🎙️ Career Horizons Season 2 | Episode 3

Start Before You're Ready: Turning School Hustles into Real Businesses

Have you ever sold snacks between classes, offered tutoring for extra cash, or used your creative skills to make a bit of pocket money? What if those small "side hustles" could actually be the foundation of a real business?

In this episode of Career Horizons, host Bennett Van Wyk sits down with Wesley Pillay — Senior Project Manager and Business Coach at ORTSA, writer, presenter, and motivational speaker — to explore how young people can transform their school hustles into sustainable businesses.

Wesley shares his own journey of spotting opportunities early, starting small, and realizing that the conventional employee path wasn't for him. With practical advice, inspiring stories, and a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow, Wesley breaks down:

✨ Why starting before you're "ready" is often the best move

✨ Three reasons people start businesses (and how to know which one applies to you)

✨ Practical steps to turn a side hustle into a sustainable venture

✨ A powerful story of how small beginnings can grow into something big

✨ Encouragement for anyone who feels they "don't have what it takes"

Whether you're a student, young professional, or aspiring entrepreneur, this conversation will inspire you to stop waiting for the perfect plan and instead take action with what's already in your hands.