Growth is good, but growing too quickly is dangerous. When you grow too fast, you risk running out of cash because you have had to pay too many suppliers as a result of your expansion. Rapid growth usually means rapid consumption of cash. When you spend money quickly, you can't be sure you are spending…

  There are many who live by the Groucho Marx quote: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” The principle here is that you should always be “reaching” for something better, exclusive clubs. This makes sense in some contexts but, like most popular quotes, is horrible advice…

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The advice I wish I received when I graduated: Get out of the hyper-competitive "life hack" frame of mind. Get out of the lust for what society defines as "success." When you finish college/university, there is this pressure to get into this competitive world of trying to prove that you have arrived. The pressure is…

In one of my favorite movies, Kung Fu Panda 2, Master Shifu attempts to teach Po [the Panda] the concept of inner peace. What follows is a an entertaining and meaningful movie about Po understanding his past and learning to accept it, leading to inner peace. I have thought about the inner peace idea from…

There comes a point in the life of just about every business where a sane person would walk away. Too much debts, too many hours, too much hassle, just too damn hard. And it is at that point that a potentially successful venture crumbles into failure. When you have been working 18 hours a day,…

You set up your business. You find a regular supply of customers. You establish great relationships with your suppliers. Your revenue easily outstrips your costs. You are doing well. You are walking on water. All you have to do from now on to enjoy a very nice income is maintain the status quo. Easy, right?…

People often talk about their businesses as if it is their children. Makes sense why. You love your business, you nurture it, you worry about it and you have hopes and ambitions for it. But what some entrepreneurs forget is that, like your children, you must also take responsibility for your business. Sometimes businesses struggle…

Starting and running a business is hard and often a very lonely experience. You are going to make mistakes, lots of mistakes, especially at the beginning. The most powerful words you will need to carry and say more often in this journey are: "Please help with this..." or "How do I do this..." or "I…

He started Silulo Ulutho Technologies with his brother in 2004 after leaving teaching to be an entrepreneur. 15 years later they have 43 one stop shop IT centres in 3 provinces [Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal] and employ over 250 staff. He has seen it all, from one of their franchise stores being set…

For the most part, dreams we had as kids were simple. It is unlikely our dreams involved anything along the lines of “being in the C-suite,” “having a high net worth,” or similar. Instead, they were more likely about being a teacher or policeman or doctor or being the kind of person that helped people.…