Who said you have to wait to finish varsity before you become an

entrepreneur - The birth of stoogle and the world beyond campus

Who are we and what do we do?

The Stoogle.co.za story

• 1st year students in a Leo Marquard dorm

• The Varsity Vibes era

• Rebranding and starting a business

• Growth, upsizing, hiring and cashflow

What we’re up to right now

• Stoogle Comm Serve

• Stoogle Books, Digs, Stuff

• Stoogle Tutors

• Stoogle Bursaries

• Stoogle Apply

• Stoogle Services

And if that isn’t enough…

• Agora

• Agora Technologies

• Amori

• Namou Investments

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

IDEAS? BUSINESSES?VS

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

#1: Entrepreneurs aren’t about ideas, we’re about making ideas happen

• “If you’re not reading, writing, or actively engaging with a problem,

you are not working! (Note: thinking doesn’t count!)

• ONLY DO WHAT MAKES THE BOAT GO FASTER… NOTHING

ELSE.

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

#2: MVP - that’s all you need

• You’re selling a vision, a passion. The product is almost irrelevant

• BEST TO BE FIRST THAN TO BE BEST… THEN BE BEST.

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

#3: Be a business, not a college startup

• This is not a project, and people don’t just hop on for the ride.

Take people on in the understanding that they are there for a

specific purpose.

• GET SERIOUS ABOUT DOING BUSINESS.

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

#4: Money is nothing, and everything.

• If you think you need venture capital, you’re either wrong, or your

idea is bad.

• CASHFLOW IS KING… SO MAKE CASHFLOW, NOT CAPITAL.

Painfully practical - what you really need to know

#5: Time management 101 - work 24/7.

• Work harder than anyone else, to avoid reliance on the inevitable

paycheque if you don’t.

• ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT ‘WEEKEND’ MEANS

SHOULDN’T WORK IN YOUR BUSINESS.

Where to from here?

Get from A to B

Do what takes you there, and there ONLY!

A few more things on:

• Hiring & firing

• Sales

• Google searches

• University

• Fairness

• Clubbing

• 10 000 hours

• Emails

Get involved with us

• Internship opportunities

• Email CV only, to recruiting@stoogle.co.za

• Join the conversation on Facebook Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn

• Check in at our website, www.stoogle.co.za

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