Cover Story : Entrepreneur Magazine – July 2009

I’m honoured to be this month’s cover story in Entrepreneur Magazine (SA). Many thanks to Juliet Pitman for the great write-up. It also gave me the perfect opportunity to test out Scribd – which is an amazing service that allows you to share PDF’s and other documents. Here is the article below, using Scribd to display it:

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  1. william kasel Says:
    July 7, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    Congrats vinny. I knew this was bound to happen one of these days.

  2. Andy Beal Says:
    July 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Congrats Vinny!

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    July 8, 2009 at 6:44 am

    Great, congrats :)

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    July 8, 2009 at 8:22 am

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    July 8, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    Congratulations!!

    That was an extremely inspiring story. It shows that hard work really does pay off. You create your own luck through the work that you put in.

    I am currently entering my sophomore year in college and have entrepreneurial dreams. I have started my first endeavor and truly understand the importance of starting young. Thank you for the encouraging post.

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    July 8, 2009 at 8:23 pm

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    July 9, 2009 at 7:10 am

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    July 9, 2009 at 11:43 am

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    July 9, 2009 at 7:07 pm

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    July 13, 2009 at 1:17 am

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    July 14, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Wow, that is really a big honor. Congratulations on getting on the cover of Entrepreneur… this is just more proof that you really can do anything you set your mind to.

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    July 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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    July 15, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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    "I’m honoured to be this month’s cover story in Entrepreneur Magazine (SA). Many thanks to Juliet Pitman for the great write-up. It also gave me the perfect opportunity to test out Scribd – which is an amazing service that allows you to share PDF’s and other documents."

    Congratulations! Your story would really inspire the thousands or millions of those who stumble upon your story. I hope you continue to be an inspiration to many.

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    July 17, 2009 at 1:47 am

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    July 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm

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    “I’m honoured to be this month’s cover story in Entrepreneur Magazine (SA).”

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    July 22, 2009 at 7:32 am

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    July 22, 2009 at 9:19 am

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    July 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm

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    July 23, 2009 at 3:42 am

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    July 26, 2009 at 8:31 am

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    August 3, 2009 at 11:44 am

    WOW, not only have you made it against all odds up to now (and I hope you keep beating the odds again and again) but to top it all of, you go out and land the cover of a magazine.
    WOW is really all anyone can say and congratulate you with.

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    Keep the great posts coming and good luck

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    August 5, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Congrats – Good to see someone moving forward rather than just tried to Survive!

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    August 5, 2009 at 3:20 pm

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    August 9, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Ok, so two great things in one! Nice article there, and thanks for sharing about Scribd, I had never heard of it before.

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    November 20, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Congrats…what an honor. I’ve been reading Entrepreneur for years.

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    December 3, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    My goal is to be seen in the pages of Entrepreneur myself. Because of your hard work and determination, you reached that milestone, and by emulating your success (and the hard work that got you there) I have the same ability to succeed as you!

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  72. Robert Geczi Says:
    December 5, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    I’ve got some catching up to do. I also want to be on that magazine. ;)

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    December 13, 2009 at 7:28 pm

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