SA’s newest Entrepreneur of the Year a worthy successor to global winner Bill Lynch
Professional services firm EY is in the process of unveiling contenders drawn from more than three dozen countries for its annual Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Professional services firm EY is in the process of unveiling contenders drawn from more than three dozen countries for its annual Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Lying in loving corporate arms is a contradiction in terms because the beast has no soul; but it can be populated by talented, kind, insightful and loyal people.
There was a time when Arnie Witkin’s name was instantly recognisable among South Africans in the financial services sector and beyond.
Meesho, an online marketplace that is revolutionising e-commerce for Indian entrepreneurs and consumers, announced today the closing of a $125m fundraise led by Naspers.
After years of bugging Econet, they eventually sold Lobster Ink to this major multinational for “a handsome multiple of its $26m annual revenues”.
The chairman and CEO of Orbvest unpack how a quest to diversify their own investments evolved into a fund that is now over $200m and growing fast.
Martin Freeman, a successful South African entrepreneur and now New York-based CEO of Orbvest, unpacks the strategy behind the $200m fund that’s yielding 8% a year.
“Pivot” is a popular term in the start-up world. If their initial idea doesn’t work as planned, entrepreneurs are expected to be ready to pursue a Plan B.
In this article Anton Roux, who was the Chief Executive Officer at Medscheme, the chair of Aon Africa and still sits on boards of several companies, observes that many white graduates of his age have become entrepreneurs, either by choice or because they had no other choice.
The world’s richest man has some advice for budding entrepreneurs: Never forget about the customer, and feel comfortable with getting things wrong.