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Willem Gous

International Speaker | Trainer | Author | Entrepreneur

Willem Gous is an International speaker and trainer in the business and innovation space. He is the author of two books. 

His first book, indivineur, is the result of more than 800 hours of research he did on innovation for his Master’s Degree in Information Systems Management dissertation from the University of Liverpool U.K. 

He has been an entrepreneur for more than 18 years and worked in the South African online industry for more than 22 years. He has experience ranging from military specification manufacturing, corporates sales, marketing, channel management and more. 

He was the head business mentor on the IBM South Africa Tech Startup Bootcamp and works closely with the University of Witwatersrand’s Technology Incubator to help develop up and coming tech startups. 

Willem has spent more than 10,000 hours on his personal development over the past 12 years. He teaches entrepreneurship in schools to help young people prepare themselves to become business owners and contributors to the economy. 

A little fun fact. He is married to one of South Africa’s top cake makers but does not eat sugar.