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Many would-be small business owners hit a stumbling block when it comes to accessing finance needed to drive growth. At BDTV we have a passion to help propel the growth and success of the country's SME sector. It's for this reason that we have put together a short series to help guide entrepreneurs through this challenging field. Each week our experts will go through the various funding options and talk prospective business owners through the application process; the pitfalls; and what they need to know in order to position themselves to tap SME Funding. SME Funding is hosted by Lynette Ntuli, CEO of Innate Investment Solutions and Kumaran Padayachee, CEO of Spartan.
Keywords: money, opportunity, business plan, business ideas, business news, income, financial news, Arena Holdings, small business ideas
Keywords: money, opportunity, business plan, business ideas, business news, income, financial news, Arena Holdings, small business ideas
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Business owners often outsource their business plans and may or may not participate in the drafting of said documents. Bertus van Niekerk from Outcor Financial Management unpacks this process from his perspective as the service provider.
Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack the following funding glossary terminology: executive summary, exit, exit strategy, expansion stage business, free cash flow, leveraged buyout and managed buyout.
What does “I want to be able to wash my face” mean in the world of funding? Sipho and Fortunate Mdanda from Smith Capital share their journey of self-funding all their businesses with hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee.
Ronen Aires, CEO of Student Village, went through hair raising moments to secure funding for his start-up. He shares his journey of uncertainty, doubt and worries with hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee.
Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack funding glossary terminology such as due diligence, early stage, economies of scale, elevator pitch, equity and equity financing..
Monalisa Sam, MD: Tungwa Retail Holdings, joins hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee to unpack funding challenges in the retail industry.
In the manufacturing industry, you’ll definitely need more than one funder. Join Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee as they unpack this concept and identify the various funding areas.
Allon Raiz, CEO of Raizcorp, joins hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee to unpack interview techniques, give research tips and discuss funding EQ in general.
Funding challenges for businesses in the Services Sector is under discussion this week with hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee.
Leticia Browne, Investor Relations Manager at The Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN) joins in studio to unpack the status of angel funding in Ghana.
In this edition of SME Funding, Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee bring you real life case studies of people who have successfully or unsuccessfully tried the funding routes and find out a little bit more about the journey. Thabani Lurwenga, founder and CEO of SCE Engineering talks about his efforts to find funding
This week on SME funding, Kumaran Padayachee will be protraying the part of a lender, and Lynette Ntuli (co-host) will be acting as a business owner applying for funding.
Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind discusses how their business has created an online one-stop-shop that allows the providers and seekers of small business finance to be able to interact.
Darlene Menzies, CEO of Finfind discusses how their business has created a online one-stop-shop that allows the providers and seekers of small business finance to be able to interact.
There are various new forms of exciting and alternative funding option in our market space today - crowd funding, stokvels as well as grants funding. This week our guests, who are all involved in those different spaces, share some of their insights as well as tips on how to get ourselves into these spaces. Sean Emery the CEO: Rainfin discusses how crowd funding works, Andile Mazwai the CEO: NASASA takes us through the details of stokvels and Yusuf Randera-Rees, CEO at Awethu Project unpacks grants funding.
Sean Emery, CEO of Rainfin, joins Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee to unpack bank overdrafts, contract finance & debtor’s books as funding instruments.
Two words that often strike a chord of fear in entrepreneurs are "debt and equity" Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee are joined in studio by Refilwe Moloto, Founder & Principal advisor: Ambassador Advisory to unpack debt and equity as funding instruments.
This week on SME Funding, hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee take a look at who would be eligible for funding.
Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack funding terminologies such as angel investors, and also discuss why it’s really important to have a proper business plan in place when you prepare for the funding process.
Many business owners don’t plan ahead for the day they may need funding. Hosts Lynette Ntuli and Kumaran Padayachee unpack that all businesses will need finance at some point in time and leaving preparation for this event too late, will lead to desperation, mistakes, mismatches and sleepless nights.
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