A Heavy Chef is someone that speaks authoritatively about a specific subject because they have vast experience in that area. Some of our Heavy Chefs are not internationally known but still making a notable impact in their spaces, or who’s been performing notable work in the background. It is someone that can cut to the chase of a problem, tune out the noise in the industry, and deliver the perfect recipe for entrepreneurial success.
Your company or business strategy might encompass a wide array of angles, but you just can’t put your finger on what’s missing or lacking in turning it into a sensation. Just stirring the ingredients won’t necessarily create a mouth-watering dish. Blending the ingredients at the best times, watching the pots, adjusting the heat, and adding just the right pinch of salt or pepper will transform your business idea into a business feast. Each learning pathway for every business is unique – and requires unique ingredients. Creating a hyper-relevant recipe just for you is the USP of Heavy Chef.
This company has hosted hundreds of conferences with technologists, leaders, and creatives and presented to over 45,000 entrepreneurs. They offer an ever-expanding curriculum of topics and they’re always on the hunt for an epic entrepreneurial recipe to share with others.
It is this inspiration that drives Heavy Chef forward: they believe entrepreneurs can change the world for the better. And, as this book showcases, South Africa’s business environment is ripe for the picking of the adventurous and ambitious person. Their business model is innovation: to be more specific, they are enablers of innovation by empowering customers with the tools and skills needed to bring innovation to their companies.
Heavy Chef’s recipes are mini-courses comprising of 10 learning bites in a video focusing on one salient question, three focus points and a transcript. These recipes range from how to buy a website domain, building a website, launching your business to market, app design, robotics, tackling AI, and more. They also host monthly community gatherings where their members can meet the “chefs” too.
These Heavy Chefs include Professor Cass Sunstein, President Thabo Mbeki, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Nunu Ntshingila, Sir Martin Sorrell, Aisha Pandor, Katlego Maphai, Xolisa Dyeshana, Riaad Moosa, DJ Sbu, YoungstaCPT, Zolani Mahola, Mo Flava, DJ Fresh,Rob Paddock, Sam Paddock, Andrew Smith, Robbie Brozin, Albie Sachs, Maps Maponyane, Siya Kolisi, Michael Jordaan, Adrian Gore, Jonathan Smit, Gary Kirsten, Lwando Xaso, Wendy Ackerman, Bryan Habana, Mzukisi Mbane, Bonang Mahola, Olugbenga GB Agboola and many many more.
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As we’ve mentioned, selling innovation is what Heavy Chef does. They don’t offer products: they empower and equip customers to reach for entrepreneurial success in the digital age. In a world of talkers, it’s the doers that are going to change it.
