By Calvin Manika MOST of the Central Business Districts (CBDs) in Zimbabwean towns are gradually infiltrated by small to medium enterprises (SMEs) selling groceries, second hand clothing and kitchen utensils. The same pattern is increasing in the high-density suburbs with tuck shops, barbers, and restaurants mushrooming in most streets. Even
By Simba Mswaka Y-Combinator is the premier accelerator for startups in the world and they have an alumni that reads of the who’s who of startups. Alumni include Air BnB and behemoths like Stripe and Paystack of Nigeria. Y-Combinator has two annual batches of startups that they work with annually
By Beatrice Moyo EMBARKING on the journey of being an entrepreneur and setting up a start-up or “side hustle” venture in Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a lucrative option for most individuals, due to the inadequacy of the remuneration in the formal employment. Many tend to commence business ventures before legal
By Simba Mswaka START-UPS are generally afraid of having their ideas stolen and some of them keep things as close to their chest as possible even as the world and information have become more democratised. Ideas come a dime a dozen therefore, building in secrecy does not necessarily mean you
By Simba Mswaka By Simba Mswaka SILICON Valley is the bastion of big tech and is the West Coast equivalent of Wall Street. Millionaires and ubiquitous businesses are being created in that ecosystem on an annual basis. There are very few places as productive for innovation on God’s green earth
History has it that some of the greatest brands were built in the midst of a crisis. Entrepreneurs by nature are problem solvers, problems emanate from crises and in the midst of these crises that’s the right time to rise and build a strong brand that will survive in the
By Munyaradzi Zindi Chikomba You Are The Engine Of The Business Model As a founder you are the engine of the business and everything that transpires in the company. In the formative stages you may are a solo effort trying to establish something. You will be the CEO, CFO, Manager
WHILE the country was reeling in crisis around 2006 until 2008 and hyper-inflation was at its peak, some enterprising individuals were observing and identifying gaps and saw the moment as richer ground to establish their start-ups. In the midst of economic unrest, Tinashe Mutarisi founded Nash paints in 2006 and
By Rutendo Mugadza-Mugwagwa THE more the corona virus spreads across borders, the more businesses are being urged to take charge through innovating, protecting and securing the intellectual property rights. Several Intellectual Property rights including Trademarks, Patents, Copyright and Traditional knowledge systems are some of the IP rights that are relevant
By Ndanatsiwa Tagwireyi ASPIRING entrepreneurs have been urged to start small regardless of lack of experience or enough startup capital; with excellence, mindset shift and action being cited as key ingredients that separate unique business leaders from the rest of the pack in business endeavors that guarantee the growth and