"What do you want to be when you grow up?" This is a question often asked in schools. Society wires young minds into thinking that you become something when you grow up. There's an unspoken notion that one day, you will reach your dreams. Without saying it, it indirectly calls for a waiting period. Someday [...]
This is not a call for the ordinary. It is not a battle cry for those who can hear it and are willing to offer their services. No, the call for champion teachers is for those who dare to offer all of themselves towards planting entrepreneurial seeds of greatness into future generations. It is for [...]
Teen entrepreneurs know that things don’t just happen. Well, they could. However, why wait and cross your fingers when you can steer, motivate and alter destiny in your favour. We’re in the business of chiselling out the future we envision, and it is against this end that we’ve purposefully identified specific themes to tackle in [...]
SA Teen Entrepreneur societies are all about promoting growth, great ideas, inspiration and collaboration. If you are keen to create a society at your school, doing so is easy with the help of our straightforward blueprint below. Step 1: Registration The first thing that you will need to do is identify a Champion Teacher who [...]
Got the entrepreneurial spirit but not doing so well in school? Fear not. It is still possible to succeed… and it is still possible to get a degree. Here’s how. Create Structure and Routine Most students who aren’t achieving the marks that they hope to are struggling because their lives lack structure and routine. Time [...]
Champion teachers are at the frontline of grooming tomorrow’s impact entrepreneurs. Dedicated teachers will tell you that teaching is so much more than a job, it is a calling. The commitment and influence of SA’s teachers came to the fore at the Grand Finale that took place on 20 October 2018 at the Southern Sun [...]
Never trust anything that has not been tested. After many months of being equipped with teen entrepreneurial skills, it was time for combat so that the best of the best could emerge. It was against this backdrop that SA Teen Entrepreneur’s programme hosted the annual Grand Finale on 20 October 2018 at the Southern Sun [...]
Surviving High School is tough and exam season can make it even more stressful. There’s no getting away from it. Even the most laid-back of students will find themselves frantically paging through textbooks ahead of the big day. So, how do you get through exam season relatively unscathed, with your sanity intact and with a [...]
Speaking to world leaders and investors in New York during the month of September 2018, our South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that the expropriation of land without compensation was on the cards. He, however, reassured the captains of industry that it would be done responsibly and in a manner that tried to do no [...]
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise that unemployment is a problem in South Africa. You see the protests on TV and hear about it all the time in the speeches of leaders canvassing for votes. A quick drive in certain neighbourhoods portrays it; there are unemployed youth loitering all hours of [...]
