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Many entrepreneurs and small business owners fail to recognise this central fact: invoices represent a crucial second opportunity to make a positive impression on…

You can never do anything worthwhile alone without the help of your team. In order to thrive, a business needs team collaboration at its…

I recently sat down with Seedstars World’s Marcello Schermer (pictured middle) and Gregory Pepper (pictured left). We spoke extensively about the startup pitching competition…

I have been blessed to own several businesses in my time, working across industries and sectors, from sports to hospitality and property development. I…

The founders of new South African attorney-to-client match-making platform LexNove have been involved in a couple of online legal-oriented ventures in the past few…

Trust: It may be a two-way street regarding interpersonal relationships, and challenging enough to maintain between human beings. But shift this intangible quality to…

First it was ecommerce with Jumia and Konga fighting neck-to-neck, then the attention went to the online marketplace space with the likes of Kaymu,…

Starting your own video game startup is a tough nut to crack. Given South Africa’s relatively small online community and few investors looking at…

For a long time now the line between startups and agencies has been blurring. With tech and product becoming so incorporated into daily operations…

Over the past decade, countries such as South Africa, Kenya, and Seychelles have emerged as Africa’s tech hubs. Kenya is increasingly touted as the Silicon Savannah, owing…

Many entrepreneurs are afraid of code. They see coding as magic — something that requires a degree in computer science to even begin to…

Ecommerce is a big deal in Nigeria. Several SMEs are considering it as an option to reach bigger markets without expanding their office space….

While success has many fathers, failure is considered as an orphan. Sailing your entrepreneurial stint to success has its own challenges. Most startups fail…

A few months ago, software engineer David Kaplan quit his full-time job, stepped out into the wild, and joined an incubator. Today, the 23-year-old…