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Entrepreneurs
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America’s Most Successful Female Entrepreneur Once Worked As A Playboy Bunny [Video]
12 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Diane Hendricks had a child at age 17, worked as a Playboy Bunny to pay her bills, and beat cancer twice en route to racking up her riches.
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These Are The Reasons Your Startup Might Fail
02 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
The number of startup businesses that end in tears can be rather daunting. A new study has shown exactly why this is the case and what these guys and girls have been doing wrong.
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Forbes’ Most Powerful Women Of 2014
03 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Forbes countdown the most powerful women in the world in 2014, with some exciting new additions to the list, as well as some veterans still managing to hold their spot.
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5 Habits Of Successful Entrepreneurs
02 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wondering if you have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur? New research from Gallup offers a window into what separates those who launch and grow successful companies from less successful peers.
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4 Excellent Online Tools For Entrepreneurs
13 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Online education is becoming a great tool for improving skills. Here are the four hottest online tools specifically for budding entrepreneurs. These free courses, video content and subscription based services offer something for every business owner.
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Attention Small Business Owners: This Is The Role Of An Incubator [INFOGRAPHIC]
10 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Normally only big corporate buy outs or investments make the headlines. But investing in startups is a strong area of interest for large corporations. A small business’s growth is often accelerated by investment by major corporations. So what do they get out of it?
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This SA Entrepreneur Just Won A Prestigious Global Tech Competition Prize
24 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mellowcabs may be the solution to the traffic clogged city hubs of South Africa. SA entrepreneur, Neil du Preez and his electricity-assisted human-powered microcab has won the regional award in a prestigious global technology competition.
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Mashable’s Top 15 Apps For Entrepreneurs
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Once we’ve filled our phones with apps, we tend to not bother searching for new, innovative ones. Which is why Mashable asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs about their most useful, yet underrated apps.
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Enjoy These Business Tips From A Billionaire Who Used To Be A Hobo [VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
John Paul DeJoria was a hobo – but he always had good taste. Even in his homeless days, he slept in an old Rolls Royce along LA’s Sunset Strip. But he had plans. Years later he finds himself in more comfortable conditions, having founded the stupendously successful Paul Mitchell Systems, and Patron Spirits.
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This Is Why Starting Your Business On The Side Is A Good Idea
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Budding entrepreneurs out there will be keen to pack it up at their current job, sign a lease for a new office space, and ship out immediately. But in such a competitive market where more businesses fail than succeed, its important you consider every step as carefully as possible. The first step is to decide whether to keep your job, and have your business on the side or to go the full Montgomery Burns and dive straight in to business. Here are a few reasons why you ought to be doing the former.
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Why Didn’t I Think Of That? Part 1 – Printer Ink Delivered To Your Door
29 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the first of a new series that takes a look at local entrepreneurs making good with elegantly simple ideas, 2oceansvibe caught up with Nic Venter, founder and sales director of Inksaver. Every week we’ll endeavour to get local entrepreneurs talking about the relatively simple ideas that gave rise to their operations. Cape Town-based company, […]
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Radical Pitching Start-Up SliceBiz Wins Apps4Africa Competition
21 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The SliceBiz team, a Ghanaian start-up, were one of three teams to win the $10 000 cash prize at the Apps4Africa competition this year. The start-up plans to make crowdfunding the “it” thing in Africa by displaying 30 second pitches, recorded by entrepreneurs, to potential investors on mobile phone devices. Investors are then be able to transfer […]
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Two British Students Paid Off Almost R500 000 In Student Debt By Selling Their Faces
11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying off student loans is never easy, even more so when decent-paying jobs are few and far between. Which is exactly what drove two British students to turn their faces into marketing and advertising real estate.
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Bruce Good Live On ‘Creative Mornings’ This Friday
12 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you don’t know about Name Your Hood by now, well then you haven’t been reading enough. This genius idea, created by Bruce Good basically gives people a chance to suggest names for their affiliated neighborhoods and then vote on one to stay, giving people the chance to actually identify themselves with where they live […]
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