RISING FROM THE ASHES TO THE SUMMIT AND REACHING FOR THE STARS Date: Saturday 14 May 2016 Venue: The River Club Time: 08:00 - 10:30 Guest Speaker: Delia Cupido MC: Jonathan Jacobs Tickets: Adult - R150, Teens - R75 Our second 'Awaken the Giant in You' breakfast for 2016 will take place on Saturday, [...]
When no one dares to believe in your start-up business idea and it seems like even legislation has conspired against you… Do you have the staying power to press on even after being written out? Teen entrepreneurs who make it big are the ones who manage to harness some sort of dynamite energy within them. [...]
Do you think you have what it takes to think your way to the top? We’re not talking about opening a spaza shop on the corner, or shining shoes at a parking lot (not that we’re hating), but what we are gracefully trying to ask is do you have a life-changing, money making, community uplifting [...]
By now you may have picked up on the trendy phrase “High School Entrepreneur Clubs/Societies”. Not only are these societies setting social media abuzz, but young people are being empowered to own the entrepreneurial space for themselves. It is about the fun of joining in with like-minded cool ‘peeps on the move and learning how [...]
What will you do to protect your children? Everything. What will it take to prepare your teens to be financially independent entrepreneurs? Whatever is required! When will the change commence and who will propel it? Only you as a parent can answer that question. South Africa’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2015 surged [...]
This is your how-to down-lo on the what, the where, the why and the how of your business plan before you dive in. So find a sunny spot. Grab a notebook. Have an open mind and get writing (if you need to do research on some answers, that’s cool too). Lets’ get going by answering [...]
Talk about growing your business and at such a young fruitful and tender age before blossoming into an adult! Enough with the word play over-kill! Meet this cool cucumber (I promise that’s the last!) - Claire Reid, an ex-St Teresas Mercy School student who invented Reel Gardening at the age of 16. Bored one holiday [...]
So how come my wonderfully creative idea now needs to be tweaked and fiddled with? I’m sure it’s gonna be a hit. I dig it, others will too, I just wanna get going. Gooi : South African slang for ‘to do something with no thought for the consequences/to go in blind’ Easy tiger! While enthusiasm [...]
Most of us are familiar with the name Mark Zuckerberg, one of the wealthiest people in the world who started Facebook when he was a young college student. If, on the other hand you are more of a music fundi – a Justin Bieber (or rather a Bielieber) fan – you will know him for [...]
GROWING IMPETUS FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION IN SA SCHOOLS Date: Saturday 5 March 2016 Venue: Southern Sun, Newlands Time: 08:00 - 10:30 Guest Speakers: Kieno Kammies & Riaan Fourie MC: Peter Greenwall Tickets: Adult - R150, Teens - R75 Our first ‘Awaken the Giant in You’ breakfast for 2016 will take place on Saturday, March [...]
