Student-centric business named Innovator of the Year® in national entrepreneurial competition
Driven by his passion to find solutions to the growing crisis regarding high tuition fees, Mpodumo Doubada, founding CEO of Pimp my Book, has been named Innovator of the Year® at the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year® competition sponsored by Sanlam and BUSINESS/PARTNERS awards ceremony, which was held on 6 September 2017 in Johannesburg. Pimp […]
A business created for students, by students
Mpodumo Doubada – founding CEO of Pimp my Book, a chain of campus stores founded in 2006 at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is a young entrepreneur making waves in the education sector. 31-year-old Doubada from Cape Town founded the business on the premise of buying and selling used textbooks. Since the business was […]
Talented muso turns lessons to profit
It is no mystery that the entertainment industry is a tough nut to crack, a sentiment which is shared globally. However, local entrepreneur and 2015 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® entrant, Thando Nyameni, seems to have found the recipe for success. Thando, a talented and multidimensional businessman from KwaZulu-Natal, is a singer, […]
2013 EOY entrant journey to business success in competitive financial industry
Many business owners don’t grow up dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur, but grow into the career path later in life. This was the case of Jeanie Harvey, owner of Camelot Business & Financial Solutions, an accounting and tax business which also offers accounting tutoring lessons, and an entrant in the 2013 Sanlam / Business Partners […]
Calculate the value of existing and new clients
Article written by Jannie Rossouw, Head: Sanlam Business Market There are basically three ways in which to grow a business, namely: by getting new clients; increasing the share of wallet, and increasing the frequency of transactions with existing clients. Determining the value of a client can therefore be very useful. There is definitely a difference […]
Bosses must support retirement planning
With 51% of surveyed pensioners not making ends meet and 62% of job changers still not preserving their retirement savings, South Africa’s employers and business owners have a vital role to play in solving the country’s retirement savings shortfall. This is the conclusion drawn by Sanlam after analysing the results of its 2013 Sanlam Benchmark […]
When opportunity knocks, answer it
Winner of the 2011 Medium Entrepreneur of the Year® award Being results-driven, setting achievable goals and loving what you do is, according to Troy Carelse, CEO of Foaming Concepts, the secret to running a successful business. Foaming Concepts is a manufacturing company that converts a product called flexible polyurethane, which is used as a raw […]