E4 - Sbonelo Mbatha: PetroCONNECT

Welcome to The Founder Files! In this week’s episode, we continue the conversation with the other half of the Co-Founding team of PetroCONNECT: Sbonelo Mbatha. PetroCONNECT is a professional services business in the fuel retail industry that does 3 main things: facilitate the transition of ownership of service stations, develop entrepreneurial readiness in fuel retail through their academy and provide management accounting services to service stations. We discuss race relations and ways to navigate sensitive social issues in business. Sbonelo shares his experiences and learnings in having to adapt to macroeconomic shifts in an industry and environment that is highly sensitive to macro changes. He shows that with grit, determination and a willingness to lift stones, one can move mountains. Thanks for listening to this week’s episode and we hope you enjoyed it! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This podcast is sponsored by Metavolve. We are Strategy Coaches and Partners for B2B founder-led businesses. We take the chaos out of scaling businesses by turning entrepreneurial intuition into aligned and committed leadership teams with clear strategic direction. We optimise the execution of strategy by helping people adapt to the inevitable change that strategy creates. Working with us to define or execute your strategy means you get access to experienced experts in business strategy and organisational psychology. You get the benefit of a blend of people-centric and commercial perspectives that can understand your context from every angle. And you get the benefit of not being dependent on us for the long term because we share our knowledge and tools with your people to improve their ability to solve future problems. To get in touch with one of our experts, head over to our website. If you would like to get in touch with our host, Cameron Coutts, then you can connect with him on LinkedIn.This episode is brought to you by Metavolve. Metavolve is a team of focused experts who want scaling entrepreneurs like you to succeed 👉 contact our team Do you have a scaling business and valuable insights about your industry? Be our next guest!