfilment only. Andrew talks about the challenges of launching his own business and what's next for the fledgling brand.
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Tom sits down with Ian in his concept store in Woodstock, Cape Town to learn more about his businesses and vision for the future
- Building Bondi Blu Sunglasses 25 years ago
- What has changed in that period
- How marketing concepts change but stay the same
- International Expansion
- Launch of Colony Cycles
- Movement towards a more human powered Cape Town
- Looking 'cool' on a bike. No Lycra, No Gears
- How Social Media is an important tool for any new business
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Tom and Warwick chat about the following
- Growing up in Cape Town
- International travel through modelling
- Founding Catch of the Day Wine and building the brand
- Studying wine at varsity and learning from such a rich history of wine making in the Western Cape
- Disrupting the wine industry through developing 'Wine on Tap'
- Is wine still revered in the same way as it has been in previous generations
- Sourcing wine for 'Catch of the Day' and trading at markets
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Max Botha grew up in Cape Town, going to school in the Southern Suburbs. After starting his career in fashion, he now has one of the youngest, successful owner operator restaurants in Cape Town.
The GVP sits down to talk about how he has managed to open 3 units in less than 6 months in the likes of the CBD, the Waterfront and Sea Point.
The guys discuss
- What is Poke?
- Growing up in Cape Town and how Max ended up being the face of Hawaiian Street Food in Cape Town
- Inspiration behind the brand and where he sees it going
- Learning about the food and Max's input into the menu
- The strategy behind growing so quickly
- Max's take on the food scene in Cape Town, his favourite places to eat and why there are so many young owner-operators in the restaurant business in Cape Town
- The growing importance of the fulfilment business through the likes of Uber, Mr D and Orderin
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Toby Scheckter and his family are best known for being racing drivers all over the world with his father Jody winning the F1 World Championships in 1979. After years of racing cars in Europe and North America, Toby now finds himself as owner operator of Scheckter's Raw on Regent Road in Sea Point which has a cult like following in Cape Town for it's vegan food and treats.
Toby sits down and talks with GVP host Tom Burwell about
- His Racing Career
- Why and how he turned Vegan
- Launching Scheckter's Organic Energy Drink
- Returning to Cape Town and opening Scheckter's Raw
- What the future holds
- And a lot more fun stuff along the way!