2. Permjot Valia
@permjotvalia
May 2012

3. ONE YEAR ON;
STILL IN LOVE WITH THE
CAPE?
Permjot Valia
@permjotvalia
May 2012

4. A YEAR IS A LONG TIME

5. SINCE OUR LAST CHAT....

6. Goodwill Ambassador to Arkansas

11. BUT BIGGEST CHANGE....

12. MID LIFE CRISIS

16. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION

17. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION
• Buy a Mac!

18. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION
• Buy a Mac!
• Use Keynotes

19. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION
• Buy a Mac!
• Use Keynotes
• Buy an iPad

20. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION
• Buy a Mac!
• Use Keynotes
• Buy an iPad

21. MID LIFE CRISIS
SOLUTION
• Buy a Mac!
• Use Keynotes
• Buy an iPad

22. CAPE TOWN EXPERIENCE

23. SINCE LAST TRIP

24. SINCE LAST TRIP
• Four more visits
• Worked with around 30 companies
• Invested in one (about to another)
• Ran MentorCamp

25. OBSERVATIONS

26. OBSERVATIONS
• Still love the place

27. OBSERVATIONS
• Still love the place
• You really welcome feedback

28. OBSERVATIONS
• Still love the place
• You really welcome feedback
• You get the value of mentoring and being coached

29. OBSERVATIONS
• Still love the place
• You really welcome feedback
• You get the value of mentoring and being coached
• Sylvia Gerber, Patrick Kayton and airport drives

30. NEGATIVES...

31. NEGATIVES...
• Not thinking global enough
• Not enough competition amongst capital providers
• Need more diversity in entrepreneurial landscape
• Need to pitch more effectively

32. POSITIVE ADVICE

33. POSITIVE ADVICE
• Trust me - you have some great stuff coming out
• You need to think Global (beyond Africa)
• Have more confidence
• Let players in the Eco-system help

34. MORE ADVICE
• Avoid being “Halifamous”
• Look for external validation
• Seek much more global input (MentorCamp)
• You have to succeed

35. • SA can through entrepreneurship solve its many problems
• Entrepreneurship is the best defence of democracy
• Democracy is the best preserver yet invented for peace

36. YOU HAVE TO SUCCEED
• SA can through entrepreneurship solve its many problems
• Entrepreneurship is the best defence of democracy
• Democracy is the best preserver yet invented for peace

38. “IF WE CANNOT HELP THE
MANY WHO ARE POOR, WE
CANNOT SAVE THE FEW
WHO ARE RICH”

39. THANK YOU
For having me back and giving me this stage

41. Thank you

42. Thank you
Enkosi

43. Thank you
Enkosi
Dankie

44. Thank you
Enkosi
Dankie
Ngiyabonga

45. PERMJOT VALIA
@permjotvalia
pvalia@helpwithsales.co.uk