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What Makes an Entrepreneur: 14 Behavioural Competencies

Our article last week, How Can SMEs Prepare For The Impact of the Coronavirus, explores some tactical ways that SMEs can be better...

How Can SMEs Prepare For The Impact of the Coronavirus?

The coronavirus outbreak has affected thousands of people globally. Furthermore, we have seen the impact of the coronavirus on the global...

What Can Stakeholders Do to Help SMEs?

In our previous two articles, we discussed how SMEs are contributing to employment and SME age in South Africa. Some key findings: The...

SME Age in South Africa

Following our previous post regarding how SMEs are contributing to employment in South Africa, we consider SME age and how long SMEs...

How are SMEs Contributing to Employment in South Africa?

SMEs play a crucial role in ensuring economic growth in a country. They help by stimulating economic development and growth through...

Free Business Health Check

SMME owners frequently experience challenges, however, do not always know where to start and which areas of the business they need to...

The importance and benefits of market research

Understanding the market you operate in (or would like to operate in) is critical to forming and achieving an organisation’s strategic...

Do you have an efficient working capital cycle?

A working capital cycle is the amount of time it takes to turn the net current assets and current liabilities into cash. The longer this...

Have you evaluated the time you spend working on your business?

More hours are not always directly correlated to greater success. Two key steps to start the journey of ensuring that you are getting as...

The Importance of Education for Entrepreneurs

One of the key areas where SME owners need assistance is education. This does not necessarily have to be formal education, but education...

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