2-Minute Bio: 16 Things You May Not Know About Siya Mapoko…

 

1. His first book Conversations with JSE AltX entrepreneurs was endorsed by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
2. He helped the JSE attract new investors into the stock market for JSE AltX listed companies
3. He helped banks and insurance companies attract new business customers and generate new leads for over 10 years
4. He has over 11 years experience researching effective revenue growth models of fast growing companies
5. He tested 40 different ways of raising capital for new ventures
6. He’s the author of 2 bestselling business books – Conversations with JSE AltX entrepreneurs and The Best Advice I Ever Got
7. In 2005/06 as an equities trader for a leading Asset Management firm, he was transacting over a billion Rand worth of trades on the JSE daily
8. He generated over R10 million in free media publicity for his businesses
9. Today he helps businesses grow revenues by between R100K and a million Rand a month
10. He has been invited to teach his systems to business science students at universities and MBA students at business schools in SA and abroad
11. He interviewed and published books in partnership with some of SA’s most influential CEOs and executives – who collectively influence over R30 trillion of the SA economy
12. He was voted top 3 speaker at an international conference
13. He has served on boards of companies and non-profit organisations for over 10 years
14. He donated over a million Rand worth of books to local and international non-profits and unemployed graduates in SA
15. The Striding Man Society, an initiative of the House of Johnny Walker, selected him as one of 30 South African Striders – featured on their limited edition coffee table book
16. He has been nominated and honoured with awards for entrepreneurship and business excellence