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No more excuses

I'm too tired... I'm too old... I'm poor... It's too cold... I didn't get enough sleep... It's not in my genes... I can't right now... I'll start next week... I'm not inspired... I'm scared... I might make a mistake... It's too hard.

PSG chief succeeds by spotting and meeting needs

Jannie Mouton's Stellenbosch-based investment company, PSG Group, has provided the lifeblood for some of the most exciting and successful business ventures in South Africa.

Why you will fail to have a great career

In this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue their passions.

Shred your succession plan!

The typical succession plan (the three-years-old-and-counting variety) should be dusted off... and shredded! It won’t foster a successful succession, but it may impede one.

20 bad habits entrepreneurs must break

Drawing on the experiences and habits of SME owners, here are the top 20 business habits that SMEs have a tendency to perpetuate.

Seduced by start-ups

If you work in IT, chances are you’ve considered leaving the corporate slog to either join a tech start-up or launch your own.

Full colour thinking

Full colour thinking

Executive Education at the UCT GSB is rated and respected internationally for the calibre and style of its leadership development programmes.


Elon Musk: From Pretoria to pursuing planets

South African-born Elon Musk is due to make history this month when his Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft dock with the International Space Station.

Youth entrepreneurship is key

Youth unemployment is a source of political and social instability. For this reason, South Africa needs policies that encourage entrepreneurship and help steer youth out of joblessness.

SA’s fight against corruption at crucial turning point

The fight against corruption in South Africa has reached a crucial turning point and the country deserves the best possible means to turn the tide of corruption engulfing it.

There’s the new – and the dead

It’s an uncertain time, the era of the iPad 3, BlackBerrys, internet television and online books. Companies that held markets for decades are having to innovate and reinvent faster and more frequently than they’ve ever done.

Poor black woman, now CEO

The ability to persevere in the face of what may seem impossible odds is the story of Ursula Burns, who began her career as an engineering intern at Xerox and rose to become CEO of the company in 2009.

The end of the world as we know it

Incremental innovation has taken us to where we are today. But what happens next? What will be the next major leap in human advancement?

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