Category Archives: Entrepreneurially inspired
Burgeoning weeds? There’s a goat for that
I AM a big fan of uncomplicated, make-a-plan biotech-type ideas. They suit my simple-solutions-are-super approach to life. I like the notion of solving problems and creating opportunities by putting things that don’t need batteries, Eskom or petrol to work. We’ve … Continue reading
SA invention puts entrepreneurs in charge
FROM where I’m standing, entrepreneurship is alive and well. My 18-year-old son is currently cavorting in Cambodia thanks to the money he earned, while at high school, breeding and selling mice to people who keep snakes as pets. Ja. It’s … Continue reading
Excess clothing helps turn lives around
ZUKISWA Mngcitha was at end of her tether when she met “the two Traceys”, Tracey Gilmore and Tracey Chambers earlier this year. Unemployed for a year after being forced to give up her job at McDonald’s to nurse her gravely … Continue reading
Entrepreneur decides it’s time to stop crying over spilt milk
An interview with Durban designer Desere Strydom, whose award-winning Clip It jug for milk sachets was born of her desire to continue saving money without the mess and spilt milk. FORGET necessity: frustration is the mother of invention. But it … Continue reading
Thinking of going into business with your spouse? Consider this before saying “I do”
THERE are countless successfully operated husband-wife/life-partner companies around. They even have their own name, ‘copreneurs’. The earning potential of working with your loved one can be phenomenal. After all, who in life is your greatest admirer, ally and collaborator? Who … Continue reading
Is your business being hampered by non- or slow-paying clients? It’s time to take action
SO, your client-base is growing, orders are flowing in, and you are delivering your correctly priced product and/or service on time and to specification. Why then, are you lying awake at night fretting about paying your suppliers and employees at … Continue reading
Learning to say no
UNTIL recently, I thought of him as my roof repairman. But then, he dumped me. My fascias, it seems, had lost their fascination, my beams were too broad and my gutters too ghastly. Most painful though, was the fact that … Continue reading
Penny Haw 