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Small town hit by outlaws and bandits but it’s nothing compared to how a crooked bean counter can destroy your business

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Copyright Rayne Bradshaw 2015

Businesses in the town of Harrismith, Free State, was hit by a spate of robberies, burglaries and armed robberies the last time I visited there. The Harrismith Chronicle listed just the businesses that they knew had been hit. Many other crimes are not reported.

It must be very difficult to do business in this small town with criminals having a free hand to target whom they want. It reminds me of the lawless towns in the Wild West in America. Continue reading “Small town hit by outlaws and bandits but it’s nothing compared to how a crooked bean counter can destroy your business”

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Entrepreneur was forced to learn this lesson the hard way

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An entrepreneur mentioned the other day how her first business venture at the age of 24 hit the rocks because she had brought the wrong people on board into the business. These were people that she trusted but they turned out to be crooked. It’s a business lesson she had to learn the hard way.

Why is it so that we first have to learn business lessons by getting our heads smashed before we can move on? Perhaps it’s because we are naïvely trusting of other people. Look what nearly happened to Little Red Riding Good when she put her trust in a stranger. She nearly got eaten up alive. Although mistrust of other people iss bred into us at an early age we often have to learn the lesson for ourselves before we pass through the first gate of learning entrepreneurial ropes. Continue reading “Entrepreneur was forced to learn this lesson the hard way”