Entrepreneurship

In Silicon Valley, the conversation on increasing female entrepreneurs in technology and the number of women founders has dominated the tech airwaves. How do…

Startups often lack the credibility and legitimacy required to convince customers. Trade shows appear as an easy way to face these prospects and demo…

Africa and other emerging markets such as South America have received a fair share of the spotlight over the last decade. Most of the focus…

“Your startup is interesting, but come back to me when you have more traction.” This is a common diplomatic phrase made by VCs when…

Many financial analysts have abandoned all hope of an economic rebound in 2016. After starting the year with the 22.6% drop in the Shanghai…

As with many things in life, there’s the good, the creative, and the downright weird. Startup funding is no exception, as the following examples…

I recently attended a Geek Girl Dinner, which raised, again, the extraordinary challenges of talking about women and entrepreneurship without getting sucked into a…

Author and life coach Tony Gaskins once said, “If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs”. This mantra…

Culture – it can make or break an otherwise viable business. It’s that personality that drives performance, that special something that draws people to want…

Serious entrepreneurs don’t build a company with an aim to sell it. They build it to solve a problem. But a startup may struggle…

There has been significant growth and development in the South African entrepreneurship and venture capital ecosystem over the past five years as evidenced by…