I adore entrepreneurs. For the guts it takes to risk your livelihood on a great idea. For the fact that life rewards these brave beings with the fastest, grittiest schooling and gruelling tests to prove commitment. For the fact that entrepreneurs always get in over their heads if the idea is big enough, worthy enough.
The guarantees that come with choosing this path are, being screwed over at some point, emptying your bank accounts at others, and taking an ego hammering from critics and the market.. among other exciting challenges. But those who make it out the other side are ALIVE and interesting and add value to the world and get rewarded accordingly.
In South Africa we have a pitifully small percentage of people with the guts to dare to be an entrepreneur – don’t believe me? check here
Henk Kleynhans is one of those who is rocking the game with style. Not because 
he hasn’t had his fair share of scary and absurd obstacles, legal, financial, logistical. But he keeps proving that if you play the game with clean hands, have good taste in problems and gather a strong network of mentors and fellow maniacs.. the gods will finally smile broadly on you.
Henk has won numerous awards for his company, Skyrove. It launched in 2005 as the world’s first prepaid wireless hotspot service. And he doesn’t just keep the business all to himself – he enables others who want to run their own businesses to get started easily in this HUGELY promising industry >> Go check out Skyrove’s opportunities for entrepreneurs (a little residual income never hurts)
I’m so excited to watch where Henk is going to go next, especially after the very healthy injection of venture capital from Lingham Capital (good job Vinny!)
Henk is an asset to the tech industry in South Africa, particularly for the young entrepreneurs who need to know how the hell to deal with the challenges that we all undoubtedly face starting our own businesses. Get to know him and link in before he goes stratospheric.
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June 26th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
I am pleased, proud and privileged to know that oke. I’d say, on a scale on 1 to 10, he’s a lanks good oke.
June 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Congrats Henk! I am so proud of you.
June 27th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Henk, jy het jou Oupa se durf, deernis en deursettingsvermoe ge-erf. Ek is so trots op jou.
June 27th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Henk spoke @ our monthly Internet Entrepreneur meetup, the Coffee Club, @ the Extreme Hotel last week, and in a few minutes imparted a number of gems of wisdom, and also impressed me with his passion and commitment to his business.
I’m stoked to see this article.
Well written Max, well done Henk, and nice to see your name appearing again Vin (it’s been about 30 minutes since I last saw you mentioned!!!)
June 27th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Go Henk!
June 28th, 2007 at 7:18 am
WELGEDAAN MY KIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
The ‘check here’ link at the end of the third paragraph gives a bit too much link love (as it returns the daring clicker to this post).
The last part of the link is what you need: http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/gsbwebb/userfiles/GEMSouthAfrica2006.pdf
Thanks Max & to Henk: keep rocking!
May 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am
The world needs more Henk Kleynhans! Relentless determination, imagination, the ability to get up again and again and believe.
Linden
January 29th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Hi buddy I am Henk Kleynhans too from SouthAfrica A fire figter livung live on edge for tghe past 20 years. partamedic and fire fightrer saving lives as I go along
December 27th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I can just say that’s the way to go!