Sales Consultant at BUSINESS/PARTNERS Entrepreneur of the Year® - Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The original intention remains that we celebrate entrepreneurial excellence and make heroes of those who are truly successful. South Africa desperately needs more entrepreneurs and this competition helps give shape to the ideas and aspirations of those heroes of tomorrow. Those entrepreneurs that have been in business for some time might just also say: "If they can do it, I can also". Through this initiative we can step up the overall quality of our South African entrepreneurs. We can subscribe to the saying: "Success breeds success!" All of these are wonderful role models of what can be done and are all winners in their own right. However, to really honour entrepreneurs by way of an award, Entrepreneur of the Year® is the ultimate acknowledgement everyone should aspire to. The judging process is completely independent and is audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The judges represent different areas of the business community and include a representative from the education environment. The evaluation process runs through three different filtering processes, which ensure that everything is checked and rechecked to remove any human error or human preference which may creep in from time to time.