Entrepreneurship

Absa’s Centre of Entrepreneurship at forefront of Newtown’s small business boom

Absa’s Centre of Entrepreneurship in Newtown, Johannesburg has helped over 1500 budding entrepreneurs since its launch less than a year ago, the company today…

Inspire Mastery: 5 reasons to become an entrepreneur

A successful entrepreneur knows how to master his or her environment. An idea can only take you so far. The skill lies in knowing…

Redefining bootstrapping: it’s all about developing a sustainable plan

Given the current global startup environment, I believe a re-definition of the term bootstrapping is in order. I believe bootstrapping is more than just…

Notes from inside: lessons from Rob Stokes on building Quirk [Net Prophet]

Hot on the heels of the sale of his company Quirk to global mega-corp WPP, Rob Stokes took the stage at technology and trends…

Business rescue: a chance for your venture to reinvent itself

There are many signs of why businesses are in distress; cash flow problems, bad relationships with creditors and declining profits. Business owners cannot put…

11 takeouts from Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2014

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is an inter-disciplinary gathering of international start-up champions. Held in Moscow from the 17th-20th March, this year’s event saw entrepreneurs,…