Like many of you reading this, I wanted to make a lot of money. But I'm not special, so I knew the only way was to start my own business. So at 19 I started Rex Web. Before that I tried a few other businesses. All of them failed.
Web design was the one that stuck. I got my first client within a week of starting. But I kept running into the same problem over and over. South African businesses either had no website at all, or they had one that looked like sh*t. Meanwhile other agencies were charging 20 times what I charged for websites that weren't even that good.
That's when it clicked. My websites are pretty good, and business owners will pay for a quality website if it actually helps their business. So that's what I focus on. Quality websites that make businesses money and kick ass.
My goal is to help over 1,000 South African businesses. Because when a business wins, that's a family that gets to eat.