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Reality vs Expectation
What does starting actually feel like?
- What did you expect, and what surprised you?
- What do people romanticise about entrepreneurship?
- What does the first year really look like?
- More freedom — or less?
Upcoming live eventFree · online
Should I Take the Leap?
Thinking about starting a business? Spend 60 honest minutes with founders who've been through it — before you make the call.
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Wednesday, 15 July
13:00 SAST · 60 minutes
Free · register with your email · submit a question for the panel when you sign up.
This isn't about convincing you to start a business.
It's about helping you hear the real story, understand the trade-offs, and make a clearer decision about whether this path is right for you.
What to expect
A real conversation, live
A candid, unscripted discussion streamed live — not a lecture, not a webinar funnel.
Your questions, answered
Submit a question when you register and hear it taken on during the session.
People who’ve done it
A moderator and three founders talking honestly — the wins, the costs and the near-misses.
Clarity, not hype
You’ll leave better able to decide whether this path is right for you — starting isn’t the only good outcome.
60 minutes · four anchors
What we'll actually talk about
02
The Life Cost of Building
Can my life carry this?
- What does it really cost beyond money?
- How does it affect family and relationships?
- What support system do you truly need?
- When is ambition masking burnout?
03
The Money Before the Money
Can I afford the learning curve?
- How much runway should you realistically have?
- What costs do first-time founders underestimate?
- When should you build on the side instead?
- When is a side hustle ready to go full-time?
04
The Leap Decision
Start, test, pause or rethink?
- What are the signs you may be ready?
- What are the signs you should wait?
- What should you test before committing?
- How do you separate fear from a real warning sign?
5 min
Welcome & Framing
10 min
Reality vs Expectation
15 min
The Life Cost of Building
15 min
The Money Before the Money
10 min
The Leap Decision
5 min
Closing Reflections
Who's in the conversation
One moderator. Three founders who've been through it.
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Moderator
Keeps it honest and on the real questions.
1
Founder · scaled & exited
Built it, sold it — and remembers the cost.
2
Founder · still building
In the messy middle right now.
3
Founder · paused & rethought
Chose not to leap — and why that was right.
Panellists confirmed closer to the date.
After you attend
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Upcoming live event
Should I Take the Leap?
Wednesday, 15 July · 13:00 SAST · 60 minutes · free