Today I'm sharing my biggest lessons from my startup activities since 2016. These were and are true for me — some or all of them may be completely untrue for someone else: You have to learn to work under pressure, and perform well. When your back...
Startups are the place to be in today’s day and time. But have you ever pondered over what make one startup better than the other. What is the secret recipe that one startup grows while another fails? Well we found out that the secret recipe...
StartupGuy shares some handy tips on exploring the power and potential of partnerships for your startup...
There are few situations in the workplace that induce the level of stress that giving a presentation does. Not only do you have to speak in front of an audience, but oftentimes the quality of your presentation will decide whether a potential client gives you...
The best way to get your new business recognised is by sharing good content, contributing something worthwhile to the market and getting people excited enough to talk about you too. You can do all three of these things as a speaker at big events. Getting a top...
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...
A pivot is a significant change in the product, target market, or any other part of the venture that has to be made when it becomes clear that your current path won’t bring you to your goal. In recent years, pivoting has become so widespread...
As founders, one of the most difficult decisions we face that the early-stage of a startup is how to split equity amongst the founding team. Often the most simple route is a straight split. But this can lead to fundamental problems later on in the...
Some of you maybe well aware of the major security breaches that have taken place in Startup Mzansi the past weeks. Hacking attacks on the accounts of Startup Mzansi Foundation, from emailing systems to social media especially Twitter and the bank. The media tend to...