Entrepreneurship is like racing yachts
Running a big established business can be compared to the 100m dash. Few variables, the course is completely predictable, and at the end of the day the strongest/fastest man wins.
Entrepreneurs chart their own course
Some businesses can be compared to the 100m dash. Very few variables, the course is completely predictable, and at the end of the day the strongest/fastest man wins.
Entrepreneurship is like Test cricket
Step one: Don’t lose Rule one in Test cricket: Make sure you can’t lose. When you’re sure you can’t lose, then you go for the win.
Entrepreneurs are like rock climbers
Malan Joubert once compared startup life to rock-climbing. One day you find yourself climbing a vertical sheer cliff face when, suddenly, you panic. You can’t move forward,
Entrepreneurs listen to the farmer
Farmers know you should always put a red light in the chicken coop. But what do farmers know… I recently put our baby chickens in a coop with a white light.
Entrepreneurs are like mountainbikers
You have two choices when you go down a hill at top speed. Be fearless and have a 50% chance of falling off your bike. Be fearful and
7 lessons learnt from chickens
Never underestimate how many animals prey on chickens. Goshawks, mongooses (mongeese?), Cape otters, dogs, cats, caracals, snakes, badgers. They’re out there and they’re hungry for chicken protein. Don’t just
Sometimes business is like flying a plane
Imagine you’re flying a plane and the engine stalls. You start slowly losing altitude, with no landing spot in sight and a mountain in the distance you know you are