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MIKE STOPFORTH
EP.10
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Mike Stopforth
Back to honesty, values and impact
In Episode #10 of OneMoreQuestion Ross sits down with Mike Stopforth, entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and ex-CEO of Cerebra.
We chat about purpose and values in business and how they’re driving more deliberate, responsible behaviour in organisations, and how we’ve been doing social media wrong — pandering to the worst behaviours and placing too much importance on influencers that don’t actually influence much.
Mike Stopforth is passionate about transformational leadership and organisational change and enjoys helping fellow business owners, executive teams and CEOs get the best out of their people, especially in the midst of rapid political, environmental and socio-economic change. He’s also in the process of completing his MSc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship through the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics.
More about Mike
Mike Stopforth is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker. He is particularly passionate about transformational leadership and organisational change, and enjoys helping fellow business owners, executive teams and CEOs get the best out of their people, especially in the midst of rapid political, environmental and socio-economic change. In this line of work he is often invited to offer business commentary for industry publications, on TV and on radio.
In 2006, after a short and colourful career in sales (that included peddling welding machines and earth-moving machinery spares), he took the entrepreneurial plunge and started a company called Cerebra. With a specialist focus on digital content and engagement, Cerebra won numerous multinational accounts and grew quickly to become South Africa’s leading social media agency.
In 2007, Mike co-founded a web start-up called Afrigator.com that was acquired by Naspers just 18 months later. Around the same time, he began hosting a popular networking event called the 27dinners, which went on to catalyse business collaborations and relationships through hundreds of successful events.
Show notes
Institutions + organisations
Cerebra
London School of Economics
Marshall Institute
Nike
Gillette
Stratton Oakmont - Jordan Belfort’s company
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