I started my first business at school at the age of 16. Since then I haven’t gone a year in my life without a business being built. Below you will find my current projects, my past exits and a list of dead startups that I tried to get off the ground but didn’t work for one reason or another.
WHAT I’M DOING NOW
YOCO
I joined Yoco because this is a business making a real impact on the African continent. By making it simple for entrepreneurs to get paid and grow their businesses – and the economy, Yoco is a place where entrepreneurs like myself are able to build products at scale and really serve fellow entrepreneurs.
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
My work focuses on helping teams think and act more like startups. For more information about my flagship keynotes and how to book me, visit my speaker page now.
IT’S NOT OVER - Podcast
It’s Not Over is a vulnerable, honest and frank podcast with people who have survived near-death business experiences.
PAST STARTUPS
Business that I co-founded and have exited.
THE SLOW FUND
The Slow Fund is a non-profit company that helps people start side hustles every day. Most people need three things to help them overcome their fear of starting: Capital, Mentorship and Education. The Slow Fund distributes funding, mentorship and education through Nic’s Online Side Hustle Academy (OSHA).
NicHarry is a style company that sells unique bamboo socks.
The business was sold in 2019.
Nic is no longer involved in this business in any way (even though his name is still attached, yeah, it’s a bit strange).
ForeFront Africa was a consultancy business that helps foreign businesses enter the African continent.
The business was sold to Imperial Holdings in 2014.
Motribe was a mobile social network builder enabling anyone with a mobile device to build their own private social network.
The business was sold to Mxit in 2012.
Nudjit was a gadget and technology review site.
The site was sold to Avusa in 2008.
DEADPOOL
Business that didn’t make it.
BOOKSUM.CO
BookSum is a service helping authors to promote their books on social media platforms.
SLOW HUSTLE
Slow Hustle is an online community helping people start side hustles. Join the online course, live coaching sessions or read the books and content that can help you overcome your objections, fears and failings and get that side hustle going!
THE CURIOUS CULT PODCAST
The Curious Cult Show was a COVID lockdown podcast.
It’s a place where I was able to talk to the most interesting people in the world about what makes them curious, why they start things and how they choose to live their lives. Guests include The co-founder of Starbucks, the founder of Electronic Arts, the founder of Moz.com, the co-founder of Onfido, incredible global best-selling authors, a Ferrari racing driver, startups founders, trail runners and many, many more!
Remote Keynote was digital platform for keynote speakers and remote teams to connect. The project was launched within 3 weeks of lockdown to help speakers book virtual speaking gigs. The world moved faster than we did and speakers began booking virtual events without the need for a platform to assist them.
SA Rocks was a popular blog that posted content every day for 6 years promoting South Africa.
Digspot was a social network build in 2006 for students around the world who lived in digs.
Studentwire was a news website launched in 2004 that gathered news from various university campuses around South Africa and aggregated the content into a digestible resource for students around the country. On fundemental failing was misunderstanding what students in 2004 cared about. It was not news.
Thus Far was a pop-rock band that was founded in 2003 and ended in 2005 after the band decided to settle into their “professional” careers.