Entrepreneurship

Ventureburn had the opportunity to attend the first Startup Grind Cape Town event of 2017, which featured David Campey and Roger Norton. The pair are…

Everyone who has ever come up with a business idea knows the pain of trying to accumulate funding. There are a few straightforward ways…

As we’ve mentioned before, SMEs are the lifeblood of the South African economy – providing for over 60% of employment across the country. But…

In decades past, entrepreneurs didn’t have nearly as much access to data and information. Yet, that didn’t seem to stop them from doing market…

The ‘dead zone’… This is the purgatory where startups are either cleansed of their inability to serve the needs of their respective markets or…

If you were starting a business 20 years ago, you’d typically spend most of your time running around town searching for customers, investors, and…

This year I launched five startups from nowhere. Here, I’ll tell you how it happened; how I ended up venture building before I knew…

2016 was the year where fake news was real and real news was fake. We endured motions of no confidence, the Saxonwold Shebeen, inverted…

Being your own boss can be an exciting prospect. But do you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? Although there is…

In part one of our coverage of the entrepreneurial book, Start Here: A Quick Guide to Building Startups, we spoke to author Roger Norton about his…

“Africa is on a path to greatness however we need talent to facilitate this growth. And I am not just talking about formal education,…

Too often, entrepreneurs go into a meeting with a venture capital firm as if the result is already a fait accompli, assuming that the…

Marcello Schermer is the regional manager for Seedstars World in Africa, which has allowed him to witness the birth and growth of a number…