Hello everyone, Today I’m sharing the story of my friend, Maryna Barnard. She was in the teaching profession for almost 20 years and became a professional attorney in her 40s. She started teaching in 1996, she told me. Years later…
Category: An Entrepreneur’s Guide
Guest blogger: “To have it all you have to sacrifice something”
I seriously don’t know how my fellow blogger, Karin Londt copes. She is a part-time student, who runs her own business and home schools her 10-year-old daughter. I asked her to guest blog for me to explain how she has…
Mentorship: “We need to start questioning what we think we know”
Wesley Madziva believes we shouldn’t just accept the information we are told – we should question- and research it. The man with many titles of which include being a Social Media Keynote Speaker and Social Media Consultant Trainer is also…
How I found a mentor to help with my first business proposal
I started being conscious of what mentorship is this year when I made an effort to learn new skills. One of my new year’s resolutions for 2017 is to learn a new skill online (for free). So far I’ve watched…
“Having a mentor has changed how I do things.”
Today I’m featuring Thandeka Miya, a business owner in Gauteng. Before we discuss mentorship, I’d like to give you a brief introduction about this beautiful lady. She has a heart of gold and is always willing to help with business-related…
“My mentor taught me to work on my business, not in my business.”
I met Erika Kruger through on of the Twitter chats I engage in. We even took part in a blogger challenge where we had to create blog posts for our sites. Erika, who lives in Helderberg in the Western Cape…
Vanessa Raath: Lessons I learned as a mentor
We should all have that line “student of life” on our Facebook profiles. This is because we are forever learning – whether formally or informally. For this week, I spoke to some entrepreneurs on what they learned from mentorship. First…
Ideas to help you start blogging – Tips for when you are doing it for the first time
I recently attended a Lionesses of Africa breakfast event. It was a space for female entrepreneurs to network with each other and to learn about several (speakers) successful businesswomen’s journeys. My first time at @LionessesA #LionessesLeanIn 🙂 Very excited! #SBIncubator…
Career change: ‘I needed more when I turned 30’
Turning 30 made Eleanor Douglas-Meyers decide she wanted more in life. Looking back, she is grateful that she then made a bold choice to quit her job and became an entrepreneur. “Last year I turned 30 and realised that i…
Entrepreneur interview: Getting to know a food truck owner
I have to confess: I have never eaten any cuisines sold by a food truck. It’s on my bucket list though. The closest thing to a food truck for me is the ice cream trucks. I hear the ice cream…