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Tag Archives: Entrepreneurship in South Africa
Entrepreneurship Falls To New Low In SA
Almost three years after the FIFA Soccer World Cup, entrepreneurial activity in South Africa has dropped to an alarming new low. Entrepreneurship in South Africa has fallen dramatically with economic experts worrying about the impact on the economy and job prospects for young South Africans. According to research released by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor at [...]
Disappointing Entrepreneurship Rates Weaken SA Economy
The most recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report highlights the alarming state of entrepreneurship in South Africa. Although the GEM’s measure of total early-stage entrepreneurial activity shows that South Africa’s rate in 2011 (9.1%) remained constant (8.9% in 2010), this rate was, again, far below the average of comparable economies around the world. Septi Bukula, [...]
Skills every entrepreneur needs
Entrepreneurship is a very appealing alternative to employment and one that many people dream of. However, it’s a difficult thing to pull off and many people who attempt it fall short. Here are some vital skills that you will need if you intend to follow the entrepreneur’s path. Organisational skills and time management Entrepreneurs are [...]
Economic Growth = Growing Entrepreneurship
If South Africa’s economy is to continue to see healthy growth, we need more people actively involved as employers, and not just employees. Creating employment is one, if not THE most important challenge for South Africa, and if we are going to tackle it effectively, a change in perspective is required on several fronts. 1.Unemployment [...]
2011 and Entrepreneurship in South Africa
Ok, I am going to stick my neck out and do some predictions for this year. South Africa is on the brink of some very exciting developments and this could push us into a great economic development phase of our country. With this and the other factors that we have been following, I have distilled [...]
An Entrepreneur’s average day of work – Reading and Research
Our journey continues with Mr.E, the typical South African Entrepreneur as we investigate his reading habits. From our observations we find that Mr.E seems to have developed an interesting list of reading material. He has set times in his day that he dedicates to these and can be summarized under 3 different categories; Online Reading: Mr.E has [...]
When do you know you’re an Entrepreneur?
At first glance this may seem like a simple question with a simple answer, I mean I could be boring and say you know you’re an Entrepreneur when you organize, operate, and assume the risk for a business venture. Now I could end the post there but you and I both know that there is [...]
An Entrepreneur’s average day of work: Social Marketing
Our journey continues with Mr.E, the typical South African Entrepreneur as we analyse the data collected from the keyboard tracking devices we installed in both his office pc and personal laptop. Our team has recreated his activities and found that he uses up to 2 hours a day on the various social media platforms. Mr. [...]
What is the Greatest Challenge for an Entrepreneur?
For entrepreneurs, staying determined is one of the greatest challenges. While those around you may be saying “what if it doesn’t work?” and “get a real job” it can be tough to keep going, particularly in the early days. Judi joined the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in August 2010 as CEO. In this unique position she is [...]
Can you study Entrepreneurship? Or is it something you just have to do to learn it?
Entrepreneurship is like golf: You can read the books, speak to the pros, get the right equipment, practice on the driving range until you are blue in the face – the only way you truly master the game is by getting on the course and playing. Over and over again. Louis is one of those [...]
