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Adii Pienaar

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Entrepreneur & 3X Founder (Cogsy, Conversio and WooCommerce). Author of "Life Profitability: The New Measure of Entrepreneurial Success". Ex-Rockstar.

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2026 1

  1. Agenda

2025 18

  1. Building for Belonging
  2. The Blackfoot Way
  3. Repair and Remain
  4. Who is the one doing the writing?
  5. The Fractured Mirror
  6. Balance
  7. Grace
  8. Aspiration
  9. Kintsugi
  10. All in
  11. Rules
  12. Being Free (Part 2)
  13. Local Consequence
  14. Belief
  15. When money is not enough
  16. February 12th, 2025
  17. In being free
  18. February 10th, 2025

2024 7

  1. May 14th, 2024
  2. April 12th, 2024
  3. February 29th, 2024
  4. February 14th, 2024
  5. I was contemplating something similar
  6. February 4th, 2024
  7. January 23rd, 2024

2023 2

  1. my new (paid) written project
  2. March 5th, 2023

2022 1

  1. February 22nd, 2022

2021 12

  1. March 30th, 2021
  2. March 23rd, 2021
  3. March 16th, 2021
  4. March 9th, 2021
  5. March 9th, 2021
  6. March 2nd, 2021
  7. February 23rd, 2021
  8. February 16th, 2021
  9. February 9th, 2021
  10. February 4th, 2021
  11. February 2nd, 2021
  12. Press

2020 25

  1. December 9th, 2020
  2. December 2nd, 2020
  3. November 25th, 2020
  4. November 18th, 2020
  5. November 18th, 2020
  6. November 11th, 2020
  7. November 5th, 2020
  8. November 5th, 2020
  9. November 5th, 2020
  10. November 5th, 2020
  11. November 5th, 2020
  12. Life Profitability
  13. October 29th, 2020
  14. October 29th, 2020
  15. October 19th, 2020
  16. September 30th, 2020
  17. September 23rd, 2020
  18. September 16th, 2020
  19. September 9th, 2020
  20. September 3rd, 2020
  21. August 26th, 2020
  22. August 19th, 2020
  23. August 12th, 2020
  24. Give it a listen.
  25. August 3rd, 2020

2019 30

  1. December 12th, 2019
  2. December 5th, 2019
  3. November 28th, 2019
  4. November 21st, 2019
  5. November 14th, 2019
  6. November 7th, 2019
  7. October 31st, 2019
  8. October 24th, 2019
  9. October 17th, 2019
  10. October 10th, 2019
  11. May 30th, 2019
  12. May 23rd, 2019
  13. May 16th, 2019
  14. May 9th, 2019
  15. May 2nd, 2019
  16. April 25th, 2019
  17. April 18th, 2019
  18. April 11th, 2019
  19. April 4th, 2019
  20. March 28th, 2019
  21. March 21st, 2019
  22. March 14th, 2019
  23. March 7th, 2019
  24. February 28th, 2019
  25. February 21st, 2019
  26. February 14th, 2019
  27. February 7th, 2019
  28. January 31st, 2019
  29. January 24th, 2019
  30. January 17th, 2019

2018 7

  1. September 26th, 2018
  2. Writing Elsewhere
  3. September 19th, 2018
  4. September 19th, 2018
  5. August 31st, 2018
  6. February 22nd, 2018
  7. January 11th, 2018

2017 2

  1. November 21st, 2017
  2. November 7th, 2017

2016 7

  1. December 8th, 2016
  2. September 6th, 2016
  3. August 23rd, 2016
  4. July 13th, 2016
  5. July 11th, 2016
  6. April 20th, 2016
  7. February 15th, 2016

2015 14

  1. November 25th, 2015
  2. October 12th, 2015
  3. October 8th, 2015
  4. September 2nd, 2015
  5. June 3rd, 2015
  6. May 14th, 2015
  7. April 28th, 2015
  8. April 23rd, 2015
  9. March 16th, 2015
  10. February 23rd, 2015
  11. February 11th, 2015
  12. February 3rd, 2015
  13. January 13th, 2015
  14. January 5th, 2015

2014 55

  1. November 26th, 2014
  2. November 5th, 2014
  3. October 13th, 2014
  4. October 8th, 2014
  5. September 9th, 2014
  6. September 3rd, 2014
  7. August 14th, 2014
  8. July 14th, 2014
  9. June 30th, 2014
  10. June 11th, 2014
  11. June 5th, 2014
  12. June 3rd, 2014
  13. May 22nd, 2014
  14. May 15th, 2014
  15. May 12th, 2014
  16. May 5th, 2014
  17. April 22nd, 2014
  18. April 10th, 2014
  19. April 9th, 2014
  20. March 26th, 2014
  21. March 20th, 2014
  22. March 14th, 2014
  23. March 13th, 2014
  24. March 12th, 2014
  25. March 6th, 2014
  26. February 11th, 2014
  27. February 10th, 2014
  28. February 7th, 2014
  29. February 6th, 2014
  30. February 5th, 2014
  31. February 4th, 2014
  32. February 3rd, 2014
  33. January 31st, 2014
  34. January 30th, 2014
  35. January 29th, 2014
  36. January 28th, 2014
  37. January 27th, 2014
  38. January 23rd, 2014
  39. January 23rd, 2014
  40. January 22nd, 2014
  41. January 21st, 2014
  42. January 20th, 2014
  43. January 17th, 2014
  44. January 16th, 2014
  45. January 15th, 2014
  46. January 14th, 2014
  47. January 13th, 2014
  48. January 10th, 2014
  49. January 9th, 2014
  50. January 8th, 2014
  51. January 7th, 2014
  52. January 6th, 2014
  53. January 3rd, 2014
  54. January 2nd, 2014
  55. January 1st, 2014

2013 81

  1. December 6th, 2013
  2. December 5th, 2013
  3. December 4th, 2013
  4. December 3rd, 2013
  5. December 2nd, 2013
  6. November 27th, 2013
  7. November 26th, 2013
  8. November 20th, 2013
  9. November 19th, 2013
  10. November 14th, 2013
  11. November 13th, 2013
  12. November 12th, 2013
  13. October 29th, 2013
  14. October 23rd, 2013
  15. October 17th, 2013
  16. October 14th, 2013
  17. October 9th, 2013
  18. October 8th, 2013
  19. October 1st, 2013
  20. September 30th, 2013
  21. September 26th, 2013
  22. September 12th, 2013
  23. September 10th, 2013
  24. September 9th, 2013
  25. September 5th, 2013
  26. September 4th, 2013
  27. September 3rd, 2013
  28. August 27th, 2013
  29. August 21st, 2013
  30. August 20th, 2013
  31. August 16th, 2013
  32. August 14th, 2013
  33. August 13th, 2013
  34. August 6th, 2013
  35. August 3rd, 2013
  36. July 31st, 2013
  37. July 30th, 2013
  38. July 23rd, 2013
  39. July 19th, 2013
  40. July 11th, 2013
  41. July 9th, 2013
  42. July 1st, 2013
  43. June 27th, 2013
  44. June 25th, 2013
  45. June 24th, 2013
  46. June 20th, 2013
  47. June 19th, 2013
  48. June 18th, 2013
  49. June 17th, 2013
  50. June 13th, 2013
  51. June 7th, 2013
  52. June 6th, 2013
  53. May 30th, 2013
  54. May 28th, 2013
  55. May 21st, 2013
  56. May 20th, 2013
  57. May 2nd, 2013
  58. April 28th, 2013
  59. April 22nd, 2013
  60. April 16th, 2013
  61. April 8th, 2013
  62. April 1st, 2013
  63. March 27th, 2013
  64. March 26th, 2013
  65. March 25th, 2013
  66. March 21st, 2013
  67. March 21st, 2013
  68. March 19th, 2013
  69. March 18th, 2013
  70. March 15th, 2013
  71. March 14th, 2013
  72. March 12th, 2013
  73. March 7th, 2013
  74. March 4th, 2013
  75. February 26th, 2013
  76. February 11th, 2013
  77. February 6th, 2013
  78. February 5th, 2013
  79. January 29th, 2013
  80. January 17th, 2013
  81. January 8th, 2013

2012 46

  1. December 13th, 2012
  2. December 11th, 2012
  3. December 10th, 2012
  4. December 6th, 2012
  5. December 5th, 2012
  6. November 23rd, 2012
  7. November 22nd, 2012
  8. November 15th, 2012
  9. what I'm really passionate about
  10. November 1st, 2012
  11. October 30th, 2012
  12. the way I work
  13. October 18th, 2012
  14. Maybe it's a case of building a business based on your gut-feel & intuition.
  15. September 26th, 2012
  16. Broken idols
  17. September 17th, 2012
  18. September 17th, 2012
  19. September 5th, 2012
  20. September 3rd, 2012
  21. We shouldn't be taking that option just because Y-Combinator has made it popular.
  22. July 19th, 2012
  23. July 11th, 2012
  24. July 9th, 2012
  25. My work takes up most of my days
  26. May 8th, 2012
  27. April 24th, 2012
  28. April 12th, 2012
  29. April 11th, 2012
  30. April 4th, 2012
  31. April 3rd, 2012
  32. "money makes money"
  33. Not only was this a major victory for the team
  34. March 15th, 2012
  35. March 12th, 2012
  36. February 20th, 2012
  37. February 16th, 2012
  38. February 13th, 2012
  39. February 7th, 2012
  40. February 6th, 2012
  41. the mothership was still easy enough
  42. January 30th, 2012
  43. January 26th, 2012
  44. January 23rd, 2012
  45. January 14th, 2012
  46. Revenues & Momentum is Everything

2011 11

  1. December 12th, 2011
  2. December 8th, 2011
  3. December 8th, 2011
  4. December 2nd, 2011
  5. December 1st, 2011
  6. November 24th, 2011
  7. My priorities have changed.
  8. Buffer to be incredibly valuable to my own workflow
  9. equal (50-50) partnerships
  10. Radiiate was closed down
  11. startup rollercoaster

2007 1

  1. we never made a conscious decision to bootstrap the business

Undated 3

  1. I shared the whole journey in great detail here
  2. The Rockstar Business Workshops
  3. Services