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Startup Playbook: To have a successful startup, you need: a great idea (including a great market), a great team, a great product, and great execution. 📸@SpaceX #StartFormalizeGrow 👉🏾playbook.samaltman.com

Today we're celebrating 8 years of providing business development services for initiatives actively investing in small & growing businesses. #MyTwitterAnniversary

The @JobsFund_NT -@SmartStartSA initiative has recruited & supported #women & #youth to establish & operate #ECD microenterprises. To date, 3,645 enterprises have been established, creating livelihoods for #enterprise owners and much-needed ECD for #children

Celebrating 7 years of supporting SMMEs access tools & strategies to navigate the complex journey of entrepreneurship. #InspiringConfidence #SMMEs #MyTwitterAnniversary

Playbook For Raising Venture Capital In South Africa @KeetvZ/playbook-for-raising-venture-capital-in-south-africa-62e0230c8114" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@KeetvZ/playbo…

Freemium only makes sense if a certain percentage of your free users do one of three things:👇🏾 1) Eventually convert to paid, 2) refer paying customers, or 3) provide the kind of valuable feedback that will improve your product. #StartFormalizeGrow medium.com/point-nine-new…

#UrbanHustler S/O fam. Keep on #MasteringYoDestiny

[Annual Reports] DSBD, Seda & Sefa 2019/20 @PMG_SA #SmallBusinessDevelopment pmg.org.za/committee-meet…

The State of Tourism at Local Government Level: download the @NationalCoGTA presentation from @PMG_SA pmg.org.za/committee-meet… #DDM @Tourism_gov_za

Over 850,000 young South Africans applied for opportunities through the SAyouth.mobi platform, the majority of whom are women, the @PresidencyZA says. The success of this data-free platform will enable it to be scaled up further. thepresidency.gov.za/press-statemen…

#2. Meanwhile, @PresidencyZA has, today, issued a progress report on the implementation of the Presidential Employment Stimulus. 11 national departments and all 9 provinces are responsible for the implementation of programmes supported through the programme.

#1. As part of an all-inclusive economic recovery path, the @NWPGOV has commissioned the @CSIR and @theNWU to analyse the current and long-term impact of COVID19 on different economic sectors, including the SMME sector. The details: bit.ly/2JmYzfG

Today's @EDSE_programme SMME news selection (1/12): the North West province commissions a study on the impact of COVID19 on local SMMEs (and more...) @EUinSA @PalladiumImpact @TutwaConsulting

Catch Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni in conversation during UJ Johannesburg Business School Centre For Entrepreneurship Webinar series Kindly register using this link: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

As @SACFreemantle points out: "A 10% increase in digitization increases GDP per capita by 1.9% in Africa, compared with 1% in non-OECD countries". Download his stimulating analysis: Leapfrogging through technology bit.ly/3qnW6Cn

#3. South African SMEs will benefit if they 'leapfrog through technology': one of the pointers from a fascinating longer read from Standard Bank's @SACFreemantle. On the growth of Africa’s internet economy (#iGDP) in the decades ahead:

#2. A significant pointer on the growth in mobile connectivity adoption shared by @BizPartnersLtd's Jeremy Lang: Pepkor has sold over 10m handsets so far this year, of which 5.5m were smartphones. But: data costs must drop! iol.co.za/business-repor…

#1. @Yoco_ZA cemented a distinct profile during the #Covid19 lockdown. Advice from @katlegomaphai, one of its founders: "An important facet of learning – especially for entrepreneurs – is that if you don’t take the time, you won’t ever have the time" dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-1…

Today's @EDSE_programme SMME news selection (2/12): the @Yoco_ZA ethos, @BizPartnersLtd on the need to decrease the cost of data, @SACFreemantle on the growth of Africa’s internet economy (#iGDP). @EUinSA @PalladiumImpact @TutwaConsulting

[SME Webinar] Setting up processes & systems in your business. #GetThingsDone #StartFormalizeGrow

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