Republic Journal

This is the 2nd of a 5-part Financial Literacy series where we will discuss trending topics within the entrepreneurial space.

In my previous blog, I wrote that “There are endless moving parts when running a small business, and an equally exhaustive list of assumptions and technicalities that have the ability to fly under the radar without due guidance”. In the midst of those analyses and fluctuations, a key question every owner must ask themselves is - how liquid is my business? Or, even more pertinent - how do I manage and maintain a positive cash flow?

This is the 1st of a 5-part financial literacy series where we’ll discuss trending topics of interest to entrepreneurs.

Culture is all about our beliefs, values and behaviour. Social good is all about creating positive social impacts. Surely, when the two meet, a society can benefit.

We left off our last discussion saying that 2019 would be a make or break year for the entrepreneur; calling for an “all hands on deck” mentality from outside parties to become more involved in the creation of a truly empowered, stronger, and more viable entrepreneurial class.

As citizens of a small open economy, that imports the bulk of what it consumes, we can certainly appreciate the need to have foreign currency on hand to pay for those goods and services.

Recently, I was taking an afternoon stroll, it was one of those breezy, golden February days and as I walked past a park with children playing cricket, football and climbing on a jungle gym, I thought of Sheryl Sandberg’s innovative analogy on career growth. As former VP of Google and Facebook COO since 2008, she spoke in her somewhat controversial bestseller, ‘Lean In’, of the jungle gym as a metaphor for career progression.