After much success founding WooThemes, Adii Pienaar is paying it forward with other like minded entrepreneurs with his new much anticipated venture, PublicBeta.
PublicBeta, which is sponsoring a scholarship for the fall term of our Lean Product Development course, will bring a community of well regarded and already successful entrepreneurs (Hiten Shah, Chris Savage,Spencer Fry) together to teach and mentor others with their venture.
Already, Pienaar has made plans to differentiate PublicBeta from the other entrepreneurial educational networks like Mixergy, and according to him the content and advice will be much more impactful.
“PublicBeta will aim to do a proper deep-dive in teaching one technique or process in each course. I really want to make sure that members really get it down before moving on.”
Pienaar understands that most benefits of PublicBeta will come from the growth of the community and support from other budding entrepreneurs.
“I think that other entrepreneurs are the best source of that support, purely, because they too understand the ups and downs associated with building their own venture.”
Femgineer Lean Product Development course which gives other entrepreneurs the opportunity to talk with one another and receive 1-1 guidance from established instructors was one of the main attractions that led PublicBeta to become a sponsor.
“I have a huge passion for helping other entrepreneurs and I believe that entrepreneurship is one of the best ways in which we can solve most of society’s biggest problems. So, I want to help nurture a new wave of aspiring entrepreneurs that aren’t afraid to take resist and take on some of the biggest challenges we face in the world.”
Pienaar envisions the scholarship winner being someone who has a huge desire to learn and improve themselves to win.
Scholarship will be available to anyone who meets the following eligibility criteria:
Genuine financial need
Bootstrapping their business
Product idea that is in a prototype stage
Demonstrate a strong desire to attend the course
To apply for the scholarship here are the following steps:
Please fill out the scholarship application by Monday August 19th.
We will announce the scholarship winner on Friday, August 23rd.
