50 Years of Strategy: Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail (And How to Win) - Nic Frangos

This week, we welcome Nic Frangos, whose fingerprints are all over some of South Africa's biggest business moments—yet you've probably never heard his name.

Nic became Unilever's youngest senior manager in the world before stepping into entrepreneurship to build Mercedes Information Technology, the country's most successful technology group.

He went toe-to-toe with IBM and global giants, pioneered the biometric payment system that ended up in the Smithsonian, and pulled off the legendary "sardine eating the whale"—acquiring Unisys, a company 3-4x MIT's size, and paying it back in just four years.

But this conversation goes far beyond the deals. We dive into the moment three directors confessed to fraud on his first day as CEO and how he handled it, why customer obsession beats product attachment every time, and the brutal reality of "you don't know what you know until you know what you don't know."

After four decades as an entrepreneur, Nic distilled his experience into the All-In Strategy methodology. We explore why most CEOs struggle with strategy, how to actually structure your time to think strategically, and why the real fun of entrepreneurship is in applying yourself and learning, not just executing on intuition.

Tune in for a masterclass in strategic thinking, integrity-driven leadership, and building businesses that last.

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