| Resources |
Start-up Advice, Support |
Small Business Develop-ment |
Learning & Events |
Funding & Finance |
Incuba-tors, Hubs &
Mentors |
Business Tools &
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Allan Gray
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Angel Investment
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Angel
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| Aurik: Entrepreneurial & business incubator |
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Business
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Cape Town Garage:
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| DaddyO: Shared services and co-working space |
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| DurbanHub: a community of techpreneurs |
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eKasi
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| Fundi: Smartphone app for small businesses |
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| GroFin: African SME & development finance |
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| Do Better Business: Helping entrepreneurs do better business |
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Impact: Enterprise &
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JP Morgan: Catalyst 4
Growth |
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| JustR1: Crowdfunding for creatives |
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| Raizcorp: Business incubator |
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Raymond
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| MEDO: Enterprise Incubator & Development |
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MICROmega: enabling investment
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| MTN Business: SME ProPack |
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| Nedbank: SimplyBiz |
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| Nedbank Small-Business Incubator Fund |
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| Nedbank Small-Business Index |
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| OPEN: Shared services and co-working space |
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PricewaterhouseCooper:
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| Riversands SMME Incubation Hub |
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| SBP: Business environment specialists |
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The Seed
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| Smart Startup: Marketing support |
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| SoftStart BTI: Business & Technology Incubator |
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SA Business
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SA
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South
African Investment Network |
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Standard
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| Standard Bank Innovation Lab |
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| Startme.co.za: Crowdfunding for small business |
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| Start-my-Biz: one-stop biz hub |
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| SW7: Mentor Led Tech Innovation Accelerator |
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| ValuationUp: Online financial analysis tool |
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NGOs
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| Activate! Leadership |
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African
Innovation Foundation: projects & events |
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| Ampion: Amplifying pioneership (Venture bus) |
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| Assoc of SA High School Entrepreneurs Societies |
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Business
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| Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship |
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The Cape IT
Initiative (CITi): supporting WC ICT |
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| Enablis: Development, mentorship & finance |
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| Endeavor SA: developing high-impact entrepreneurs |
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| Fetola: Development programmes |
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Global
Forum for Innov & Tech Entrepreneurship |
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The Hope
Factory: Enterprise & Supplier
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| Impact Hub: Shared services, social entrepreneurs |
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| jozihub: innovation in the tech and social spheres |
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| Mara Foundation: for women entrepreneurs |
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National Small
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The National
Business Initiative |
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| OneCorporate OneEntrepreneur |
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ORT JET: Mentor, empower,
grow businesses |
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Research
Institute for Innovation & Sustainability |
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Shanduka
Black Umbrellas: develop black businesses |
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SA Black Entrepreneurs
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SA Business
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SA Research
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South
African Institute for Entrepreneurship |
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The HookUp
Dinner (THUD): entrepreneurial network |
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Teen
Entrepreneur: Big ideas start young |
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State
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| CoJEDI: Educating digital interns |
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| finfind: one stop access to small business finance |
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Gauteng
Accelerator Programme: Innovation awards |
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Gauteng Enterprise
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Innovation
Hub: Science & Technology Park |
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| Khula Enterprise Finance – see SEFA |
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| Industrial Development Corporation – see SEFA |
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National
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National Youth
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| Land Bank |
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Small Enterprise
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Small Enterprise
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Technology Innovation
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| Township Enterprise Hubs |
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| Transnet Enterprise Development Hub |
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| People |
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| Graeme Butchart: Coach, trainer & motivator |
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Jacques
deVilliers: The ‘Fixer’ – sales &
marketing |
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| Mike Said: Business strategist |
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Broadcast:
Radio & TV Programs |
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| 702 Business accelerator |
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BusinessDay
TV business |
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| Classic FM Business show |
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CNBC
Africa Business tonight |
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| CNN Money Small Business |
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Power FM
Business |
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| RSG Geldsake |
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| SAfm Market Update |
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SMME
education, training & courses |
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| Academy of York |
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| BizSchool |
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Business
Partners & IFC SME Toolkit |
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| The Business School of South Africa |
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| CBM Training |
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Entrepreneur Magazine –
recommended courses |
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| iGIBS |
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Growing Hands:
Entrepreneurship Training |
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| Ignitor: Business accelerator |
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| Innovate Biz |
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The Launch Lab at
Stellenbosch University |
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| Monash |
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Net
Prophet: Innovative internet entrepreneurs |
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NMMU: SMME &
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Raizcorp
Entrepreneurship Academy |
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Raizcorp Pitch
& Polish |
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Regenesys
Business School |
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Regent Business
School |
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| Skills Plus Solutions |
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South
African Institute of Management |
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UCT Graduate
School of Business |
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| UJ Centre for Small Business Development |
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| Wits Business School, Centre for Entrepreneurship |
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Publications:
magazines, newspapers, online portals, websites, blogs |
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| Adii Pienaar * |
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| BizCommunity |
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| Business Day |
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Business
Report |
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Entrepreneur
Magazine |
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| Human IPO: Home to African Tech * |
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| Ideate: Success stories, marketing, innovation |
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Kick Start
Magazine * |
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| MoneyWeb |
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| MyBroadband: Business technology news |
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| MyStartUp |
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Mzansipreneur
* |
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The Sable
Accelerator Network: help from SA Ex-pats |
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The Silicon Cape
Initiative: WC tech catalyst |
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Small
Business Connect * |
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SME
South Africa * |
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Succeed
Magazine |
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Small
Business Insight * |
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TechCentral: News about
ICT in South Africa * |
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| Venture Burn: startup & tech news in emerging markets |
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Young
Entrepreneur |
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Your Business
Mag |
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Zapreneur (* Thanks to Zapreneur
for these links) |
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Publications:
Books (* South African) |
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10
Virtues of Outstanding Leaders – Gini & Green |
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101
Design Methods (Innovation) – Vijay Kumar |
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7
Habits of Highly Effective People – Steven Covey |
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| Action Now – Mike Said * |
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And Then They Fired Me – Jannie Mouton
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Breaking the Time
Barrier – Mike McDerment |
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| eMarketing textbook – Quirk* |
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| Freakonomics – Levitt & Dubner |
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From Corner Café to JSE Giant – Carié
Maas * |
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Games Foxes Play – Clem Sunter ,
Chantell Ilbury * |
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| The Genius Programme – Graeme Butchart * |
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Good
to Great – Jim Collins |
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How to be
Creative – Hugh MacLeod |
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| The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin |
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Lateral Thinking – Edward de
Bono |
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Lose
the Business Plan – Allon Raize * |
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| Risk & Reward – Thabani Zulu * |
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Your Small Business Nightmare – Bertie
du Plessis * |
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SA’s
Greatest Entrepreneurs – Moky Makura * |
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Tips from SA’s Best Young Entrep’s – Paseka
Kalaku * |
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