As humans, we often make excuses. We’re too young, we’re too old, we don’t have money, we don’t have connections, we don't have the right skills, we're not the right gender or race. My guest today breaks all of those myths. He is an inspirational young man, who in the course of his first 25 years of his life lost everything...including some of his limbs. The dark side of life threw all the challenges it had at him ...and then some more. But he had a grandmother, who instilled a sense of who he was and what he could be in him...and that carried him through this tough time in his life. His video and life story on Facebook went viral, with more than 500 000 views at the time of this conversation

Thabu Dube (or Thabs as he is known) story is firstly inspirational, but also instructional for any entrepreneur who wants to see a practical example of how to start a business from nothing. But the lesson goes further and extends to seasoned business people and people in power and government, who wants to make a difference and help entrepreneurs succeed. 

If you listen to Thab’s story, you realise there are no excuses. If you have 2 arms and 2 legs, you are already in a better position than he was, when he left the hospital after his accident. But he had the crucial ingredient of perseverance - that ultimately have opened the doors of success to him at his current age of 26.

Although he lost a leg, he gained a life of purpose - and his story will inspire many to create businesses like LETZ (an acronym for his brand "Live Every Day to the End(Z)"