Serving entrepreneurs
Shaney Vijendranath - Local business creates innovative online platform to help moms (Episode 1)
Thriving Network
Importance of Mentorship with Fatima Vawda
Thriving Network
Importance of Mentorship with Matsi Modise
Thriving Network
Erna Basson - Passion & building a strong brand - Episode 2
Thriving Network
Erna Basson - Episode 1 - A starter, grower and seller
Thriving Network
Candice Thurston - Catering for ALL women - Episode 2
Thriving Network
10/23/2019
Vollar: Social enterprise on a quest to solve challenges of corporate social investment
Vollar is a FinTech focused social enterprise on a mission to help disadvantaged individuals regain access to basic income through social incentives. Founded in early 2018, Vollar has been making waves in the social impact space, recently winning an SAB Foundation Social Innovation Award for development and earlier this year being selected as 1 of 6 companies from the African continent to present at Stanford university.
10/21/2019
Quillo - New app developed to help students buy affordable textbooks !
If you are a student looking for affordable textbooks, quick and convenient for you, then Quillo is the app you need to achieve all of this. Quillo creates a seamless digital marketplace where sellers can advertise their old textbooks in seconds and buyers can pay online and get their books delivered to their door. If you are a student looking for affordable textbooks, quick and convenient for you, then Quillo is the app you need to achieve all of this. Quillo creates a seamless digital marketplace where sellers can advertise their old textbooks in seconds and buyers can pay online and get their books delivered to their door.
09/30/2019
Tyrad Biotech: Providing sustainable solutions for the textile industry
Tyrad is a biotechnology start-up in South Africa whose vision is to use biotechnology to build sustainable solutions for global challenges. The company aims to solve the problem of toxic and environmentally unfriendly chemical colourants used in the textile industry by producing better alternatives using microorganisms.
10/31/2019
60 Minutes of Virtual Mentorship with Robin Pullin
09/30/2019
Common Challenges Faced by all small businesses
Small businesses face many various challenges that threaten their very existence. I have been a victim of many of those challenges and would like to share my experiences and insights on how I overcame them as well as the strategies I had to put in place, to ensure that I grow and run a sustainable business.
09/30/2019
Navigating through the entrepreneurial eco system in SA with Jayshree Naidoo
Despite the many and increasing funding institutions, incubations hubs and accelerators available in the South African entrepreneurial ecosystem, research stipulates that the number of business liquidations increased by 53.1% between April 2018 and April 2019, while the number of insolvencies increased by 30.1% between March 2018 and March 2019. These findings paint a very grim picture regarding the state of entrepreneurship in South Africa and its economic future. With these figures in mind , it makes a lot of sense , now more than ever, to pay attention to the challenges that South African SMEs face and start empowering them by providing them with the necessary tools, funds, skills and resources to help them grow and run sustainable businesses. By following this lead, we will be able to address many social challenges that SA currently face including poverty, unemployment and skills shortage. Organisations such as Youth Innovation…

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Cape Town
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Gauteng
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Kempton Park
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JOHANNESBURG
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