So you are an expert, but are you really cut out to be an entrepreneur?  Is this what you really want to do, or is this a desperation tactic?  Entrepreneurship as a solution to employment is fast becoming a popular decision many are making. I recently interviewed Joe Abraham, author of Entrepreneurial DNA and the [...]

There are a number of reasons to be worried about the state of entrepreneurship in South Africa and globally. For instance, when one looks at the Gini coefficient – which highlights the gap between the poor and the rich in a country – it is clear that inequality is worsening. In spite of the critical [...]

Entrepreneurs and business leaders each have their place in the business world. It’s the entrepreneur that forges the path and the leader that turns it into a highway. Even more rare, is the entrepreneurial leader that changes our world. Think Steve Jobs (Apple), Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia), Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Henry Ford [...]

At the end of the year, most young adults are chilling out, taking a break. One South African project is, however, looking to give them a break of a different kind. From 20 December to 14 January, a five-ton truck equipped with 10 free internet stations and a walk-in meeting area — will travel to [...]

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous introduction by Charles Dickens sums up what entrepreneurs seeking startup capital are facing in 2012. On the one hand, banks still aren’t lending. And with the debt crisis looming over Europe and political uncertainty here in the U.S., there’s an increased [...]

How does Seth Godin manage to write so much pertinent and thought generating copy. Is he a deep thinker? Does he surround himself with outstanding brains? We think, in his quest to generate leading ideas, he experiences a lot of what he writes about. Both good and bad, positive and negative. As a result he [...]

The structure of the employment market in South Africa is extremely rigid as nearly 85% of all people who are employed, are employees. That means that only 15% of the employed are employers or self-employed. These numbers account for only the 40% of the population that is employed. It is important to look at a [...]

I often get asked what the hardest part of being an entrepreneur is. While there are many challenges that come along with being an entrepreneur, from my experience as founder of the kids yoga company, My First Yoga, I believe that the single hardest part is just getting started. Not the prep time spent dreaming, [...]