Category: Starting a Business

  • Coworking in Africa

    Coworking in Africa

    Advice to young African entrepreneurs just starting out, use a grassroots approach. Don’t market. Don’t put a single ad in a magazine. Never turn to Craigslist. Instead, look for a comfortable space with smart, like-minded people who aren’t employed by the same company. Look for a place where everyone can collaborate with one another to…

  • CoWork Space

    CoWork Space

    Entrepreneurs search for change, respond to it, and exploits the opportunity. Entrepreneurs make new chances. That’s the difference. It’s up to you to educate yourself. It’s up to you to learn speaking skills and people skills. It’s up to you to try (and usually fail, but to try again) all sorts of ventures. The rest…

  • Starting a Business From Your Home Office Can Have Tax Benefits

    Editor’s Green Notepad: Go green at work in your home business office by following a few pointers: use earth-friendly cleaning supplies, buying used furniture, go paperless, buy green office supplies, turn off the lights and electronics when out of the office, get a plant and grow it inside your home office and support vendors that…