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The 7 Things Every Young Black Entrepreneur Should Know, by Karabo Che Mokoape

The 7 Things Every Young Black Entrepreneur Should Know, by Karabo Che Mokoape

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The kind of structural, race-based and class-based inequality that underpins our current economic system cannot stand. It must be overturned in favour of a more just and equitable model of economic growth that is more receptive to, and inclusive of, the needs of all citizens. Change is coming. Change must come. But between here and there, black people like you and me are left to find ways to thrive in the here and now. This book hopes to help guide you on your journey, to give you the best possible chance of succeeding. It is my hope that I can help you improve the odds in your favour, even if just a little. Black man, you’re on your own. This is an essential truth.’  – Karabo Che Mokoape
 
The go-to guide for every young black entrepreneur!
 
The 7 Things Every Young Black Entrepreneur Should Know  is a practical and inspirational guidebook aimed at empowering the next generation of young black entrepreneurs. The odds of success for any entrepreneur are poor. The odds of success for young black entrepreneurs are abysmal. The aim of this book is to assist them to improve those odds. And with South Africa’s low employment levels, there has never been a better time for young black people to set off on the road to entrepreneurship.
 
All the information in this book is based on the author’s decades of experience as an entrepreneur and represents a distillation of the most important lessons he’s learnt. Readers will be empowered to understand how to leverage their strengths, minimise their weaknesses, count the true cost of success, be patient, distinguish between good and bad ideas, manage risk, raise funding wisely and build shared prosperity – all from the perspective of a young black entrepreneur.
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Loyiso Mpeta
A Must Read Indeed!

I am young (relatively speaking, lol), I am black and I relate with everything written in this masterpiece.

By the time I read this book I was already three years in the trenches, that is building my first business, an Alternative Asset Management company, from scratch. The experience I gained and the experiences I've had were like mirror reflections upon reading this book.

Building in a country with the highest global youth unemployment rate as well as the highest GINI-coefficient, a statistical measure of economic inequality in a population, is no child's play.

The reality of the matter is that very few will rise in corporate to C-suite and earn the very big bucks; most entrepreneurs are the average folk who leave corporate early or work blue collar jobs and therefore pursue entrepreneurship with a relatively limited financial arsenal.

This book is for the average folk and the average folk must read it to get a sense of unfiltered reality.

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