All the answers
Starting a business is not really about knowing all the answers at kickoff. It is about been willing to work everything out diligently and learn and adapt as the journey unfolds. The past few weeks has been quite busy and …
Give me a little innovation… Just a little innovation
A lot of people says there are no new ideas or innovation; whether you believe them or not: you are correct. Since ideas are the very things startups are built upon, death of new ideas is not a good thing. …
Be better
There’s so much immaturity and frivolity out there. You find people just showcasing the worst of what the human race has to offer. These behaviours are not restricted to a particular race or gender or religion. Its everywhere. We must …
Why should you start small?
Start small. That’s what wise people advise everybody to do. No matter how grand the vision is, there must be a little starting place you can get started from. What starting small does for you is that it installs operational …
What will you do differently?
Shoprite is building mega supermarkets across the nation. If you wanted to start a supermarket chain of yours today… What will you do differently? Google is a tech powerhouse. They started from web search and transformed news, email, online video, …
From hope to steps
Having hope and faith in your business is very good. You must never lose hope in your business no matter what is going on. One of your most important duties is to keep hope alive. Yet, hope on its own …
Overcoming the trust hurdle
One of the biggest hurdle to cross when doing business the digital way: over things like email, Whatsapp and your website is the trust hurdle. The first thing your customers want to know is whether they can trust you. How …
Another man’s work
A role model once said: “If you work for 10-15 years at a company, pouring your heart into the work, by the time you retire or quit, you should be ready to run your own company”. Many people do not …
A great truth about working and gaining experience
The greatest thing about working is that it qualifies you for a greater work. Once you have done something once, you can do it over and over again – a million times over. You can decide to raise the bar, …
All the good stuff is waiting in heaven?
In my discussion with Christians, I observe that many of them are content to just getting by day-to-day. They just waiting for heaven where they will enjoy all the good stuff. The are content with living wretched and beggarly lives …