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The Big Idea @ Small Business Week in Cape Town
Business Phase: Pre-start
16 - 18 August 2007
Cape Town International Convention Centre
The workshops in this section will focus on new and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Day 1 (Thursday 16 August)
Workshop 1
Title: Play the Entrepreneurial Game - do you have what it takes?
Time: 09:00-12:00
Venue: CTICC - Room 1.63
Facilitator: Richard Holt Qualia Development Ltd and Institute of Entrepreneurship
Target:
A workshop for all aspiring entrepreneurs and recent start ups, for those who wish to learn more about what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur.
Workshop Description
Come and use the interactive and experientially based BEST GAME to measure your skills wit and ability. It simulates real market conditions and business scenarios. The process will let you weigh up information, make decisions and react to the consequences. See the results of your actions and experience the thrills and spills of real life business activity.
Participants compete with each other to succeed in business, the debates get intense, decisions get weightier and the results provoke emotions of success and failure. An intensive and interactive work-out in the art of managing a business, covering: how the allocation of capital affects a business; how to raise profits; the impact of unplanned expenses and penalties for reckless spending; the dangers of selling on credit; selling and negotiating techniques and much, much more.
At this event you will
Walk away with clearer understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
Gain valuable insight into the skill set required to run a successful
business.
Gain renewed inspiration to take on your business with new vigor.
Discuss your business with other entrepreneurs.
Experience light bulbs flash, paradigm shifts occur and vital learning points stick.
Click here to reserve your seat for the Entrepreneurial Game now.
Day 1 (Thursday 16 August)
Workshop 2
Title: Turning Your Good Idea Into A Great Business
Time: 13:00-16:00
Venue: CTICC - Room 1.63
Facilitator: Eben Brink - Business Survival Solutions With
Luther Diedericks from SABusinessHub
Target:
Start up entrepreneurs who want to ensure that they have all the bases covered to build a successful business.
Workshop Description
Owning your own business is the dream of many South Africans ... starting that business converts your dreams into reality. However, there is a gap between dreams and reality. Your dreams can only be achieved with careful planning. Great businesses start with good ideas. That's also how they end unless backed up by viability tests, research and sound business practice. As an entrepreneur, you will need a plan to avoid pitfalls, to achieve your goals and to build a profitable business. Get it right from the start, planning your business can save you a lot of headaches at a later stage.
At this event you will
Formulate a clear understanding and assessment of your current strengths and weaknesses .
Come up with set strategies on tackling the real day to day problems
of starting and running a business.
Pick up lots of concrete business tips that you can use right away to build your business fast.
Discuss your business with other entrepreneurs.
Create the blueprint with which to put your idea into action.
Click here to reserve your seat for Turning Your Good Idea Into A Great Business now.
Day 3 (Saturday 18 August)
Workshop 1
Title: The Art of Networking - an essential skill for all small business owners
Time: 09:00-12:00
Venue: CTICC - Room 1.63
Facilitator: Lluwellyn Diedericks - The Big Idea
Target:
For all Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners who want to learn the skill of networking.
Workshop Description
It is well known that networking is the essential tool for marketing your business. An interactive workshop where we'll discuss networking and the essentials that you require to master the art of networking to grow your network and grow your business.
At this event you will
Network! Network! Network!
Gain have the skill, the knowledge and the understanding of why networking is one of the essential skill sets for any Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner.
Get valuable insight into the secrets of successful networkers.
will learn how to "work" a room by discovering your own unique networking style.
Design and deliver your "elevator speech" and where to go to expand your business network.
Click here to reserve your seat for The Art of Networking now.
Day 3 (Saturday 18 August)
Workshop 2
Title: The Business Plan Workshop - How to write a great business plan
Time: 13:00-16:00
Venue: CTICC - Room 1.63
Facilitator: Nico Zeelie - Business Survival Solutions with Luther Diedericks - SABusinessHub
Target:
This workshop is ideal for businesses at all stages but particularly early-stage and growth businesses.
Workshop Description
Anyone can write a business plan...but not many people can write a great one! An effective business plan is one that gets results, whether compiled for internal use or to raise finance. It explores what information is critical in a business plan, what should be left out and how it can best be presented. A well-written business plan acts as a map of direction for you, a marketing tool for your business and proof of credibility for your bank. Now you need to bring it all together in a clear and ordered plan which you can use as a working guide, during the start up and future success of your business
At this event you will
Walk away with an understanding of the basics of a business plan and its most important elements .
Walk away with the outline and template for writing your own business plan.
Gain renewed inspiration to take on your business with new vigor.
Transform your well thought through idea into a concise business plan.
Create valuable next step options for your specific business
situation.
Click here to reserve your seat for The Business Plan Workshop now.
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