DANIEL STRAUSS
Family man, venture capital entrepreneur, international speaker, and best-selling author of “The Billionaire Mindset” and “The Billionaire Career”.
ABOUT DANIEL
Daniel Strauss is a South African venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author and international speaker. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Stellenbosch University and has more than a decade of hands-on investment experience. He is a co-founder of Stocks & Strauss and a Managing Partner of the University Technology Fund.
His career has included both successes and failures, shaping a practical approach to investing, entrepreneurship and business growth. Through his books, speaking and mentorship, Daniel shares lessons from building and investing in businesses to help entrepreneurs think more strategically, make better decisions and improve their chances of long-term success.
Daniel grew up in Keimoes, a small town in South Africa’s Northern Cape, where he sold newspapers during school holidays. Today, he is a venture capital investor, international speaker and best-selling author of The Billionaire Mindset and The Billionaire Career. He remains passionate about the role entrepreneurs can play in building businesses, creating opportunities and contributing to economic growth.
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Daniel Strauss hosts seminars for entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors focused on practical frameworks for business growth, decision-making and long-term value creation.
In The Billionaire Mindset, Daniel Strauss explores the principles and patterns of thinking he has observed through his own journey as an entrepreneur and investor. Drawing on practical experience, he explores how entrepreneurs can think differently about capital, relationships, opportunities and the limitations they place on themselves, with the aim of making better decisions and building businesses with greater potential.
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THE BILLIONAIRE MINDSET: SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL SOUTH AFRICAN ENTREPRENEUR
What sets the rich apart from ‘normal people’? A mindset. In The Billionaire Mindset, Daniel Strauss, the Strauss in the investment firm Stocks & Strauss, and a highly successful venture capitalist explains how to adopt this life-changing new mindset. He shares his secrets of success, including how to access capital, where to find the right people to help you reach your goals, and explains how to free your mind from self-imposed limitations, so that you can also think like a billionaire.
Testimonials
Christoff Pienaar
"Daniel can zone in on what is important immediately. In my interactions with Daniel, I can communicate my objectives and expectations clearly. I have been working with Daniel for over 7 years now and we share similar values. This is testimony that a shared set of values build good business relationships.”
Attorney, Partner At Webber Wentzel
Simon Travers
“Daniel manages to perfectly strike the hard balance between being good-natured and friendly with an ability to ask the hard questions and get to the heart of the matter at hand. Because of Daniel I now communicate better and say what I mean! I admire Daniel’s integrity. In every interaction I have with Daniel, I know that it is built first and foremost on a foundation of honesty and respect.”
Ceo, Hyrax Biosciences
Jacomien de Wet
“Daniel Strauss, a shareholder in our company, has probably been the most important mentor and example in business during an extremely crucial time in my life. I have learnt so many things from him that I apply daily, and that has made all the difference.”
Managing Director, Inhoud Huis Musiek & Inhoco Music Publishing
Christiaan van Waart
“Daniel’s willingness to share credible knowledge about business, ideas and the future is truly admirable. He is also an extremely selfless person, who is always willing to help others develop. He is a hardworking, energetic individual who never shies away from challenges. He embraces innovation and thrives in situations where there is a possibility to push industry limits.”
Entrepreneur, Investor & Management Accountant
Johan Vorster
"Through the years I got a little bit of insight into how Daniel could predict things to come with such accuracy. He studies the behaviour of people and statistics, like I have never seen anyone do before. He views the past as a window to the future. He accumulates as much information as possible and then he makes a call based on the most likely outcome. Many business men and leaders do this, but the difference with him compared to others is that he’s seldom wrong.”
Creative Director & head of A&R of Inhoud Huis Music, South Africa
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