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 [...]
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 [...]
Forget the cliché, all teenagers are the same. They all want to check their Facebook status all day, watch TV and snapchat their buds. Not so fast. In fact, four in 10 people between the ages of eight and 21 dream of starting their own businesses one day, according to a survey conducted by Harris [...]
Have you ever thought of having a mentor in your life? Ok, let’s first explain what a mentor is, for those who might not know. A mentor is someone who gets into your life to guide and help you in areas that you are less experienced. He models positive behaviours. He is a helper that [...]
A lot has been asked about what sets people aside. Take two friends from the same school; in a decade, one can be a junkie or perhaps trying to hustle and be employed until they retire. Another can be a world acclaimed entrepreneur. Some accredit it to resilience, the ability to bend back into shape [...]
So you know how we roll based on our previous blogs. We’re here for you. We have your back. We’re your business buds. You get the picture, for once in your life it’s all about YOU (and this is legit!) Before we rush ahead let's keep things real and for the record have in the [...]
Many people will think you are crazy for wanting to start your own business while still young. “You are still young”, “It’s not easy”, “You could fail”, “why don’t you wait until you are older”, are some of the statements that you will hear from time to time. It is true that it will not [...]
