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Brett van Aswegen Joins Wonga as South African CEO

Wonga’s South African arm has undergone a change in leadership, welcoming former Lewis Group credit director Brett van Aswegen as its new CEO. Following the resignation of Kevin Hurwitz in October 2014, the Wonga brand, who offer loans online via wonga.co.za underwent an extensive search for an ambitious, experienced leader who could take the brand forward, implementing a fresh set of values including a new level of transparency for customers and heightened responsibility towards borrowers. An experienced hand Van Aswegen’s curriculum vitae certainly marks the new CEO out as a prime candidate for the role, with many anticipating an entirely…

The Idea is Just the Beginning

According to Entrepreneur, building a business takes three key steps: Validate, Pivot, and Grow. Basically what they’re saying is that you need to make sure that a market actually exists for your product, you need to change the product as needed to ensure it’s as profitable as possible and then you need to market and sell that product like gangbusters. It sounds relatively simple, right? Guess what. There is more to it than that. The idea is just the beginning… Step One: Defining Your Market We’re going to assume that you already know there is a market for your product…