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The 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…

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Chivas Regal’s ‘The Venture’ is Searching for Global Social Entrepreneurs to Award a Share of $1 Million

‘The Venture’ – a global search for the most promising social entrepreneurs: those with businesses or ideas that use enterprise and innovation as a force for good, was recently launched by Chivas Regal, the world’s first luxury whisky. ‘The Venture’ provides aspiring social entrepreneurs with a share of USD1million in financial assistance

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STARTUP PICNIC Chats to the Founder of Tembisa Lifestyle Market, Lebogang Mukansi

STARTUP PICNIC Magazine hosts a series of untold stories from different entrepreneurs. We do this to encourage STARTUPS and learn from those who have done it. We had a chat with Lebo Mukansi, who is the Founder of Tembisa Lifestyle Market.

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Mentoring 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…

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The Reasons Why People Do Not Want You To Follow Your Dreams

I am on a blogging marathon promoting of my upcoming 3rd book (28 October 2015), The Anxious Entrepreneur. Pre-order it at up to 40% discount. People like to dig and analyse people’s background affairs. A homeboy was saying to me I wouldn’t be pursuing entrepreneurship had my parents not been doing ok. He meant, given otherwise, I would…

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Entrepreneurial 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

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