Starting again: Did I learn from the past? by Allon Raiz

Starting again: Did I learn from the past? by Allon Raiz

When working with entrepreneurs who are starting over again, I ask them to draw a line down the centre of a blank piece of paper and write down all the lessons they learned from their previous businesses that they will take with them into their new businesses. In one...
Cautiously Optimistic by Judy Klipin

Cautiously Optimistic by Judy Klipin

Happy September to you! Although the temperatures may make it hard to believe, Spring is here in the Southern Hemisphere. How appropriate that, as blossoms bloom, new leaves unfurl, and baby birds are born, we are starting – very tentatively – to emerge...
Starting again: I have more than last time by Allon Raiz

Starting again: I have more than last time by Allon Raiz

Over the past 20 years, I have worked with many entrepreneurs who have wanted to give up. They have been at various stages of their journeys – some just a few months in, others several years into the game. It is a common feeling, and one that many go through. In fact,...
DO spare the horses by Judy Klipin

DO spare the horses by Judy Klipin

Do you ever get the feeling that we are trying to rush towards some unclear, undefined and unimaginable finish line? That we have little (or no) idea about where or how to get to wherever it is we are going, but we are rushing headlong into the journey anyway? And...
DO spare the horses by Judy Klipin

Take a break by Judy Klipin

How are you bearing up in this strange and seemingly endless time? In years to come, we will look back at this period with wonder and incredulity. We will be amazed by how we were stretched and challenged by all that we have been confronted with and by. We will be in...
Get to rational quickly By Allon Raiz

Get to rational quickly By Allon Raiz

The scale of the national COVID-19 lockdown is unprecedented in living memory. The repercussions – personal, professional, national and international – will reverberate for years to come. As entrepreneurs, we need to be making the right decisions for right now to...