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About

Meet BX.

Bravo Vincent Makafu

Also known as BX

BX is a South African entrepreneur, business educator and builder focused on helping people think differently about business, wealth creation and economic participation.

His work challenges the romanticised version of entrepreneurship and replaces it with something more useful: how businesses actually work. Customers, offers, pricing, sales, marketing, money, systems and execution.

The Builder’s Room Business Accelerator and private mentorship are where that thinking becomes practical strategy and implementation inside real businesses.

“I don’t want to teach people how to look successful. I want to teach them how to build something that works.

BX, Bravo Vincent Makafu

The BX approach

No fluff. No fairytales. No “just believe in yourself.”

01

Revenue matters.

A business needs customers.

02

Profit matters.

Revenue without margin is a vanity metric.

03

Cash matters.

A profitable business can still run out of cash.

04

Systems matter.

If everything depends on you, you haven't built a business yet.

05

Execution matters.

Ideas are cheap. Implementation is where businesses are built.

06

Adaptability matters.

Markets change. Entrepreneurs need to change with them.

The mission

We don’t just need more entrepreneurs.We need better businesses.

Small and growing businesses play an important role in South Africa's economic future. Better businesses create jobs, and jobs build stronger communities.

Building businesses. Building people. Building South Africa.

Street traders and small shops on a busy Johannesburg street

Applications open / Places are limited and applications are reviewed.

Bring the business.BX brings the perspective.

Together, you build the next move. Start the conversation by telling us where your business is and where you want it to go.