THE TEEN ENTREPRENEUR BLOG
From digital learning to digital entrepreneurship – a library of difference
We know that literacy is a continuing challenge in South Africa. The ability to read is a vital skill, but so many South African children struggle to meet this important [...]
Is a business plan essential to starting a business?
Thinking of starting a business? If so, you will have probably been told to craft a comprehensive business plan. The question is, how important is a business plan really? And [...]
Top tips for entertaining a business VIP
If you set up your own business, it is very likely that at some point you will have to entertain a VIP in your field. This might be a key client, or someone you would like to become your client.
Our new digital academy – free online entrepreneurship learning!
After all the talk, it’s finally arrived! Our free online entrepreneurship learning academy program has gone live, and students all over South Africa can access it from our Teen Entrepreneur [...]
Idea Generation: Turning Everyday Issues into Potential Business Ventures
Great business ideas rarely just fall into your lap or simply pop into your head. So, how are they created? Many entrepreneurs might start by thinking about cool products that [...]
Finding the Silver Lining: Every Crisis Comes to an End Eventually
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a mammoth impact on the world as we know it, especially from a health and finance perspective. A significant economic downturn is just one of [...]
Getting Where You Want to Go by Setting Goals
So, you know that you want your business to succeed. The question is, do you have a solid plan in place to help you make that happen? Ultimately, knowing where [...]
7 business ideas for young teen entrepreneurs
Who says you need to be a grown-up to start your own business? Teen entrepreneurs have loads of skills that they can use to begin making money right now! All [...]
The key to successful online learning in a digital environment
Studying and learning over the internet is nothing new, but its advantages have really been highlighted during the coronavirus pandemic and global lockdown. Successful online learning, however, requires students to [...]
A Guide to Future-Focused Business Planning
It’s all about living in the moment – until you start a business, that is. Planning for the future when you own a small business can help you to better [...]
The Future of Online Learning
The future of online learning in South Africa is a hot topic at the moment – what are the benefits and challenges? We investigate. COVID-19 and lockdown have highlighted the [...]
5 Fabulous tips for female founders in Women’s Month
Hey girl boss, fancy yourself a Fempreneur? (That’s hashtag-speak for female business owner!) Being a female entrepreneur comes with a unique set of challenges. We can’t get away from the [...]
Young entrepreneur, a female ‘Popeye’ farmer from Kayelitsha is helping her community thrive!
According to the cartoon, spinach makes Popeye strong. Maybe in South Africa, Swiss chard makes you even stronger? This certainly seems to be the case for 27-year-old Ncumisa Mkabile, a [...]
How to know if your business idea is good or not
Got an idea for a new business, but not sure if it will work or not? Now more than ever (during the time of Covid-19) young entrepreneurs have many opportunities [...]
Tech Matters: The Most In-Demand Programming Skills
Are you, like most other high school students, contemplating what you want your life to look like following matric? There is no doubt that you will have dreams about starting [...]
Entrepreneurship during COVID-19 – Businesses that defied the odds
How do you keep a small business alive during the coronavirus pandemic? By being innovative and pivoting your products and services to keep up with the new normal. Entrepreneurship during [...]
The Ndlovu Youth Choir Lifts the Nation with Song
Needless to say, South Africans have needed a bit of a pick-me-up in recent times. Enter the Ndlovu Youth Choir. This incredible choir of young, talented South Africans is uplifting [...]
Networking – Why entrepreneurs must network with people, and machines
They say networking is not for everybody. That it's a gift you have or don't have. They say so long as you can interact with your peers and people in [...]
Siya Mtyeku – “Nothing is impossible”
If only If only I had a laptop, my own bedroom, better nutrition, family support, a safer community, or money - surely I would have been far by now. How [...]
7 things to consider in preparing for a post-Covid world
The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted life as we know it. Crucially, it is disproportionately affecting our youth and driving up our already dire youth unemployment rate. South Africa’s future relies on the collective contribution that our youth are going to make to business and society...