The next best thing to experiencing something yourself is to hear people talk about their interests, sharing their experiences and stories. And the best stories are those that come from passion - striving to overcome obstacles on your way to succeeding in your chosen field, funny anecdotes, hardships endured. "Release The Geek" is our weekly forum to chat to people who are geeky about something - they could be successful, semi-so, or on their way to achieving a level of it but they've all got one thing in common - passion. Can't replicate it. And we want to share their experiences, their hurdles, their stories with the greater geek populace (or anyone who would care to).
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Episode 6 - Entrepeneurial Geekery with Ronnie Apteker
Ronnie Apteker was part of the team that created Internet Solutions, South Africa's first internet service provider, a roller coaster ride which lead to IS becoming South Africa's biggest internet services company. Today, Ronnie empitomises the true spirit of an entrepreneur, working in multiple industries, sitting on boards, helping charties, and also has credits as a writer and producer of quite a few movies.
Ronnie joined us earlier this year for a great chat and helped us discover what's happening with the magazine and newspaper industries around the world, define what the true definition of magic is and imparts why having a Jewish mother is a fantastic thing to have when starting a business.
You can follow Ronnie on Twitter @ronnieapteker