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We Failed to Do Business with David Goggins and Grant Cardone — Now We’re Building iZwily.com, a Marketplace + ERP for Book Publishing and Retail
I got into book publishing through a few small mistakes in 2016–2018, and I can’t believe that today I’m preparing to build a book publishing and retail startup: iZwily.com (formerly VentureBooks OS). First, some context that will make the rest of this story make sense: I’m based in South Africa.
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Is ESD a Scam? Over-Mentored, Under-Funded: Entrepreneurs Say It’s an Industrial Complex That Uses Them as Bait – Feeding Corporate Staff and Consultants, Leaving Only Crumbs | First Principle Solutions
Some of the ideas will feature in my upcoming economics book, Robust Manifesto Nation. “Entrepreneurs are heroes in our society. They fail for the rest of us.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Skin in the Game) – – – I recently shared a LinkedIn post by someone criticizing the Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) system –…
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Book | Robust Manifesto Nation
How do we make a nation truly robust—yours or mine—for the betterment of all, in the realest, most dynamic way possible? Robust Manifesto Nation is a collection of what I call robust-dynamic-ideas—not theories, not ideologies, but practical principles that can help nations live in this complex, unpredictable world. This is a book that kills fragile…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Ready to Connect 5000 Rural Schools in South Africa — But ICASA, Not BEE, Is Blocking It
My book Innovate Like Elon Musk is available on this blog, Amazon and SA bookstores. If you follow tech news — or Elon Musk’s social media rants — you might have come across the claim that Starlink can’t operate in South Africa because of “racist laws.” He once said, “Starlink can’t get a license to…
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BEE (BBBEE) Made Simple: What It Is, Who Needs It, and How the Scoreboard Actually Works
Apartheid wasn’t just racism. It was economic warfare. It was a mix of genocidal tendencies and structural slavery — just without the whips and cotton fields of the American South.
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Ramaphosa Channels Ubuntu Stoicism in Response to President Trump’s White Genocide Claims
President Ramaphosa, during this week’s media engagement with President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office, displayed the quiet strength that defines Ubuntu Stoicism.
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Africa Eats – The Best and Most Innovative Venture Growth Fund Model for Africa Recently
First, congratulations to Africa Eats on its listing on the Mauritius Stock Exchange. Since last year, my co-founder and I have been researching the best model for our book publishing and AI fund underway. We are exploring the choice between a venture capital company and a Permanent Capital Vehicle (PCV), but we are leaning towards…
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Defending Ubuntu: A Philosophy of Kindness, Not Political Manipulation | Introducing Ubuntu Stoicism book
Introducing Ubuntu Stoicism book is available at Amazon, my webstore (SA only), Takelot.com, Bargain Books and Exclusive. – – – Talking about Ubuntu — I heard Ernst Roets on Tucker Carlson’s Show trying to tarnish the word Ubuntu for his political denigration game. Let me show you what Ubuntu is and is not. I wrote a book called…
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Book | Future of Township Economies
Available at, my webstore (South Africa), Takelot.com, Bargain Books and Exclusive. HOW DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF TOWNSHIP ECONOMIES? In the early ’90s, the rise of the internet revolutionized industries—making internet banking, online dating, online gambling, and social media possible.Today, in 2025, we have AI, 3D printing, and advanced digital tools. How will these emerging technologies transform…
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Amapiano Will Live for Years Because It’s Like Ragga and the Internet — and Where It Originates
South Africans have the best dancing rhythm of any country in the world. We are the best. If you disagree, show me which country beats us. All our tribes — Pedi, Zulu, Tswana, Xhosa, Tsonga, Venda, Sotho, Ndebele, Swazi — contribute to this point. Even the Afrikaners will get there eventually, either by force or…
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Innovation Design Model: For Companies, Product Managers, Students, Educators, and Entrepreneurs
I hope you’re doing well today/tonight. I’d love to share a model I developed some time ago with Startup Picnic Academy. Over the years, we’ve successfully trained companies, product managers, students, educators, and entrepreneurs using this approach. The IDM is a simple, fast, and comprehensive framework for navigating innovation. It brings together the EBC Business…
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Teaching Innovation Design: A Guide for Educators: THE INNOVATION DESIGN MODEL
Download the Innovation Design Model and its explanation here. Are you looking for a simple and engaging way to teach your students about innovation and entrepreneurship? The Innovation Design Model is a straightforward yet powerful tool to help your learners think creatively and practically about solving problems, developing new ideas, or improving existing ones. Here’s…