Author: David Chislett
David Chislett is a writer, trainer and speaker who operates at the intersection of entrepreneurship, creativity and communications
Four 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 MoreThe 5 BIG Myths of Self-Employment
There are plenty of things that people who DO NOT work for themselves believe about the self-employed life. Way too many for one piece. So instead, I have chosen to focus on the ones I encounter the most, which I find the most annoying. 1) You work less Entrepreneur: hard at work Somehow just about…
Read MoreRecent Posts
- BookVentures Evolves into iZwily: A New Platform for Intellectual Property, Royalties, and Creative Products
- iZwily (formerly VentureBooks) — Africa’s First IP & Storytelling Operating System Set to Launch Thousands of African Books in Africa and Globally
- Venture Investing: Why Material Physics, Not Business Statistics, Points to the Future of Disruptive Innovation
- 2025 Guide: A Framework for Navigating and Applying Disruptive Innovation in Africa: Spotting Venture Opportunities
- Call for Contributors: Book on the Future of Venture Funding in Emerging Markets
- Startup Picnic Evolves Into Africa-Focused Venture Studio to Build Scalable Intellectual Property and Publishing Ecosystem
- Introducing ‘Startup Picnic Academy’ – Rapid Short Courses for Earning A Living and Innovating
- Come network with entrepreneurs at STARTUP PICNIC JHB this Saturday 25 September 2021
- Press Release: Startup Picnic in Jane Furse on 26 October 2019 – The Ultimate Fun Event for Entrepreneurs Comes to Ga Sekhukhene
- STARTUP PICNIC SOWETO – The Ultimate Fun Event for Entrepreneurs Hits Soweto, 14 April 2019
- #BreakfastTalk @ STARTUP PICNIC: Entrepreneurship Struggles and Anxieties, ft. Tebatso Molapo, Tendai Joe, Mark Makhubalo, Kelahloko Mashiloane and Luga Ncala (MC)
- Shoprite launches competition to boost small businesses
- Spring picnic for entrepreneurs – STARTUP PICNIC SPRING EDITION, 29 September 2018
- Introducing Max Lichaba as STARTUP PICNIC 7 April 2018 #BreakfastTalk speaker
- STARTUP PICNIC returns, 7th April 2018 – the coolest entrepreneurship gathering in South Africa
- The Top 3 Best Places to Network in South Africa
- African Tech Startups Raised Funding in Excess of $185.7m in 2015
- Four Steps to Avoid being Ditched by your Regular Clients
- The 5 BIG Myths of Self-Employment
- Chivas Regal’s ‘The Venture’ is Searching for Global Social Entrepreneurs to Award a Share of $1 Million