One of my favourite questions to ask anyone who we are scouting to be an independent non-exec director of The People’s Fund is:
“You have the exact same goods, same price, sold by two different companies.
Company A, is 100% black owned, imports its goods from China.
Company B, is 100% white owned, manufacturers it’s goods in South Africa.
The question: philosophically, who do you buy from, and why?”
Continue reading The Unintended Consequence of Performative TransformationTendering in South Africa can be quite lucrative for individual freelancer contractors, small businesses and independent entrepreneurs. This is what makes the space particularly attractive for scammers. We’ve been playing in this space for the past 3 years and as a result, we’ve come across a couple of scam orders and tactics. Here are a few things you can look out for in order to protect yourself from the forms of financial exploitation AKA “scamming”.
Continue reading The Official TPF Guide To Avoiding ScammersUsually when people get high, they retell stories of experiencing God, seeing the world in animated form, experiencing healing or staring death in the face. But this particular high birthed a company that is now revolutionizing how entrepreneurs access finance.
Continue reading The Psychedelic High That Birthed a Funding Revolution
