Entrepreneurship

Plan past low unemployment rate, and the entrepreneur way

The country’s unemployment rate saw a negative spike of 31.9% in the third quarter of 2023, which marked the first time the unemployment rate…

Coconuts: Cape Town entrepreneurs feud on Facebook after ‘blatant’ foul play

We’ve been giving avocados stick this month on Memeburn, but today, we’re looking at two coconut-orientated Cape Town startups locked in a social and…

FOODWeLove: the Woodstock deli mixing good food with social savvy

As a willing slave to technology, I couldn’t bear go without my smartphone for more than ten minutes. It’s the de facto centre of…

Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

9 Questions and answers about successful startups – Harvard study

Ever wondered what makes one startup succeed while another fails? Well a team of brains from Harvard Business School has put together a fascinating…

Pitching perfection to investors: A 10-step guide

Enthusiastic entrepreneurs looking to raise funding must realise that a great business case alone is definitely not enough to guarantee a favorable outcome. Not…

MTN Business to sponsor SA entrepreneurial reality TV show

MTN Business has announced that it will be sponsoring a new “Apprentice” style South African reality TV show, “The Big Break”. The Big Break…

Reid Hoffman’s ten rules of entrepreneurship

You may not have heard of Reid Hoffman, and if you were introduced to him you might be forgiven for underestimating him. With his…

Can entrepreneurship be taught?

For decades, entrepreneurship has been viewed as something risky and mysterious that only a few lucky mavericks could master. This perception has been fuelled…

The future of mobile app development lies in simplicity

With the move of computing power away from the desktop to cellphones and other mobile devices, computing is becoming increasingly intimate and integrated into…

Richard Branson on open source, Twitter and entrepreneurship: The Memeburn interview

Virgin founder Richard Branson recently slipped into South Africa to check up on some of the success stories at the Branson School of Entrepreneurship…

Six ways “Young World” entrepreneurs are changing the business landscape

A lot has been written about the “digital generation” – the cohort that grew up marinated in high tech, and whose worldview reflects their constant…

Tech4Africa conference driven by “anger and pride”

After four years of trying to get it off the ground, the Tech4Africa web and emerging technology conference is all systems go for mid-August…

Net Prophet: Africa is a sea of opportunity

Free coffee, wi-fi and pumping music tunes was how more than 800 tech geeks, freaks, entrepreneurs and industry leaders were greeted at the Net…

Where is SA’s entrepreneurial spirit?

Economically, America is almost three times larger than its nearest rival, and despite its size, it is one of the most productive economies in…

A business lesson: Go where the sardines are

We are lucky in technology, because many other industries can only grow linearly and so that growth is a massive, long term effort that…

Fear of failure is robbing South Africa of great thinkers

Fear is the greatest energy sapper. Fear of failure, fear of ridicule and fear that things might never happen as you would like them…

Integrity and gumption are key to success, says Dave Sifry

When it comes to Silicon Valley start-ups, Dave Sifry has been there, done that, and gotten quite a few T-shirts. He founded Technorati as…

7 tips for starting up small

There’s no formula for guaranteeing the success of a startup and each new venture comes with its own story and own personal ideas of…

Establishing your international startup anywhere

There’s been a growing trend for startups to base themselves anywhere and have their employees scattered across the world, and in the process erase…

Startups: What VCs look for

Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs often don’t see eye-to-eye, and in South Africa in particular, there seems to be a very real gap in meeting…

10 easy ways to fail as an entrepreneur

Many people dream of starting their own businesses and becoming financially independent, but while the idea of organising and operating your own business venture…

10 lessons for tech startups

Having been involved in a number of web and tech startups from Vottle.com to a VoIP mobile startup under the auspices of Internet Solutions’…

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