Starting a Business

We have pinpointed the four biggest legal mistakes a start-up can make, and how you can leapfrog these common stumbling blocks.

A US state that is experiencing a boom in its economy recently, it's no wonder that you may be seriously considering starting a business in Texas. According to Business Insider, if Texas was its own sovereign nation, the lone star state would have the 10th-largest economy in the world. With one of the largest transportation networks in America, the nation's largest producer of wind-power, the fifth-largest producer of wine, and one of the largest producers of oil in the United...

97.9% of Ohio’s businesses are small businesses. A staggering statistic – but what is even more impressive is that these small businesses employ approximately 42% of employees within the state. In recent years, Ohio has emerged as one of the most up-and-coming places in America to start a business. It already boasts a long-list of innovation advancements, and with public, private and university partnerships assisting in supporting start-ups launch in the state, it’s no wonder that entrepreneurship is thriving. With...

Vibrant, bustling, thriving and diverse – there’s no place quite like New York. With the third largest economy in the US, more than 99.8% of the State’s businesses consisting of small businesses, it’s easy to see that New York is a popular state to start a business. It isn’t, however the easiest to start a business within, which is why preparedness is key when you are looking to start a business in New York. We take you through the steps...

If you’ve already decided to take the leap into entrepreneurship, you must have had a great reason for doing so. After all, no one makes such significant decisions unless they’ve had a some deeper thought about the pros and cons, and presumably decided that the former definitely outnumber the latter. Avoid the philia trap The problem, though, is that we often fall into the philia trap, believing that the future will present us with more ups and downs. Then again,...

HaveYouHeard celebrates 10 years in the industry this year. Co-founder Jason Stewart tells you what he and partner Ryan McFayden didn’t get quite right over the past decade. Copying not leading A couple of years ago, when the pace of our growth picked up, we tried to learn from other successful agencies – their way of organising the business, their billing structures, their internal processes like traffic and account management, their way of thinking and generating ideas. We failed and,...

Launching a startup company isn't at all a small thing. By the time you find a great team and work to be done, half the budget's already gone! Luckily, some apps cost much less than others, so when you sum it all up, it can save you a lot of money. We handpicked the ones most suitable for small businesses with limited budgets. Project management Imagine life without project management software. Designed to help every team member in literally every...

Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? Cultivate these traits to become a great achiever.

While the world’s great entrepreneurs may appear to be unique and their realms of innovation worlds apart, they actually share entrepreneur characteristics, and so might you. Do you think you’ve got the characteristics of an entrepreneur? Read on to see what they are.

You have a great concept but no idea how to go about launching a business. We tell you how.

These three books on entrepreneurship will help supercharge the ride.

Over the past two decades, through Raizcorp, I’ve had the privilege to work with over 13 000 small businesses. This sample size has given me great insight into the common characteristics of success and failure within the entrepreneurial context. It is one thing to survive as an entrepreneur but a completely different thing to thrive. When analysing businesses that have thrived over the years, the entrepreneurs all share two common characteristics: they can market and they can sell. Even more...

Research worldwide shows that when it comes to entrepreneurship, high-growth, substantial businesses - female-owned businesses are still in the minority. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor revealed that the typical South African entrepreneur is male and between the ages of 25 and 44. However, the number of women entrepreneurs is increasing, and they are starting businesses previously dominated by men. Access to funding for women According to Shakes Motsilili co-founder of Africa New Energies, female entrepreneurs are rising in numbers, without access...

I started my career as an intern in 2010 and by 2016 I had climbed my way up the corporate ladder to be awarded the title Account Director. All the while, I was trying to be the best manager I could be. Managing people is never easy and no one trains you for this role. One day you’re taking orders from someone, the next thing you’re responsible for another team member’s career development. It’s a daunting task, with your superiors...

Here are 8 hard-won lessons from CEO and founder of SneakerLab, Jo Farah, to help you launch, sustain and grow your start-up.

Looking to start your side-hustle? Jandre de Beer shares 5 pearls that got V8 Media out of the blocks and helped them gain serious momentum into becoming one the fastest growing Digital Marketing Agencies in Gauteng.

Lots of people want to start a business that doesn't mean everyone has what it takes. As someone like me, who has been known as a serial entrepreneur, and trust me on that I've had my experience in regards to starting a new enterprise, turning around underperforming enterprises or re-vamping operations.

Think that your product should be perfect before it even sets foot in the market? You’re wrong.

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