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MBS145 - The Lightning Strike Show, guest hosted by Nadine Todd (Entrepreneur Magazine) Feb 12, 2019

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www.digitalkungfu.co.zaMark Twain once said: “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” If you’ve been following this show you’d have noticed me alluding to a big market making initiative that my company Digital Kungfu is going to be taking to market. Well that day is finally here, we have officially launched the Digital Kungfu Lightning Strike – a lead generation system built specifically for technology businesses to help them generate leads and maximise their market share. This system has been in development for the past year with our tech clients in the United States and across South Africa. Nadine Todd grills Matt Brown about the inner workings of the Digital Kungfu 2.0

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MBS144 - Unlock Your Potential, with Caroline Ravenhall, Human Performance Specialist Feb 05, 2019

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Transformation. Real transformation isn’t a future event, it’s a present-day activity. The irony is that most people choose to stay the same and settle for the status quo and don’t challenge themselves to become more than what they currently are. If you don’t make a conscious choice to grow yourself every single day this can have a disastrous impact on your business, because your business can only grow to the extent that you do. Our guest today is Caroline Ravenhall, who spent the best part of a decade working closely with Richard Branson but despite all the trappings of a successful career she found herself on the day of the launch of Virgin Airlines in South Africa, staring down the abyss of total burnout and with Richard Branson about to do one of his dare devil entrances. The threat of Burn out for entrepreneurs is very real, so I invited Caroline onto the show to talk about her recovery and incredible transformation to today where she is a captivating professional speaker, leadership development facilitator and human performance specialist who is carving out a powerful reputation for inspiring greatness in others while helping them tap into their infinite human potential.

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MBS143 - Twenty Tweets of Truth, with Allon Raiz - CEO Raizcorp Jan 28, 2019

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Truth. In the context of entrepreneurship, the truth is rarely pure and never simple. Unless you’re Allon Raiz with a Twitter account. Allon is the founder of Raizcorp, a business prosperator that supports the growth of entrepreneurs. Raizcorp currently looks after about 500 businesses across South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe and Tanzania, and about 12 000 businesses have gone through Raizcorp’s programmes over the years. He is more exposed to the realities of entrepreneurship than anyone I know and has a clear view on the truth behind the challenges we have to overcome on a daily basis. He has been tweeting a bunch of unbelievably insightful stuff on Twitter and so I reached out to him to explain some of the underlying reasoning and thinking behind some of his tweets. The producers of the Matt Brown Show went through two years of his tweets and selected 20 of the best ones which we discuss on the show. We’re calling this episode “Twenty tweets to setup your best year yet”.

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MBS142 - Surviving Brain Cancer, with Iron Man Richard Wright Jan 25, 2019

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Mind power. The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down. You get two types of entrepreneurs: those who live in cause and those who live in effect. If you are at cause you are largely the victor and in control of your destiny. If you are living in effect, you inevitably wind up being the victim of your circumstances and at the whims of the world around you. Richard Wright is very much a man with a cause, how to survive brand cancer for the third time. When he was told he had only 6 months to live, he had a choice. To let the effect of cancer determine the future of this life or to be at cause and do everything in his power to overcome his illness. Today, Richard is only the 118th human to survive pituitary cancer of the brain in history and has completed an incredible 11 Iron Mans. This is a story of human potential and living proof that the power of the mind truly is one of the greatest gifts you have in your possession. Because, when your back is against the wall and you are facing fear head on, sometimes the only choice you have is to push forward and right through it.

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MBS141 - Sales & Neuroscience with Tanya Kunze, CEO Swift Coaching Jan 18, 2019

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Sales. You know in many respects, sales is not about selling anymore, instead it’s about building trust and educating at the same time. With sales being the lifeblood of any business it’s important that we do sell and sell well. But for many of us, the science of selling is not understood very well if at all. For instance, did you know that there are 48 different kinds of sales profiles of which you have one? Up until meeting Tanya Kunze, I did also didn’t know that neuroscience plays a big role in your ability to sell. Tanya bring psychology, maths and science into business development and is the CEO of Swift Coaching, which for almost three decades has coached and trained sales teams on four different continents. She is one of the leading speakers on neuroscience-based conscious business development and a published author of two sales books and was recently elected as a global LinkedIn Goodwill Ambassador. On this episode, we dive into the world of neuroscience and sales and explore how you can improve your sales by becoming aware of and using your strengths not your weaknesses to sell. Tanya also reveals my sales profile and shares some pretty intimate and little-known details about my character as an entrepreneur too.

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MBS140 - 'Don't be Evil' with Bronwyn Williams, Chaos Theory Specialist Jan 18, 2019

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Ethics. Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. But the ethics of any company and individual can be tested, especially in the pursuit of profit and when under pressure. Google was famous for including the words ‘don’t be evil’ in their code of conduct, but in April last year they removed it in order to expand in China. Being 'evil' is very tempting. Brands and businesses are constantly tempted to exploit consumer data and values for profit. Take Google; the temptation to sell out their values, in the form of submitting to China’s state censorship to secure a shot at the massive Chinese market, was just too alluring to pass up. Similarly, beauty brands, including fan favourites MAC and Revlon, agreed to animal testing (a practice they reviled in their home markets) to gain entry to lucrative markets (China again) that insist on the practice. As we head into 2019, it’s worth our while to examine the trends that highlight the potential brands have to drive both good and evil in society. To help us do this, I spoke to Bronwyn Williams who specialises in Chaos Theory or the science of predicting the behaviour of “inherently unpredictable” systems. As a trend researcher, writer and keynote speaker, she is in the business of making sense out of chaos and making the unpredictable future understandable and accessible to you and your business

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MBS139 - How to Survive Prison, Free Your Mind and Forgive with Rusty Labuschagne Jan 15, 2019

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Forgiveness. Nelson Mandela once said: “As I walked out the door towards the gate that would lead to freedom, I knew that if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” Imagine the scene. You are a successful business man with a 40,000-acre farm, 9 sports cars and multiple successful businesses. Then one day, everything is taken from you. Rusty Labuschagne has been through a trauma few have experienced anywhere in the world. In 2003, the successful Zimbabwean businessman, who ran a safari outfit, flew his own aircraft and had a fishing resort on Lake Kariba, was framed by a poacher, the police and the courts and wrongfully convicted of drowning a poacher. He served 10 years in Zimbabwe’s prisons, including notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison during the Zim dollar crash, with food shortages, no running water and people dying around him daily. On this episode of the Matt Brown Show, Rusty shares his lessons about forgiveness, gratitude and finding true freedom in life. There are so many powerful nuggets here, and this is without doubt one of the most powerful human stories I’ve encountered on this show. Strap yourselves in for seriously epic douse of perspective.

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MBS138 - 2018 Finale! Guest Hosted by Carmen Murray Dec 21, 2018

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Reflection. Reflection is one of the most under used yet powerful tools for success. My good friend Allon Raiz, the CEO of Raizcorp recently put out a tweet which said: “Holidays in the past used to be about R&R, rest and recreation, a 20th century concept. I think R&R needs a new definition for the 21st century. Rest and #Reflection. Quality quiet time to reflect is so hard to find and is critically important in today's manic fast paced world. In this, the final episode of the Matt Brown Show in 2018, I invited the hugely entertaining and quirky Carmen Murray, to host the show and we reflect on what has gone down this year, on the Matt Brown Show and what I’ve learnt from yet another incredible year running this podcast. Before we jump into the action, I’d just like to say thank you to each and every one of you have spent time this year listening and now watching the show, thanks to your support the show has consistently been in the top 20 podcast in the country for over 18 months now, has been the #1 in management and marketing on 13 different occasions and is currently in the top 100 shows in the category around the word. This really means so much to me and my team who produce this show for you – here’s to wishing you, the entrepreneur, your best year yet in 2019!

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MBS137 - Marijuana Economics with The Dagga Couple & Paul-Michael Keichel Dec 21, 2018

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Weed. In September this year, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the country’s highest court, on Tuesday morning ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that the ban on private possession and consumption, and cultivation of the plant for own use is unconstitutional. It found that the country’s cannabis ban infringed on section 14 of the South African constitution which gives all citizens the right to privacy. This has far reaching implications for ordinary citizens and entrepreneurs alike. The decriminalised global weed industry is forecast to run into the billions of dollars, but what are your rights in this space and immediate opportunities for entrepreneurs? To get the answer I reached out Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke AKA the Dagga couple and Paul-Michael Keichel from Schindlers Attorneys. We discuss the 8 year legal battle of Julian and Myrtle with the South African government, their personal case instrumental in the lead up to the landmark ruling by the constitutional court and whose case was spearheaded by Paul-Michael at Schindlers, and we explore the far reaching local and global ramifications for a burgeoning weed industry that is set to take the world by storm.

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MBS136 - The Kasinomic Revolution with GG Alcock Dec 21, 2018

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Blind spots. We all have a blind spot and it’s shaped exactly like us. In Africa, blind spots are everywhere, yet for some reason we do not see what often lies right in front of us. Enter the Kasinomic revolution. The KasiNomic Revolution is a murmur in the streets, a grassroots economic rising which has grown organically despite government and business regulation, and which is the future of African economic activity. It is a giant of an economy that dwarfs that of the formal economy in size, yet for many entrepreneurs who play in the formal economy space, we are not aware that it even exists and even less is known about how to capitalise on it. GG Alcock is an international best-selling author, whose books cast a light on the Kasi sector and its inner workings for the first time. If you haven’t heard of Kasinomics before, don’t worry because neither had I, so prepare to have your mind blown.

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