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Entrepreneurship is choosing to build something from nothing, accepting the uncertainty, and learning more from what fails than from what succeeds.
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How I stopped being an asshole in conversations
Disagreeing with people on the internet has become an international pastime. We all think we're right all the time and nobody is scared to say so publicly online.
Do Not Start a Side Business
Before you sketch mockups or one-shot an app, answer four questions: what success looks like, how much time you have, the single problem, and the exact customer.
The gap between what AI promises and what it delivers is exactly the size of your experience.
I rebuilt my entire personal website from scratch using AI tools — for under $250. Here's what it took, why it worked, and exactly why you probably shouldn't try it.
The Idea Destroyer
If I received a brick every time someone pitched me an app, product or business idea I’d be able to build a large chunk of the Great Wall of China.
South Africas Greatest Export
Earlier this year I noticed a few people in my network talking about and then joining a new community called The Lekker Network.
Your Age Is Showing
When I was 20 I thought I knew everything. When I started my first venture-backed business a few years later I was certain that I was the only person who knew everything.
I Built Something
Over the past couple of months I have spent some of my evenings and weekends solving a problem I’ve had for years.
Advice from 40 year old me to 20 year old me
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since that article was published and took on a life of its own.
How I Stopped Being an Asshole Entrepreneur
I used to be an asshole. Not in the self-deprecating, funny, quirky sort of way.
From a $50m listed entity to $10m and going bust
Shawn Johal worked in his wife’s growing family business until the tides turned and the listed company went bust.
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