[PODCAST INTERVIEW] with Mashudu Modau | Entrepreneurship | Bulelani Balabala

Mashudu Modau is an influential voice in the small business community. As founder of Founders Sauce and podcast host at Lutcha – and Community Partnerships Manager at Yoco – he connects people and builds platforms to help African entrepreneurs grow.

Mashudu was born in Soweto in the early 90s, and was raised by his mother and three aunts. Although he never enjoyed school, he nevertheless explored his passion for making a social impact, launching “Big Sister, Big Brother” – a project aimed at encouraging matric students to mentor grade eights. Even at this stage, he was asking himself: “Why do I have to just accept things as they are? What can I do to find a better solution?”

At university, he began to feel restless and boxed in by his studies so he launched Paper Share: an online platform where South African students could download past exam papers for free. This experience introduced him to the entrepreneurship ecosystem, where he got to engage with incubators and accelerators to test and fine-tune his concepts. Although massively enriching, he found that existing workshops did not address the variety of needs of vastly different new businesses. He knew there had to be a better way.

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