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Women Entrepreneur®

Relebohile Moeng Shares Her Lessons in Bootstrapping a Successful Beauty Startup

After being retrenched from a senior position in 2010, Relebohile Moeng took the brave step to launch a business in an industry she knew nothing about. Here's how she's achieved success.

Thought Leaders

From Unemployment to CEO: 4 Things This Mom Did to Turn Her Passion Into a Thriving Business

With an unemployed husband and little money, this entrepreneur had to be scrappy. But she had to stay healthy at the same time. So she combined the two.

Thought Leaders

When Their Investor Bailed, These Female Founders Launched Their Company Anyway

Riawna Capri and Nikki Lee bootstrapped a single hair salon in Hollywood. When a client requested a braiding style, the stylists decided to 'own' the trend.

Starting a Business

The Ultimate 101 List Of SA Business Ideas To Get You Started

Want to boost your income on a part-time basis? Looking for a new business to start and grow into an empire? You've come to the right place. This list of business ideas will help children, adults, men, women and even people in rural areas think about ways to become an entrepreneur.

Starting a Business

How To Start A Business With No Money

So you want to be in business for yourself but you have little or no cash to put up as capital. You are well aware that the funding options for start-up businesses are severely restricted; you may even have heard that only about 3% of people looking for substantial outside funds to launch a new venture ever raise the capital they require. So what do you do?

Entrepreneurs

10 SA Entrepreneurs Who Built Their Businesses From Nothing

Remarkable stories about local entrepreneurs who built big businesses and well-known brands up from humble beginnings.

Thought Leaders

How Coachella and an Old Postal Truck Helped Launch Ice Cream Brand Coolhaus

The founders of the beloved sweet treat started small and scrappy -- and now they're ready to take over the ice cream aisle.

Operations & Logistics

How This College Dropout Created a Fast-Growing But 'Culture-First' Hollywood PR Agency

As founder and CEO of Metro PR, Tess Finkle has built a business that serves its clients and employees alike.

Entrepreneurs

The Founder of Malaysia's First Sugar Dating Platform Wants People to Build Honest and Transparent Relationships

Darren Chan says Sugarbook has seen 1,500 per cent rise in revenue in the past one year

Growth Strategies

From "Munafa" to Creating Value Over Valuation; Here are Key Survival Tips for Start-ups

8 Business people share key tips to ensure the survival of a start-up in today's cut-throat and fiercely competitive start-up ecosystem

Fundraising

You Can't Build Your Business on Bartering and Free Information

Don't come off as needy and desperate by offering barters that only make sense for you.

Thought Leaders

How This Founder Built a $90 Million Skincare Business With No Beauty-Industry Experience

To create Rodial, Maria Hatzistefanis threw herself into a crash course on beauty manufacturing.

Thought Leaders

Why Rest Is the Secret to Entrepreneurial Success

The surprising power of downtime: Here's why the most successful founders work the least.

Women Entrepreneur®

10 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Can Fund Their Business

Once you have made up your mind follow this streamline methodology and you will be able to get the desired funds

Starting a Business

10 Lessons To Keep You and Your Start-Up Going When The Going Gets Tuff

Starting-up is not easy and definitely not for everyone! There are ups and downs but it is during the crests and the troughs that we learn and grow the most