Paseka Lesolang, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

How One Man Can Change The World We Live In

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:39:46 +0000

Fellow readers it is with great delight and relief that I compose this long overdue article to let you know that the young, humble, inquisitive, enthusiastic and innovative visionary that was on the quest to raise US$10000, in order to attend the Third Annual Unreasonable Institute, has made it. We take this opportunity to appreciate [...]

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Let’s do it for the youth, for our country, for Afrika

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:57:59 +0000

Another year has come and gone, a new one awaits us. Trusting that it will be full of prosperity and everything else that you are anticipating. Behold, I bring to you an entrepreneur that has hit the road running and in request for your push in the right direction. About to put South Africa on [...]

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The Influence of the Media

Paseka Lesolang — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:27:22 +0000

Over the last few years there has been a much greater media interest in entrepreneurship with television programmes such as The Mind of a Millionaire as well as more newspaper stories and features on business success. These stories often focus on get-rich-quick schemes and people are often portrayed as overnight successes. This is painting an [...]

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Customer for Life

Paseka Lesolang — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:18:49 +0000

And now for a practical lesson to entrepreneurship – our good fight. The TACTIC: Get an IOU for everything you do. The STORY: “I’m sick and tired of running around doing favour after favour for my clients,” stated Kagiso as he sat eating lunch with Kabelo. She looked up and asked, “What do you mean?” [...]

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Entrepreneurship vs self-employment

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:50:16 +0000

Why policymakers must separate programs for entrepreneurship and self-employment By Daniel Isenberg Posted: 1 April 2011 – 3:19pm In the 1970s the economist E. F. Schumacher set the scene for environmental sustainability with Small is Beautiful. But small is not beautiful for entrepreneurs: small is a stigma. Small connotes self-employment and stagnation, which is not [...]

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A Business man Father to Son: Letter No. 5

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:57:53 +0000

Dear Young Money Readers It is noted that we are entrepreneurs of various economic sectors, genres and progress levels. Giving an economic report etc. might not be the best of reading to some, as one can do so from a Business Day, Mail & Guardian and other reputable publications of one’s desire. Thus, I try [...]

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Interview with Mr. Knox

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:40:01 +0000

Founder of Knox Revolution BIKOnscious – Home of Dreadlox Empire: Salon chain stores 1> Individual & Business BACKGROUND Born in 1976 in Meadowlands, Zone 3, SOWETO, JHB. I am a third and last born in the family and have an older sister and an older brother. My mother married and separated with my father when [...]

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Marketing Plan 101

Paseka Lesolang — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:12:44 +0000

As an interjection to the letters of a business man to his son, I thought I should rekindle your proactivity with the bellow. It is vital to learn from the best in order to be the best, however, with the same breath; one of the leading business success secrets is to ‘mind your own business’. [...]

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A Business man Father to Son: Letter No. 4

Paseka Lesolang — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:51:55 +0000

PLOT: Letter from John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York. Mr. Pierrepont has suggested the grand tour as a proper finish to his education.. June 25, 1890 Dear Pierrepont: Your request in the letter is as clichéd as a puppy chasing its tail; [...]

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A Business man Father to Son: Letter No. 3

Paseka Lesolang — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:48:45 +0000

PLOT: Letter from John Graham, at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University. Mr. Pierrepont finds Cambridge to his liking, and has suggested that he take a post-graduate course to fill up some gaps which he has found in his education. June 1, 1890 Dear Pierrepont: No, I can’t [...]

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