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Stephen has been working as a programmer, architect and manager for the last 12 years so he has a strong bias towards helping junior programmers and software development teams improve and perform to the best of their ability. He discusses the ins and outs of being a top programmer, gives helpful tips for future and current programmers, managers and entrepreneurs as well as letting us in on how he has learnt from past experiences, to become more and more successful. Since Stephen was young he has always preferred teaching himself, rather than having a structured syllabus. This formed an obsession for constantly doing research and finding answers to the complicated things in life. Over time he noticed that he was forming connections and finding patterns in unrelated fields and using knowledge he gained from studying the rudiments of things like cognitive psychology when trying to figure out why he was seeing certain behaviours in the teams that he worked in. Stephen is interested in communicating and applying those underlying principles and connections in a way that is useful to the teams he works in. Stephen enjoys to focus on underlying principles and not technologies.

Iaan van Niekerk and Christine Meintjes discuss their entrepreneurial journey, sharing their success stories as well as lessons they have learnt along the way. They are a passionate entrepreneurial power team with so much knowledge to share. Christine tells us more about what it’s like to be one of South Africa’s top wedding photographers, shooting more than 200 weddings all over the world. She also discusses the ins and outs of having one of the most successful blogs in South Africa The Pretty Blog. Iaan is the founder of a successful web developing company, Plus Plus Minus. He tells us more about the business sides of things as well as sharing beneficial business advice to all entrepreneurs. This power team tell us more about the importance of a social media presence for your business, and where it is heading. They are not scared of hard work and it has definitely payed off with their success story so far! You can also follow Iaan and Christine on twitter if you like!

Charl Norman shares his story of success as an award winning consumer internet and digital media entrepreneur. With 13 years of digital experience, starting his first online community (Zoopedup.com) while still in high school, he discusses the the ins and outs of the tech world as well as sharing beneficial business advice to all entrepreneurs. Charl is a firm believer in hard work and determination and it has truly paid off for him. He is currently a Founder of OnNet, a digital agency with a technology focus helping brands like Media24, Shoprite Checkers and Cell C reach their customers across all platforms. Charl also managed operations for Blueworld Communities (BWC), a company that he founded with partners. BWC operates online communities in the entertainment, motoring and dating space and was acquired by Media24 (Africa's biggest media corporate owned by Naspers) in 2008. BWC also created Afridoctor, the Award winning J2ME application that won the $85 000 Nokia Application Innovation Award. In 2011, Charl was a founding member of Touchlab, an award winning mobile division within Naspers, that builds applications and tablet publications for iOS and Android. Charl also owns a publishing network including BandwidthBlog.com, an opinionated tech and internet news blog which has hit the homepage of Digg, been referenced by ReadWriteWeb numerous times and has won awards such as a silver pixel at The Bookmarks and best technology blog in the SA Blog Awards. Charl has enjoyed some recognition for his hard work, being the runner up for the ICT Young Entrepreneur of Africa Award in 2008, included in Mail & Guardian's top 200 young executives and nominated for 'Top 30 entrepreneurs under 30" in Africa, he has many hours of experience, many tips to make it big and key attributes for being a successful entrepreneur.