Entrepreneurship

Spend some time with your friends around the braai and everyone, at some stage, wants to do their own thing and venture off into…

I know what you’re thinking: how on earth does a post-apocalyptic survival game have any lessons for those running a real-world startup, or maturing…

Failure is harsh, unforgiving and brutal. Failure doesn’t see skin color, ethnicity or socio-economic background. It’s an equal-opportunity offender and is always lurking just…

I owned and ran my own company not too long ago. I had managed to escape the shackles of everyday corporate slavery and venture…

Dubai is a renowned destination for leisure and luxury seekers. With numerous larger-than-life buildings, astounding architecture and top-notch luxury services, it’s nothing short of…

If your small business is to grow and prosper, you need to hire the right people and then manage them in a way that…

Mergers and acquisitions are relatively common in the business world, and they’re becoming increasingly prevalent in the tech world and among startups. We often…

In the five weeks that I’ve been a father, it’s dawned on me that parenting is exactly the same as running a business. If…

There’s nothing like being your own boss! The daily frustrations of a job inspire many of us to become entrepreneurs from the comfort of…

In South Africa, most of the focus on entrepreneurship is happening too late. Not all cultures have benefited from dining room table discussions, or…

The following article is part of a series of extracts from South African entrepreneur Hannes Van Rensburg’s upcoming book, “Cash In, Cash Out“. The…

Payments giant MasterCard has put out a call for startups to apply for the latest iteration of its Start Path programme. MasterCard StartPath describes…