It’s a new digital business world out there, and by embracing the power of your smartphone, you can take full advantage of it, says Jesse Weinberg, Head of the SME segment at FNB Business. Here are 6 ways you can use your smartphone to launch a start-up at little to no cost. Read more Source: SME South...
Running a SME does not excuse you from being a business owner of good standing. Jannie Rossouw, Head of Sanlam Business Market offers 8 ways business owners and entrepreneurs can apply ethics in their business dealings. Read more Source: SME South Africa ')}
Most successful entrepreneurs credit a mentor or mentors. Not surprisingly many entrepreneurs who “have made it” will have more than their fair share of mentorship requests. Anja Van Beek offers MUST-DOS to help both parties rise to the challenges of mentorship. Find out what you are really in for when you do say yes. Read more Source:...
The most active investors in African startups were recently revealed in Disrupt Africa’s 2017 African Tech Startups Funding Report. The list is dominated by US-based venture capital (VC) funds with the exception of Algebra Ventures, an Egyptian venture fund; Kalon Ventures, a South Africa-based section 12J venture capital fund and Nigeria’s Ventures Platform. These investors prove that...
MTN Solution Space has opened applications to its 2018 Venture Incubation Programme (VIP). To be considered for the programme, applicants should already have an initial concept development showing a deep understanding of the market environment and potential problems. The solutions must also be innovation-driven and scalable. The programme aims to provide participating startups with mentorship, access to...
The Tony Elemu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications to the fourth cohort of its $100-million Entrepreneurship Development Programme. The programme kicks off in May and runs until December. Interested entrepreneurs have until midnight on 1 March to submit their applications. Read more Source: Ventureburn ')}
Applications have opened for the SBC FastTrack World which will kick off in Cape Town on the 19 February 2018. This follows last year’s launch of SBC’s first-ever Africa-based programme, Startupbootcamp Cape Town. Startupbootcamp conducts the annual tours as a way to scout for top-tier startups from around the world. During these, SBC teams, mentors and sponsors meet...
ANDE SA is working to understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Gauteng, South Africa so as to identify gaps and opportunities for the small and growing business sector. Don't miss this chance to appear on the map! All you have to do is complete the survey based on programmes you are currently running or activities in...
Local networking platform SpliceWorks is now accepting registrations from tech startups looking to do business with corporates. This, after the platform concluded beta testing with 70 entrepreneurs in November last year. During the test phase, startups were able to request an invitation to join the site. The platform launched in September last year. Read more Source: Ventureburn ')}...
Are you are spending most of your days fighting fires and surviving a whirlwind? Mounting team issues, increasing customer complaints, frequent operational crises, etc? If you’re scaling a business, you’re probably experiencing exponentially increasing growing pains: the symptoms designed to tell you the business is changing, and your ‘leadership technology’ needs to change too. This...
