5 Ways to avoid giving up on your business
No one is born with all the confidence in the world all the time. Some days are insanely off the charts awesome and productive, but it is possible to feel just the opposite the very next day. If you’ve been trying to grow your business alone, discouragement can easily knock you off your feet and make you…
How to become an overnight success as an entrepreneur
The Bamboo Effect Explained Nothing makes for a better story than an entrepreneur’s overnight success. The world is filled with seemingly overnight entrepreneurial success stories and we are secretly all aspiring to this. The reality however is that there is no such thing as an overnight success. Grow like a bamboo According to the World…
Should you have an affair with your client?
Technically our clients should be our main priority. We should be obsessed with fulfilling their needs as opposed to feeding our own ego. Being client focused equates to almost the same level of dedication when you are in love with that someone special. You go out of your way to ensure their needs are satisfied…
10 Steps to a Pothole-Free Brand Roadmap
The stronger your brand, the stronger the emotional connection that people will have with you, and the less likely they are to jump ship at the first sign of competition. This is the stuff that business dreams are made of and the reason why you should not just follow your gut, but a well-thought-out brand…
Entrepreneur Myth #1 Busted: Work-Life Balance.
“Entrepreneurs who believe in work-life balance are most certainly not successful or they should have a corporate job.” This is the opinion of my highly successful entrepreneur’s friend and I seem to agree with him. In fact, I do believe work-life balance is a myth and no serious results can be achieved without entrepreneurial sacrifice….
When is an entrepreneur an entrepreneur?
And what separates successful entrepreneurs from failed entrepreneurs? Have you ever laid awake at night thinking ‘how the hell did I get here’ and what on earth I am doing wrong that I cannot be as successful as my friend, my brother, or father? Why do I have to struggle so much when everyone else…
Byt vas Boet! Things could be much worse.
So, the news is out and Stage 8 load-shedding seems to be a thing now, even though the authorities call it Stage 6? Being bombarded with this information on a Monday morning after a much-needed news-detox, a normal blue Monday has now become even more grim. Walking down my street and seeing solar on most…
Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Have you been left behind?
Do you still believe you need an IT guy for your website? Do you jump on the bandwagon with every flavor-of-the-day Social Media fad? Are you still under the impression that good enough is good enough? Sorry, it is not the intention to put you on the spot for the success or failure of your…
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…
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…
