This story appeared in the December 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Tennis trained her to be a one-woman, hyper-focused, do-it-all-yourself machine. But as she’s discovering, entrepreneurship requires more balance. Venus Williams sits in a conference room, surrounded by branding executives and healthy snacks. And the room is starting to get a little chatty. People aren’t focusing on the […]
How Richard Rawlings Hustled His Way Into the TV Show ‘Fast N’ Loud,’ Then Used It to Build a Multimillion-Dollar Brand In the six years since ‘Fast N’ Loud’ first aired, Richard Rawlings has turned Gas Monkey into a multimillion-dollar brand. The 49-year-old reality TV star and global branding impresario is giving me a tour […]
FNB has made it easier for unbanked South African consumers to open a bank account with the launch of eWallet eXtra, a mobile service. The service, which is scheduled for launch in June, will enable consumers to open a bank account without ever having to walk into a branch and without having to submit any […]
Traditional banking in Africa has failed – 80% of the continent’s 1.2 billion people do not have a bank account or access to formal financial services. So mobiles and web-based services are stepping in to fill the gap. But there is much more to Africa’s financial services story than M-Pesa, the wildly successful mobile banking […]
Buying a piece of art has long been considered an investment, of time as well as money, requiring visits to galleries and trips to auction houses. But technology is changing the way we interact with, buy, and sell art. And artists are adapting their creative processes to suit a changing landscape. “There’s never been […]
Most budding entrepreneurs cite lack of funding for their ventures as the biggest stumbling block to being business-owners. Fortunately, venture capitalists and private equity investors are at hand to assist and walk side by side with entrepreneurs as they grow their businesses. Venture capital (VC) is finance that is provided by investors to small, early-stage […]
Get ready Lord of the Rings fans: Amazon has picked up the rights to turn the popular books into a television series. The series is already slated to go at least five seasons, and it won’t be cheap: Amazon expects to spend at least $1 billion on its production. That price tag will make it the most expensive TV […]
Why does the rich keep getting richer when everyone else seems to be plummeting into a financial black hole? Is it an inevitable destiny that you just have to accept and learn to live with? Not quite. 1. Not Investing in Yourself The most profitable investment you can make in life is investing in yourself. […]
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