by Elmarie Bouwer (Entrepreneurial Business School) You’ve been doing all the right things and have covered all the basics that are supposed to guarantee business success.  You made certain at the outset that all your important business ducks like market  research and a cash flow forecast are in a row and that your budget tows [...]

By Dr Mani Sivasubramanian 41 Comments March 16, 2011 25Share Late to Bed, Early to Rise, Makes an Entrepreneur, Happy, Cheerful & Nice! What gets you so excited you can’t wait to begin working on it today? Think about it while you read the rest of this post. In 1997, I got married. It was [...]

-Mauritz Bekker- Economic theory states that wealth is created when scarce resources are transformed into marketable products or services.  A resource becomes scarce when it has a value or a price attached to it. The traditional resources; land, capital, labour and management/entrepreneurship could be classified as scarce because they all have a monetary value attached. [...]

-Mauritz Bekker- Please re-visit the article titled;”The History of Entrepreneurship” as well “How wealth is created” before you read this. The shackles of poverty can only be broken from inside. An outside force can unfortunately not do the job; the power must come from the creative minds of the people in an economy or sub-economy. [...]

-Mauritz Bekker-  Please re-visit the article titled;  ”The History of Entrepreneurship” before you read this. Why are certain economies booming, while others struggle? What are the fundamental differences between wealth and poverty? The answers to these questions will be exposed in exploring the logic behind the wealth creation process. Some answers could also be embedded [...]

-Mauritz Bekker- High impact entrepreneurs, according to the 2011 High-Impact Entrepreneurship Global Report, are the 4% entrepreneurs responsible for 40% of the total jobs generated by all entrepreneurs. From thirteen years experience in developing high impact entrepreneurs we believe educators should focus on the three behavioural categories as discussed below: Entrepreneurial flair The first element [...]

-MAURITZ BEKKER- As you all know by now, a viable business opportunity is simply an economic solution to a problem, which customers are willing to buy and with which you can make a profit! You also know that in order to find business opportunities, you’ll need to talk to people and listen to their problems.  [...]

York Zucchi Almost without exception all companies started as an entrepreneurial venture… Some would say an adventure. Indeed, we would argue that entrepreneurs are the adventure seekers amongst you. They are those that trust their own instincts. Those that are prepared to motivate themselves and not afraid to ask questions and propose solutions. It is [...]

-Mauritz Bekker- Bad financial management and planning was singled out in many investigations as the biggest contributor towards entrepreneurial project failures. Proper financial ability is therefore a core competency needed in all entrepreneurial activity and specifically in successful business start-up operations. The anchor tools needed by the entrepreneur in the process of effective financial planning [...]

-Mauritz Bekker- -Do we really understand the role this phenomenon played in our survival on this planet?- Entrepreneurship, the driver of our economic wellbeing was regrettably marginalised during the relative prosperity we experienced during the industrial faze of the economy. The best way to explicate this statement is to take a trip through the economical [...]