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Shoprite launches competition to boost small businesses
Small business owners with an annual turnover of less than R1 million are invited to enter the very first Shoprite Hustle competition before 22 September 2018.
Read MoreIntroducing Max Lichaba as STARTUP PICNIC 7 April 2018 #BreakfastTalk speaker
Fresh off the cover of the March 2018 Entrepreneur magazine issue – where he shares his “Zero to R120 Million” journey, we are pleased to announce Max Lichaba as STARTUP PICNIC 7 April 2018 #BreakfastTalk guest. Max Lichaba is the founder of Lichaba Creations and the popular Kwa Lichaba Chesanyama in Soweto Vilakazi Street. Lichaba…
Read MoreFour Steps to Avoid being Ditched by your Regular Clients
As a self-employed person your biggest enemy is COMPLACENCY. It’s a bit like working in IT: things change really fast and if you don’t remain flexible and alert, things will change around you and leave you behind. Have a quick think about your business now. Do you recognise any of these characteristics? Most of your…
Read MoreMentoring Your Kids for Entrepreneurship: Lessons from a Mother
I grew up in a small town in Lesotho called Diphiring, Berea. I was one of the privileged kids whose father worked in the mines. Every Christmas we would get lot of hampers as part of my fathers’ bonus. Having tea and bread in the morning, you were seen as rich. NotNot many kids in…
Read MoreEntrepreneurial Depression: I Felt Like I Was Spiralling Deep Into a Dark Hole
Being an entrepreneur has never been more desirable, and I should know because I am one. At 34 I have ticked a few boxes: business contracts ending, emotionally and financially straining business and two miscarriages, Despite living what some might think is the “entrepreneurial dream” – I
Read MoreThe speakers at Startup Picnic JHB Breakast-Talk on 02 May 2015
As always, the fun at STARTUP PICNIC starts with an opportunity to hear from fellow entrepreneurs who are doing it and very well at that. This is what we call the Breakfast-Talk at STARTUP PICNIC, which this time will be from 10am to 12pm (2 May 2015 at Lido Hotel, Johannesburg). In a casual setting,…
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