growth mindset: Page 6

Entrepreneurs

Why You Must Learn To Grow With Your Business

If you can keep learning along each step of the start-up journey, you'll continue to grow, and your business will be a success, says entrepreneur and author, Matshona Dhliwayo.

Entrepreneurs

How Arnoux Maré Went From R32 Million to R780 Million in 4 Years

Arnoux Maré is a quintessential entrepreneur. Not only is he wildly competitive (if his business doesn't triple its own annual projections and targets he'll review the company top to bottom), but he's also reengineered the art of 'adapt or die' to, 'adapt and thrive'.

Leadership

Start Thinking In Giant Leaps To Drive Big Profits

How to get out of the habit of thinking small, and start thinking in giant leaps for radical – and profitable – change.

Women Entrepreneur®

How Xoliswa Daku Took Her Business From R18-million to R100-million in Under Four Years

Xoliswa Daku believes in creating wealth through property developments. This principle has been her guiding star, helping her take an R18 million business to R100 million in under four years.

Entrepreneurs

Legacy of Growth

Ernest Corbett has been an entrepreneur for decades. These days, he is the chairman for Tintswalo Safari Lodges. Entrepreneur spoke to him about cultivating a growth mind-set and creating an experience that clients keep coming back for.

Entrepreneurs

How LAWTrust Went From R103 Million To R198 Million In 15 Months

Christi and Maeson Maherry took their R103 million business to a turnover of R198 million in just 15 months. How? With a strong vision, the right foundations in place, and the understanding that 'overnight' success is a ten-year journey. This is how they've built LAWTrust, an industry specialist that owns its niche, has created a highly defensible position for itself, and is now poised for global growth.

Leadership

Leave Your Ego At The Door And Find The Path To Growth

Authentic humility can give you the perspective you need to build a high-growth organisation.

Entrepreneurs

How R68 Can Become A R25-Million Business

Edward Moshole started a business in 1999 with just R68 in his pocket. Today he has a company that not only has a turnover upwards of R25 million, but is also on the cusp of expanding to the next level. Here's how he's turning clients into partners.

Growth Strategies

Legwear Safari Founder Tracy Kruger's Strategic Solutions To Starting a Successful E-Commerce Site

Tracy Kruger started an e-commerce site because she discovered that no one was selling what she was looking for locally. Having grabbed the opportunity, her business is going from strength to strength.

Entrepreneurs

The Art of Following Your Nose

Serial entrepreneur Stuart Weaving has seen tremendous success across a very diverse range of industries. He attributes his success to having a nose for opportunities, developing good business acumen and being a terrible student.

Entrepreneurs

The Business Case Behind Maboneng, Joburg's Inner-City Regeneration Project

Welcome to Maboneng, one of South Africa's most successful urban regeneration projects. R1 billion has already been invested into the area, with an estimated additional R1 billion-worth of developments planned to regenerate these areas nestled in the heart of Joburg's inner city.

Entrepreneurs

Overcoming The Founder's Trap

Business owners who are unable to extricate themselves from the day to day operations of their companies are actively killing their own growth. Here's how to avoid the founder's trap.

Entrepreneurs

Sibongiseni Mbatha's Success Lessons

As the president of the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP), Sibongiseni Mbatha has learnt that true success can only be achieved when people take responsibility for their actions, respect each other, and work collectively to achieve a common goal.

Leadership

Understand The Value Of Looking To The Future

To what degree do outside influences impact your business's success? As a business owner, should you be focused on your business, or taking a macro view of the world?

Growth Strategies

The First Rule For Fast Growing Businesses? Scale Yourself

If you don't, you might find that you're your business's own worst enemy. I've had personal experience with this. If you don't scale yourself into the leader your business needs, you'll just end up dragging everyone down.