I had never understood the concept of " listening to your own noise" until I become an entrepreneur. It has nothing to do with dismissing the coaching, advice, and guidance from those with experience. All it means is; deep inside of you, lies the primary and sufficient resources you need, therefore, trust yourself and your ideas, as no one can do it for you. If an entrepreneur does not believe in her/himself or his/her idea. Who else can believe on her/his behalf? Listening to your own noise is to be a prisoner of your own destiny. Convicted only- by what is placed in your heart and mind. Taking out the emotional aspect of being a dreamer/entrepreneur. Listening to your own noise does not mean being big-headed, but has everything to do with being single-minded, hard-working, committed, desperate and a solid state of mind. The daily struggles of entrepreneurs are; out a hundred things that will happen to entrepreneurs in a day,  ten will be good, and ninety will be bad, but

If only I was told that, When the beast become untameable, The transition to real being and real-life began. If only I was told, When the beast sleeps day time, And keeps me awake night time, I would be awakened to social ills, political ills, ill systems, and Eventually, I will be ill. If only I was told, I would lose my friends, gain enemies I would lose my sleep, gain insomnia Lose my expression, gain depression I would lose my sanity, gain lunacy I would lose my dwelling, gain destitution I would lose my Rands, gain Cents I would lose my social standing and gain social security grant. If only I was told!!!! If only I was told, that I will question and begin to doubt My faith, government, friends, family.......... Somebody tell me! All this brought me to the real me, To my beautiful, resilient, courageous, enterprising me, I would do it again! Tell me again! I am a catalyst of change I am a game changer I am destructo

Prof Jay Mitra in a recent conference that I attended said: " Governments should be interventionist than being responsive in their efforts to support and build the SME sector" To be "interventionist or responsive" is a policy position that; the governments take to achieve or correct certain imbalances in the market. I am indifferent to either policy position. As an entrepreneur who is in the trenches for eleven years now, mine; is to reflect whether the South African Government is responding or intervening in supporting or building the SME sector? It will be unfair and misleading to say that; the South African Government is not responding or intervening in the plight of SME’s. A number of institutions were established to respond to the needs of SME’s e.g. SEDA (Small Enterprise Development Agency), LEDA (Local Economic Development Agencies), GEP (Gauteng Enterprise Propeller), ECDC (Eastern Cape Development Corporation) and many others. The establishment o