Success is a process in which a lot of hard work is required. This becomes evident in the entrepreneurial journey of Lerato Dontache, who started her journey at an early age. “After acquiring my diploma i landed a job at a brokerage firm for two years where i worked on client accounts. Lerato left this job, and with a partner started a business called Nqaluv Insurance brokers. Six months into the business Lerato experienced her first business start-up failure.
This failure did not stop her from continuing with her dream and journey into entrepreneurship. A month later after her failure, at age 21 she and the same business partner put all their savings into establishing the second entrepreneurial venture Nxatel. Nine years later the company has grown in leaps and bounds, with national clientele and coverage.
With challenges and lessons experienced in her entrepreneurial journey, Lerato says “I was inspired to create an entrepreneurial networking platform”. That’s when she the founded the Thriving Network, a resource platform in which entrepreneurs can connect, learn and be inspired by established entrepreneurs.
This new venture came as an extension of her love for entrepreneurial mentorship. Thus on the platform entrepreneurs and aspirants are able to interact creating a network where entrepreneurs can meet, network, collaborate, learn, find a co-founder or mentor and get access to funding.
The experience in the network has become even better; entrepreneurs can now do this through the Thriving Network App which makes these interactions better because you can be mentored on the go.