Women Entrepreneurs

Success isn’t about perfection. It’s about rising again and again,  and that’s where women shine. In a powerful conversation on the Big Success Podcast, Terry Fossum reminded us of a truth women in business often feel but rarely say out [...]

https://youtu.be/ftdk1M21aH0 Have you ever felt like you needed to adopt a more masculine approach to get ahead in the business world? It's a sentiment many women share, and it's rooted in truth—after all, the workplace was historically designed and [...]

https://youtu.be/1DBR4w73A_A I'm thrilled to share a piece of my story with you, a tale that I hope will resonate with many of you, as it's a journey through life's struggles and triumphs—a narrative I believe is not unique to [...]

Good morning, beautiful souls and aspiring change-makers. As you sip your morning coffee and scroll through your daily reads, I invite you to join me on a journey—a tale of transformation that has taken me from the structured corridors of [...]

As we journey through life, we often hear about the infamous "midlife crisis." But what if I told you that midlife is not a crisis, but rather a chrysalis—a time of transformation and opportunity? It's time to debunk the myths [...]

What a difference a year can make! One year ago, my family and I were just getting back to ‘normal’ after COVID-19. Then the riots in certain areas of South Africa occurred. This knocked our confidence and our security and [...]

A 2021/2022 report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that women displayed 20% less confidence when it came to their ability to start a business vs their male counterparts. What caused this? Perhaps it was the Covid climate that was [...]

The number of women entrepreneurs is on the rise. Many of these women are struggling to survive in the business environment given the unique challenges they face. In my experience as a Business Coach, many women-owned businesses are not given the [...]

The month of August sees us celebrating Women’s Month and it is in this context that I want to provide some focus on the important role that women play in the business world and society. According to the Global Entrepreneurship [...]

It's no secret that women have had to fight harder than men to become a legitimate presence in virtually every aspect of business. Thankfully, the gender gap is slowly shrinking on the corporate side, with more female executives in the [...]

When it comes to living our best lives, it is obvious that we need a stable economy that provides work and economic opportunity for all South Africans. In order to add value, the needs which are to be served have [...]

Every year, in August, South Africa celebrates Women’s Month. We pay tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. It [...]

August is Women’s Month. We just celebrated Women's Day this past Monday – this day is dedicated and mainly designed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and to create awareness for women’s rights and gender [...]

I remember as a teenager, watching my mother going about the house doing her chores and thinking to myself, “I would love to be happily married, have children, and run a home one day but I would also like to [...]

It may seem a little obtuse; a man writing a blog post advising women entrepreneurs on how to thrive, but after spending more than a decade interacting with female entrepreneurs across South Africa, these are my findings on the areas [...]