Jan Pretorius

Background

About Jan Pretorius

The unemployment rate in our country is a bloodbath, reaching an all-time high of 46,6% i.e. over 12,5 million people sitting without a job or given up looking for a job. Our youth, more specifically aged 15 to 24 are in a worse crisis with unemployment sitting at 66,6%. How do we solve this, because it is not getting better and every quarter, the stats just get worse. At the School of Entrepreneurship, we believe the answer lies in entrepreneurship and boosting it among our unemployed, youth and our population as a whole. Our purpose is to develop new entrepreneurs in the next 5 years who are capable of starting sustainable and profitable businesses that create jobs and reduce unemployment. Coupled with this purpose is our desire to ensure that our existing entrepreneurs do not fail. How do we do this? With our online International Entrepreneurship Mastery Programme 3.0 (iEMP 3.0) we help our students start their own physical or online businesses thereby ensuring that they become part of our employment solution rather than landing up in the unemployment cue. We are also creating opportunities for these students to remain in their communities (which is a massive challenge these communities face) by starting businesses working online from home or creating a business in their local community and towns. Our programme (iEMP 3.0) runs over 1 year plus the 2nd year mentoring as well as lifetime access to our community of past and present students and encompasses over 30+ key areas of modern entrepreneurship with daily lectures delivered by specialist coaches who are accomplished entrepreneurs in their own right and in their various areas of expertise. Details of the programme and a full breakdown can be found on our website If you have a similar purpose or you are simply interested in assisting us, please reach out to me and lets explore how we can collaborate. P.S. We also have an Ambassador programme where we will pay you to help us spread the word and change the narrative in terms of entrepreneurship. Please connect with me if you believe you can help us reach these future entrepreneurs, be they existing entrepreneurs, graduates, school leavers, university dropouts or existing entrepreneurs.