Business Leadership: The reason I call myself a coward with conviction…
A serial entrepreneur, a shareholder in operations in 15 countries throughout Africa, and a founder of the POWER 98.7 and Capricorn radio stations … this is hardly the CV of a person you would call a coward.

Nevertheless, Given Mkhari maintains that, when it comes to business opportunities and deals, he is careful to a fault and that he won’t rest until he finally reaches a point of complete conviction – supporting either a positive or negative outcome. Ergo, a ‘coward with conviction’.

In this quick insight, extracted from a full-length interview, Mkhari reveals what he considers to be the most important principles of due diligence for any organisation, and the reasons for his unrelenting application of ‘doing your homework’.

He also segues into a process he believes is critical to making businesses work: the due diligence involved in finding like-minded partners and employees – a concept he calls ‘a partnership of dreams’.

Watch the full-length interview here.

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