Venture Capital Ins/Outs: 7 Things to Remember
Venture capital is one of many ways entrepreneurs can obtain funding for their business ideas; among one of the most popular, in fact. Venture capitalists can be found anywhere, especially in the fastest-growing cities for entrepreneurs today. How does venture capital work? What do you need to know before seeking funding? Here are 7 Things […]
Lockdown: 8 Top Tips on Starting a Business Now
With all the negativity surrounding us due to the major impact COVID-19 has had on our economy, I want to believe that new businesses will emerge during and after the lockdown. South Africans are a resilient bunch and NOW may be the best time yet to start a business. The economy is in shambles. The […]
12 Personal Branding Mistakes To Avoid
Consumers, now more than ever, feel they need a stronger connection with the companies they engage with. Personal branding and how you represent your business are vital considerations in today’s market. How you come across and are perceived are more important than just a logo and a tag line. Personal branding can’t be ignored. There’s […]
Entrepreneurs: Do You Feel Like You Suck?
Where are the days where you would walk into a coffee shop and in passing, the discussions you would overhear are about business ideas, the next big thing, etc.? The past year, 2020, can in some circles only be described as the world possibly racing towards the end times. Now, discussions centre around load shedding, […]
22 Free Marketing Ideas for 2021
Very little in life is free. So if you can get free marketing ideas, you might be sceptical. Whether your business is still new or well-established, large, or small, you need to tell people about it, and that means marketing (and advertising). But that does not mean you need a Multi-Million-Rand budget to get the […]
8 Brutal Truths on How SME Financing Will Change
SME Financing is already one of the most difficult challenges to SMEs operating in South Africa. Nearly nine months later, we can all agree that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how small businesses handle their finances. Stay-at-home orders and limited office occupancy have forced businesses to transform how they operate completely. With 2021 hopefully the […]
Product and Service Ideas 101 – Finding Them
Product and service ideas ideally morph into profitable business ideas. Creating great new business ideas is not a very difficult task to overcome, but what if you do not have a creative bone in your body? The next time you are struggling to come up with a new idea, try the following: 1.) Shopping: Next […]
Funding Mistakes Made by Startups
Funding a new business is part and parcel of an entrepreneur’s journey. You have a great business venture idea (or at least you’ve been told by family and friends that you have a great idea) and you are now raising startup capital but why, oh why is it that nobody wants to invest in your […]
Blogging and the Benefits of Starting One
Blogging seems to be an activity that every second person embark on. Have you not yet launched a blog for your business? What are you waiting for? If it’s a justification you need, then look no further. If you run a small business, chances are you are wondering if blogging is worth the time and […]
Partner with Your Customers During Lockdown
Partner with your customers – the economic slump is affecting businesses at all levels, spurring companies to get creative about retaining customers. You need actionable tips on how to increase sales at a time when people are looking to save rather than spend. No one understands this struggle more than small business owners. If I […]
Marketing During The Coronavirus Lockdown
Very few businesses (if any) are currently operating as usual. There is no telling when we will get back to anything approaching “normal,” whether that’s the old normal or the “new normal” everyone is talking about but cannot quite define. How easy it is to compile a SWOT Analysis, which in most cases remains theoretical assumptions. […]
10 Predictions of New Business Trends Post-COVID
The past few weeks have been nothing short of a nightmare. Without downplaying or ignoring the severe physical and emotional impact this pandemic and subsequent lockdown have on any one person, family or group/community, I believe it is necessary to look at some new business trends that will have an impact on SMEs and entrepreneurs […]
