The @BigBreakLegacy Twitter Live Chat

I was so excited for a minute it felt like l was going live on air - radio or tv that is. There's a chemical in my brain that only get's released then, l love it. The challenge was typing my answers even though l had them type before the flood of questions from every one really threw me off a bit. But with all that said l had a blast, l enjoyed every minute, what a great yeast to start the year.

Here is the questions l answered on the


Penny Lebyane’s rise to the top
To paraphrase Shakespeare, "There is a tide in the affairs of women, which when taken at the flood leads to fortune..."
Success is something both men and women think about. For Penny Lebyane true success as is an overall mind body and wealth status, having a positive mind and living healthy. And she should know as the owner of Penny Lebyane Incorporated, a group of companies whose main purpose is to assist individuals, public and private sector entities communicate effectively in an ever changing business environment.

Penny Lebyane Incorporated is a black-owned and managed company driven by the desire for meaningful empowerment through harnessing of entrepreneurial synergies accompanied by the transfer of skills and expertise.

Many know her as a Radio and Television Presenter but there is much more to this dynamic woman. Penny Lebyane, who grew up in Soweto, is an inspiration and role model to many. Let’s find out what it’s like to stand in Penny Lebyane’s heels and what entrepreneurs can learn from her.

1. What ignited the spark in you to become a successful entrepreneur? What motivates you?

My Backround ignited the spark, l wanted to change it, l wanted to achieve make something out of my life because l had and still have a sense that there's more in me. what inspires me is to be in a position to encourage, share in and inspire others by just pursuing my own success.

2. Describe a day in your heels?

Morning prayer walk 1st, kids to school, meeting with my team for the foundation or website, or production commitments for Motswako. School pick ups by lunch time. After lunch a bit of administrations or business partners meetings and planning for projects l'm involved in at the time. Days differ.


3. If you had to start from the beginning again, what, if anything, would you do differently?

Run Penny as a business from day one, get the right mentors, understand what l'm selling to the tee.


4. What, in your opinion, are the top three entrepreneurial skills most needed for success?

1. Clarity - if the is a need for what u have to offer
2. Determine what is unique about what u bring in to the space.
3. Is there a need for ur service offerings


5. Who has been your greatest inspiration?

Richard Maponya and Oprah Winfrey, commitment, authenticity and reach...

6. What sacrifices have you had to make to become a successful entrepreneur?

Security of corporate career with visible benchmarks to follow to get to the top for a Purpose driven success with no guarantees.

7. Tell us more about you as a social entrepreneur and the Penny Lebyane foundation?

I see a lot of people wt ideas,products daily that they believe in trying to get them to an audience but the audience could be not receptive and it's packaged badly and mostly communicated wrong so we become a link for both. We help them tell their story with color turn their passion to purpose for profit which is why do thing in the 1st place, to make money.

The foundation is a catalyst for all of the above especially in rural settings, information is scarce, exposure is dire, self believe is non existent. We partner wt schools and communities to be a link to the big scary world out of a Village, we look at their need we create ways to meet them by selling it to Corporate and managing to process. We also be a vehicle, face and voice to Corporate to champion their involvement in those communities and simplifying what government is trying to achieve for rural development.

8. What future do you see for women entrepreneurs in South Africa?

It 's a mine field with great potential, it present great opportunities for the country as a whole especially women only if they organize themselves and share information and resources.


9. If you were conducting this interview, what question would you ask?

How is creativity a business

It's a service that individuals, corporate and governments alike use to deliver services, messages to clients and the public it should be treated as such, it's lP intense, it's value proposition offer has the potential to drive the psyche of a nation and create jobs as well.