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04 Sep

Riding a lion

September 4, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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Entrepreneurship is a lot like riding a lion. Everyone looks at you and thinks wow that guy is brave! Look at him riding the king of th...

01 Sep

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What’s your next?

September 1, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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The Standard Bank Business Breakfast series in proud association with Jacaranda FM was a resounding success;Keynote speakers, Advocate ...

31 Aug

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Wired Differently

August 31, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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I met Conti two years ago. When I met him he was building a life size Ford Mustang with wire. He was inside building the door panel. I ...

30 Aug

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Dear black people

August 30, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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I heard this story told by the former public protector a fortnight ago, it was at a business breakfast that we were both speaking at. I...

29 Aug

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Quit today and never quit again!

August 29, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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So this guy after 30 years working at the same company, was invited to breakfast with the founder of the company. He had never met the ...

28 Aug

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Create Activity

August 28, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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Money Mayweather became the third person after Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods to make a billion dollars in career earnings from sport.A...

25 Aug

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School is a waste of time

August 25, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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Entrepreneurship regrows your brain from the damage that school has done.The only thing I learnt at Varsity was the ability to procrast...

24 Aug

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Vernacular private schoolsi

August 24, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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The other on our drive to school my 8 year old son tells me he has been selected to play a lead role as Tom Sawyer in a school play. Af...

23 Aug

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Rethinking social housing

August 23, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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So am sitting at my Coffeece and this guy comes up to me. At first I couldn't recognize this gaunt impoverished figure in front of me. ...

22 Aug

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Robots must pay Tax!

August 22, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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More than half of SA’s population is living in poverty, data from Statistics South Africa revealed. According to the Poverty Trends Rep...

Pearls of Wisdom by Miles

When I started my business, there was no literature on South Africans staring businesses, except by those people who were already a success. That is why I wrote my book. I don’t have the secret of success, but I do have miniature recipes that have worked for me, based on what I’ve experienced day after day as an entrepreneur.

If you hire the right people with an entrepreneurial mind-set you can build new business models within your company, rather than have disgruntled employees leave and start a business in competition to your own.

Dreaming is one thing, execution is another.

Start by Starting.

We have a responsibility in South Africa to think differently. Every business in the world was started by an entrepreneur; but statistically speaking you’re more likely to succeed within a business than outside one. Build a culture within your business so people can be intrapreneurs.

It is okay to build a new business on the back of a legacy business – but will it look like lipstick on a bulldog or a new puppy?

I like to talk about my entrepreneurial journey and how experiences can be utilised within businesses to keep entrepreneurs like me inside their business, creating new products.

My story is an authentically South African success story, with a touch of the audacity of hope. It’s a rags-to-riches story that will resonate with those who want to build something from scratch.

I want people to start thinking differently – that maybe it’s not about the state of the country or my circumstances that are holding me back; I need to be active, doing stuff, taking control.

I don’t have the answers but every day I’m trying to figure it out. Sometimes it’s hard and it sucks; sometimes there are some great positives. It doesn’t matter where you’re from – do your part and believe it’s going to work, no matter what. Some days are harder than others, but you should always go back out there.

A lot of companies are more focused on wealth preservation than wealth generation. If you want to make more money, train your executives to think out of the box.