StartupGrind: Sandras Phiri - Investor Readiness and Pitching Workshop
Tue Dec 3, 14:00 - Tue Dec 3, 15:00
Workshop 17 Watershed
ABOUT
Speaker:
- Sandras Phiri
Sandras Phiri is a business strategist and startup coach. He is the director for Startup Grind South Africa and the CEO and co-founder of Africa Trust Academy, a coaching and consulting company.
Sandras is an avid entrepreneur that, prior to co-founding ATA, had set up two very successful companies in IT and entertainment. He has worked with over 25 organisations and has lectured at over 15 universities including University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University and Oxford. His work has taken him to 22 countries including Silicon Valley USA, Hong Kong, India, Mexico and France. Some of the organisations served include Sanlam, General Electric, Big Brother Africa, McKinsey & Co, The Foschini Group and the African Union.
Sandras has a degree in Computer Science and an MBA from UCT. He has been taught by some of the world’s greatest teachers including Dr John Demartini, Roger Hamilton and Tony Robbins. He has shared stages with Facebook co-founder Dustin Maskovitch, Youtube cofounder Steve Chen, Guy Kawasaki, Steve Blank and Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School.
He has worked in banking, mobile payments, unit trusts, IT and education. He has been named one of the 15 tech people to follow in 2018 and 2019. He has been featured on CNBC Africa and has been a mentor on SABC 1 TV programme Making Moves.