How to write an elevator pitch that inspires
Imagine… you step into an elevator and there is a lone occupant waiting to travel with you to another floor. You are together for less than a minute, but long enough to make polite conversation. What you don’t know is that your fellow traveler could be your ideal client. She has a problem you can…
Be thankful for your crap
Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Prosperity is our biggest detriment Do you know what you do not know? Have you ever heard of little Miss Chic who thought for the first 32 days of her life, that the farmer is there to care for her, feed her and keep her safe? Only to get a massive wake-up call…
Are you the spanner or the works of Sustainable Entrepreneurship?
The management gurus tell us that we have to keep referring back to our ‘Why’s’. Easier said than done. It is way too easy to get caught up in the latest get-rich-quick scheme, the stresses, and strains of keeping up with the Joneses, and above all the is-it-worth-it questions that we face on a regular…
Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Here today, not gone tomorrow
What is sustainable entrepreneurship and why should we care? We live in a super fast-paced world with an insane amount of competition, stresses, and strains. It is as easy as falling out of a tree to get caught up in the madness. How to be a millionaire in ten weeks. If your dreams do not…
Are you in love with yourself? Maybe you should be.
Are you in love with yourself? Maybe you should abondon everything you were taught about self-love. Valentine’s Day: To kill or not to kill I was brought up that it is completely wrong to be ecocentric. To be self-centered and self-obsessed is supposed to be a really bad trademark. But then again, never believing in…
Should our Christian faith form part of our marketing strategy?
Sustainable Entrepreneurship: What to do and what not to do. Sustainable entrepreneurship is a topic very close to the heart of addVENTURES Business Club. Here today and gone tomorrow is a narrative that we at addVENTURES believe should not be entertained. In our quest of getting to the bottom of what sustainable entrepreneurship should entail…
Getting rid of the Golden Handcuffs of your Salary
How many times have you planned on leaving your job? How many times have you dreamt of following your passion to start your own business? How many times have the fear of failure kept you from resigning and starting your own business? This is a textbook example of the golden handcuffs of a salary and…
Who’s inspirational quote is it anyway?
Who’s quote it is anyway? I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for a good inspirational quote. My work for the past 18 years has revolved around entrepreneurs, so it goes without saying that the quotes that draw me like steel to a magnet, are inspirational quotes for entrepreneurs. The challenge, however,…
Momtrepreneur: Excuses can only take you so far
Stay-at-Home vs Workings Mom This week marks the first week in 19 years that I am not a school mom anymore. My youngest has just received his Matric results and are on his way to university. Add 4 years as a stay-at-home-mom and you have 23 years in total of almost always putting my kids…
72% of Entrepreneurs have Mental Health Issues – ‘Why’ can fix it
Find your Why – Get Unstuck Why are you doing what you are doing? Why are you in the specific business that you are in and why do you continue on the entrepreneurial path that you are currently on? Is it to provide for your family? A means to an end or are you aware…
