THE TEEN ENTREPRENEUR BLOG
Why entrepreneurship is imperative in the fight against unemployment
There is no getting away from the fact that unemployment is a serious problem in South Africa. According to Stats SA, 6.7-million people are currently unemployed in South Africa, which [...]
How to Build and Protect Your Brand
As a young entrepreneur, you might be more interested in building your product and making cash than thinking about the development and protection of your brand. But, if you want [...]
How to Get Taken Seriously as a Young Entrepreneur
When you’re young, no matter how good your start-up idea is, there are bound to be investors who will be dismissive simply because of your age. While you might not [...]
Life after school – which path do you take?
You will have a number of difficult choices to make in your matric year, and in order to make them, you will need to have a pretty decent idea of [...]
Software to Inspire Your Start Up
There are many different elements involved in running a start-up business, and initially all of the different responsibilities and roles which need to be accounted for can seem a bit [...]
Celebrating fearless women in South Africa
It is an uncontested fact that men generally still earn more in many patriotic societies across the world. There’s a preference for men when it comes to leadership positions. Think [...]
Building a Website for Your New Start-Up – What You Should Know About Hosting Sites
As a budding teen entrepreneur, it can be a rather daunting road ahead of you. It’s tough enough for adults to take that leap and create their own business and [...]
Planning your future career around the AI takeover
Journalism? Check. Pharmacy? Check. Agriculture? Check. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated automated journalism with bots analysing complex data to write and edit articles so much quicker than their human counterparts. [...]
The Personality Traits of a Champion Teacher – Is This You?
There are countless ambitious teens in South Africa. However, without the right guidance and mentorship, many of these eager teens with big ideas will be unable to put them successfully [...]
So, You Have a Website – Now What? Driving Traffic
A website is one of the most valuable marketing tools that you can have in your arsenal when starting your own business as a young entrepreneur. However, simply creating the [...]
Becoming a Landlord: A Guide to Entering Real Estate
It may sound easy to be a landlord – after all, you sit back every month and collect rent from your tenants without having to do much work. Unfortunately, it’s not [...]
Why It’s Important to Learn How to Network
Most people already recognise that making connections outside of your immediate friends and family is beneficial, but they may not be able to articulate exactly why. This is called networking. [...]
How Technology is Vital in Every Industry
Technology is a broad concept, but from the biggest international corporations to one-person start-ups across all sectors, every business relies on technology to succeed. Used well, technology can open up [...]
Optimising Digital Learning Environments for Generation Z
What exactly does Generation Z want when it comes to surviving high school in higher education and the ideal learning environment? This is something we’ve had to ask ourselves here [...]
Shared characteristics of great entrepreneursÂ
Not all entrepreneurs are created the same. Some wither and give in at the slightest resistance. And yet, others reinvent themselves and come up stronger, even when counted out and [...]
4 Ways Entrepreneurs Contribute to Society
Along with reaching your own goals as a young entrepreneur, by opening your own business, you also contribute a variety of things to society. We take a closer look at [...]
Township Entrepreneurs – Lethabo Mokoena, Founder of Walk Fresh
It’s so inspirational to learn about other young entrepreneurs’ success. This month, we’re delving into Lethabo Mokoena’s story – a young Corporate Communications graduate from Daveyton. The Stepping Stones that [...]
Be inspired – SA Teen entrepreneurs to watchÂ
"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 [...]
TSIBA Business School still accepting students for 2019
UCT, Wits, Stellenbosch and UWC are full and their doors are firmly closed. So what happens to the thousands of students with Bachelor Pass matrics whose dreams rely on [...]
Are you the next great champion teacher of young entrepreneurs?
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 [...]