Ventureburn

After a heck of a long time spent in recruiting for large corporates, and then spending an almost equally hectic period in startups and…

Even though some fixed terms such as seed capital, angel investment and venture investment are similar in many parts in the world, the reality…

South African based startup, Qurio, was born out of a need to improve the education space. Founded by Paul Kim and Gareth Heuer —…

A few months ago, MzansiStore successfully raised funds on local crowdfunding site Thundafund in order to support one of South Africa’s designers. More than…

Gyft, the virtual gift card service founded by South African-born entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has been acquired by First Data, a big player in the…

We are at a very exciting stage in the African Startup space. The attention we are getting internationally is great and we are seeing…

“Things don’t work like that here,” someone in the audience responses as Gareth Knight, founder of popular tech conference Tech4Africa, talks about the need…

Winning the first time, every time and all the time is unrealistic and harmful to your continued success. Entrepreneurial delusion is a real thing….

This week, SnapScan rolled its app out to The Big Issue vendors across South Africa, the non-profit magazine that’s usually sold at intersections in…

Ideas to Reality is an article series where I take look at easy tools to help entrepreneurs can use to get their projects up-and-running….

Managing a new company is daunting. Even more so in a time where the advancement of technology has led to the proliferation of utilitarian…

The streets are flooded, it has been raining all night and all morning, and I need a cab. I have a couple of meetings…

Around the world, governments and businesses are facing an ever complicating conundrum: high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with…