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1-3 years, 30s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Coach/NLP, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Search stories by country, South Africa

June 2014

Becoming a Career Lifestyle Coach

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Nelize-profile.-FB.jpg”] Nelize found so much joy in guiding students and graduates to success in the working world that she went on to create Shift4ward – a…
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20s, 5-10 years, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Events, Industry, Search stories by country, South Africa

April 2014

Building an Events Management Company

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Profile-Pic.jpg”] Megan wanted to create an Events Management company that is both friendly, personal and professional. She’s achieved that with her business partner and has…
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1-3 years, 30s, All Stories, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Interior Design, mum entrepreneur, Search stories by country, South Africa

February 2014

Building an Interior Design Business

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/IMG_5248.jpg”] Kimberley Richmond knew that the only way to fill the void in her spirit was to give her dream of being an interior designer…
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10+ years, 30s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Duration of Business, Events, Food & Catering, General, Had Children and Started a Business, Industry, mum entrepreneur, Search stories by country, South Africa

January 2014

Building an Events and Projects Management Business

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/WENDY-MPENDULO.jpg”] Wendy Mpendulo started out selling sandwiches to customers in their offices in order to support herself and her child. Today she has an events and…
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30s, 5-10 years, All Stories, Amazing Woman, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Creating jobs for others, Duration of Business, Industry, Locksmith, mum entrepreneur, Quit Their Job to Start a Business, Search stories by country, South Africa, Taking Early Retirement to Start a Business

September 2013

“I want people to see my smile through the phone”

This story is about… Name: Maritsa Gouws Location: South Africa Company: Lock and Key Solutions Industry: Locksmith [hr] What motivated you to start your business? My husband started Lock…
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40s, All Stories, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, South Africa

March 2012

I don’t believe that your circumstances dictate the outcome, but your choices do.

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your business… I am 40 years old and a single mom to Tamsyn aged 19 and Alana aged…
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20s, 20s, All Stories, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Hobby to business, Search stories by age, Search stories by country, South Africa

February 2012

Turning a Hobby into a Business

Tell us about your business… I teach arts and crafts and make handmade gifts that I sell over the internet. What is a day in the…
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