{"id":231,"date":"2024-04-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/?p=231"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:46:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:46:24","slug":"iterations-and-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/iterations-and-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of iterations and failure, with Renier Kriel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The power of iterations and failure, with Renier Kriel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renier is an example of the entrepreneurial spirit that we are looking to grow within ourselves.&nbsp; He tackles the risks just one little step at a time. And he plays in the space of not knowing so that he&#8217;s always open to learning, and encourages us to fail as many times as we need to in order to learn what it is we&#8217;re trying to do.&nbsp; In this episode Renier shares about his own entrepreneurial growth, as well as what do you sees in the startup entrepreneurs he helps as a startup mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Startup Resource:<\/strong>&nbsp; Renier explains how his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theopenletter.io\/newsletter\">newsletter <em>The Open Letter<\/em><\/a> can help you to find ideas for startups, as well as the tools you need to be successful.&nbsp; He also offers a valuable podcast \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theopenletter.io\/podcasts\">How would you build it<\/a>?\u201d exposing us to the stories of South African startups, tech and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30867523\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/fbe500\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/font-color\/000000\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VP0_RNdjuh4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"renier\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Renier Kriel<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Renier-Kriel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" style=\"width:272px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Renier-Kriel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Renier-Kriel-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Renier-Kriel-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/riskandrise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Renier-Kriel-421x526.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an entrepreneur and seasoned digital services leader, Renier has spent over 15 years empowering startups and established organizations to reach their full potential by creating cutting-edge digital products and solutions. At 24 he started his first business, 4i, a digital agency that built some of South Africa&#8217;s first mobile apps. He sold the company in 2017 and has since combined his experience as an entrepreneur&nbsp;and skills in building digital products to help tech-enabled startups move faster. Driven by his enthusiasm for both the environment and the corporate world, Renier established The Open Letter, a South African-focused newsletter dedicated to startups and business matters followed by over 5000 South African startup enthusiasts. 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