Sipho Hlophe

Johannesburg Area, South Africa South Africa

Entrepreneurship Consultant to Legal Practice Owners, Author "Startup Essentials for Professional Services" upcoming

I've been an entrepreneur for the rest of my life. Before I could even talk, I was behind the counter in my grandfather's grocery shop. Formally, I've been an entrepreneur for over 14 years now. To achieve my financial goals, naturally, entrepreneurship was my vehicle of choice. In 2002, I established 3SP Technologies, an IT company that offered infrastructure, web development and IT project management solutions to both SMEs and public institutions and ran it successfully for over 8 years. When pressure on margins, competition, vertical integration and corruption in IT started to increase, I decided to pursue pure entrepreneurship. That meant being as good as the best in whatever indus...