Swart Donkey

When I “stopped working” in 2014, I had ideas for projects I wanted to work on. What I meant by not working, was not working *for money*.  I...

Not all good ideas are good business ideas. Not all good business ideas are good ideas. Because our lives revolve around earning ability, an...

There are a limited number of jobs. There are a limited number of employers. Many of the jobs that people currently do are being mechanise...

Financial Yoga recognises that not all ideas are good business ideas. You can’t always define yourself in the way you truly want to if you...

Investing isn’t betting. It is true that you can trade anything with a number and a pulse. It doesn’t matter what thing is behind the numbe...

A lot of businesses start with a form of nepotism which could also just be called pragmatism. Friends or family who trust each other, and h...

We overvalue the conspicuous, and things we can count. We undervalue the internal, and things for which there is no market. The caring pro...

Money makes money. Only because, usually, you need resources to solve problems. The point where the money is made is in the problem solvin...

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit” (Harry Truman). Much of the creation of a business is in the...

Not all good ideas are good business ideas. Not all good business ideas are good ideas. One rule of thumb to separate good ideas from good...

Money is made in containers. We spread the story that Entrepreneurs need to think outside the box. To generate excitement. The reality is ...

Equity is a slice of ownership in a real underlying business. An Equity Analyst studies what that business does to determine their view of...

Money changes hands when a problem is solved. That problem may be a service or an absent/present thing, but it boils down to problem-solvi...

The Stock Market democratizes business. A stock is a slice of ownership of a larger business, along with voting rights. Corporate Governanc...

“What do you want to be?” makes the cart the boss of the horse. In a dynamic world, we have moved beyond job defined identities. All busine...

There are good ideas, and there are good business ideas. Some are both, some are one, and some are neither. The more you accept what it tak...

Adam Smith favoured local market exchanges because of Tacit Knowledge. Explaining our needs and wants is difficult. Conveying that informat...

Not all good ideas are good business ideas. That is why it is a thing of beauty that we can separate our Capital and Labour. Capital can li...

" What do you want to be when you grow up? " is an old question for a time when there was a set menu. In a more flexible world, a...

Sometimes knowing less than everyone else is an advantage.  I studied Business Science at the university. Like most of the people around me...