Franklin’s Four Tips For Entrepreneurs In The New Year

A new year brings opportunities to reflect on our growth and identify areas that need to be improved on. This is especially important for small business owners and entrepreneurs, considering the most common cited reasons small businesses fail are a lack of capital, a lack of management skills or both. Yet management skills can be developed and grown, and so 99FM’s MYD …

Daring, Different and Digital

Social media has become the market place of today’s generation. Not always to make purchases, as new research shows, but always to research intended purchases before making a buying decision. This is seeing the birth of a new type of entrepreneur, one that is seeking out the opportunities that see them able to birth their business without major capital investments. 99FM’s …

A Helping Hand and a Comfortable Shoe

“Hard work pays off, so never give up on your dreams” One Namibian entrepreneur is forging forward with handmade footwear after receiving support and assistance for his business idea from the Intensive Product Development (IPD) Programme. The IPD Programme is an intensive product development course for local entrepreneurs supported by local Government and run through FABlab Namibia. FABlab, being the …

A Business Born Out Of Challenging Stereotypes

“Freedom is seen as an illusion not many can obtain, but freedom comes in little pieces of self-acceptance, higher self-esteem, being truly yourself and living out your true potential and talent.” Dynamic Namibian woman, Zodidi Gaseb, has been racking up the accolades internationally for her challenging of the status quo when it comes to natural hair. Last year she wowed …

Turning Needs into Possibilities

“I’m always searching for relationships that empower the network that I am developing” Sylvanie Beukes started SB Consulting in 2011, which is a business consultancy that nurtures small businesses and entrepreneurs. Sylvanie says his business came to life by making a business of sharing his learning from his journey. Identifying the need in the market and tailoring his package to …