We want to know a little bit more about you. More specifically, we want to know whether you're keen on the idea of a big, kick.ass signature Heavy Chef event. Recently, as our events and workshops have been gathering momentum, we've been approached by several significant players in the event segment wondering out loud about creating an annual event. With that in mind, we want to know what YOU think. In return for your two minutes, we’ll give the first 50 peeps event tickets - yeehaa!

Heavy Chef has a long history of celebrating women entrepreneurs. Starting with our first ever speaker, disruptive musician Verity, who spoke about crowdfunding her album prior to being produced, before 'crowdfunding' even became a thing; to this month's lineup of stellar female superstars, Annette Muller, Dr. Eve and Heidi Patmore. Today, on this auspicious day, we cast our eye back to five of our favourite talks by women on the Heavy Chef stage. 

Whether you're toying with the idea of starting a side hustle, or want to become an intrapreneur in your company, SheSays Cape Town’s second event, on 23 August 2018, will explore how to inject your life with more disruptive thinking and be a game-changer in your own right. SheSays, the world’s largest creative network for women, launched its Cape Town chapter in April 2018. The next event promises to be a cracker.

Mike Perk has learned many lessons during his company’s pivot from being a digital agency to being a digital transformation firm. In this article, Mike shares two particularly important lessons with you. Two very simple things that are critical to enabling your team and getting buy-in during your digital transformation journey. These two things are the art of making requests, and the power of keeping your promises. Read more here.

Sikelela Dibela is a regular Heavy Chef contributor and participant. Since he was young, Siki has been passionate about contributing to an empowered and integrated community in his hometown, Khayelitsha in Cape Town. Two years ago, he was able to bring this ambition to fruition through creating a coffee culture, which served to unite people around their love of coffee. Now, Siki is set to take the next step of his entrepreneurial journey.

The Grindstone Accelerator is a structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to become sustainable and fundable. Grindstone supplies 10 companies annually with knowledge, networks and funding readiness through growth measurement, gap analysis and deep interventions designed to build a foundation for growth, transfer skills, create relevant business networks and enable these companies to take advantage of market access opportunities. Click to learn more and how to apply to the Grindstone Accelerator Programme 2018.