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Comment on SA competitiveness unchanged, outlook positive for IT by business intelligence

business intelligence — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:38:42 +0000

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Comment on Part 1 – Build a business plan based on the following eight components by Chris Moran

Chris Moran — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:12:51 +0000

Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

Comment on The Secrets to Raising Money to Start and Grow Your Business – Intro by fnunez

fnunez — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:35 +0000

Starting your own business can be difficult. But it’s worth the effort and risk because of the satisfaction in knowing that you are trying to achieve financial independence.

Comment on Third World crushes its entrepreneurs by Nico de Wet

Nico de Wet — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:31:26 +0000

In South Africa, particularly in the ICT industry where there is an acute shortage of skilled labour, we have an additional double edged sword when it comes to BEE.

Any employer should have a BEE strategy in place, it is the law and yes it is good for the country, however it also has drawbacks if you happen to be a white entrepreneur in the ICT industry. To give an example, it is clear that first class black graduates from universities would be snapped up by big corporates first, there is no way a start up can compete with salaries offered by corporates. Now as a startup, what can one do? Its hard enough to start and run a successful business, the government created the law and so they should also create solutions to the very problems that I have mentioned.

Perhaps the solutions are out there and I just don’t know it – hopefully endless amount of red tape is not involved.

Comment on Third World crushes its entrepreneurs by Alan Maguire

Alan Maguire — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:55:41 +0000

I’m not sure that this situation is more prevalent in the 3rd world, but, in combination with a schooling system that doesn’t value creativity and original thinking, funding that favours large loans against small loans of a couple of thousand, inadequate business networks and a BEE approach that focuses on big deals at Boardroom level rather than on Enterprise Development support for all start-ups – Entrepreneurship ain’t really encouraged.