Creating a new generation of entrepreneurs Credible empowerment must be focused on sustainable growth and job creation—and must be accountable for its results. By Sinethemba Mafanya, Manager - Diageo Empowerment Trust SA Black empowerment has not worked as well as it should. With the perfect vision of hindsight,...
Most first time entrepreneurs are in love with their idea. They feel it’s completely cool and that it’s going to change the world. This is partly because all they do all day long is think about their idea and how they can implement it. They get completely...
Meeting an investor is stressful. The result of months of hard work, emails and phone calls with potential investors to generate interest in your venture are riding on this one meeting. You’ll have prepared intensively with your consultants and mentors, and by the time you rise...
StartupTV, a Startup Mzansi Venture, and its partners are excitedly proud to bring you the #JustPitch competition. #JustPitch is a crowdsourced online competition for new businesses and early-stage startups. This competition is an inspiring programme of online activity designed to give you the skills, support and...
One of the most frequent problems that I hear from startup founders, and potential founders, is that they have no idea where they will find the money to quit their job, in order to build their 'great idea'. And yet founders often ignore the single most...
Getting your startup funded by friends and family can be the easiest and fastest mode of funding. But it may not work if you are targeting wrong people, i.e. not everyone in the family and friends would either be interested or be able to fund...
Sourcing capital for your startup is never easy, especially when you are pre-product completion and before the proof-of-concept the traditional venture investors are looking for. Oftentimes, the only way to get your business from a piece of paper concept to a venture-backable business is to...