Allon Raiz Shares Best Advice on Entrepreneurship

Allon Raiz Shares Best Advice on Entrepreneurship

Author: Africa Business Radio April 19, 2018 Duration: 2:16
Allon Raiz is regarded both locally and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business-incubation
industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp which, according to The Economist, is the only genuine
incubator in Africa and which currently supports over 500 businesses.
Allon is the author of two best-selling entrepreneurial books – Lose the Business Plan and What to Do
When You Want to Give Up. He hosted the first national radio show on entrepreneurship in South Africa
in 2004; wrote and hosted the first South African prime-time entrepreneurship reality television show;
and created and published an ongoing entrepreneurial cartoon strip. Allon is currently hosting his sixth
season of the popular The Big Small Business Show on Business Day TV and is a regular columnist for
Entrepreneur Magazine.
Allon is a co-founder of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation South Africa and Rural Roots and is on the
advisory and judging boards of numerous local and international NGOs and entrepreneurial awards.
His passion for and focus on the development of entrepreneurs attracted the attention of the World
Economic Forum (WEF) which, in 2008, recognized Allon as a Young Global Leader.
As an accomplished international speaker, Allon was invited to speak at the 2011 WEF Annual Meeting
held in Davos, Switzerland. In 2011, he was also invited to become a member of the WEF’s Global
Agenda Council on Fostering Entrepreneurship, making him one of 15 recognized global experts in
the field. More recently, he became a member of the WEF’s Global Future Council.

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