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		<title>Why has there been a rise in failed auctions?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this special edition podcast, we are joined by Private Equity Client Group Head, Christian Hess, to discuss the increase of failed auctions in recent years. <a href="https://www.investec.com/en_gb/corporate-finance/private-equity-finance.html">Private Equity Finance</a>]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>How business can help save South Africa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson and Stephen Koseff discuss South Africa's current challenges, the need to reimagine education and how business can help government with issues like climate change. <a href="https://aemauthor.investec.com/en_za/focus/business-is-an-adventure/business-out-of-the-ordinary.html">Read the full transcript</a>]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Sir Richard Branson on the power of purpose</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headlining the recent Business is an Adventure event, Sir Richard Branson spoke to South African entrepreneur Marnus Broodryk and Investec Co-Founder Stephen Koseff about the role business needs to play in society and shared ideas on solving South Africa's youth unemployment crisis. <a href="https://www.investec.com/en_za/focus/business-is-an-adventure/sir-richard-branson-on-business-made-human.html">Read the full transcript</a>]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Sir Richard Branson on the power of purpose</itunes:title>
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		<title>Facing the pension fund challenge for SMEs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investec Wealth & Investment's Mark Herson and Patrick Duggan discuss changes in the pension fund landscape that mean that SMEs need to look differently at their pension plans, to ensure employees can retire comfortably. ]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Part 2: What your business needs to know about cyber crime</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your business safe from a cyber attack? Kevin Hogan, Fraud Risk Manager of Private Banking at Investec looks at what businesses can do to protect themselves. <a href="https://iono.fm/e/653888">Listen to part one of the podcast here</a>]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Part 2: What your business needs to know about cyber crime</itunes:title>
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		<title>The Future of Work - Part 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new world of gigs, unicorns and automation, change in the workplace is inevitable but it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be out of a job. <a href="https://www.investec.com/en_za/focus/innovation/five-myths-about-the-future-of-work.html">5 myths about the future of work</a>]]></description>
					<category>Business</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital marketing expert Dave Duarte talks to Mike Anderson, CEO of the NSBC, about how small businesses can build their brand online. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Digital marketing tips for small businesses</itunes:title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview about values and servant leadership with Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International, who is best known for growing the business from 28 stores to over 15 000 internationally. <br />
<br />
Listen to what you want to hear by navigating the podcast according to the timecodes:<br />
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01:08 – Howard’s career at Starbucks<br />
02:49 – How to maintain a family culture while scaling the business in international markets<br />
03:57 – Howard’s six Ps <br />
06:22 – The Servant Leadership model <br />
08:00 – What is conscious capitalism?<br />
09:37 – Applying conscious capitalism to everyday life<br />
10:36 – How to live out your values and why it is so important<br />
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12:34 – What life lessons determined Howard’s personal philosophies?<br />
13:25 – “You have to be willing to bet your job everyday”<br />
14:00 – Little Jim, the story about the big things<br />
17:34 – Big Jim, the story about the little things ]]></description>
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						<itunes:title>It’s not just about the coffee - An interview with Starbuck’s Howard Behar</itunes:title>
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Listen to what you want to hear by navigating the podcast according to the timecodes:

01:08 – Howard’s career at Starbucks
02:49 – How to maintain a family culture while scaling the business in international markets
03:57 – Howard’s six Ps 
06:22 – The Servant Leadership model 
08:00 – What is conscious capitalism?
09:37 – Applying conscious capitalism to everyday life
10:36 – How to live out your values and why it is so important
11:37 – Howard’s personal mission statement
12:34 – What life lessons determined Howard’s personal philosophies?
13:25 – “You have to be willing to bet your job everyday”
14:00 – Little Jim, the story about the big things
17:34 – Big Jim, the story about the little things]]></itunes:summary>
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