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ICT AWARENESS

ICT Awareness links

STARTING YOUR BUSINESS

Introduction

Begin jou eie besigheid

Starting your business

Tshimololo ya kgwebo ya gago

U thoma vhubindudzi

Imigaqo ebakulekileyo xa uqaliso ushishino lwakho

Ukuqala ibhizinisi lakho

Buying a business

Researching competitiveness

Legal issues

Close Corporations

How to register a Close Corporation

Company

Partnership/Joint venture

Sole Proprietorship

Non-profit organisation

Cooperative businesses

Legal compliance - trading licenses

Registering your company

Patents, designs, copyright and trademarks

Focus on patents

Establishing a trust

Business plans

Where should I start?

Starting your business: additional links

Article: Starting a business with NO money at all

Entrepreneurship

The up-side of being an entrepreneur

What is an entrepreneur?

What is required to be an entrepreneur

The down-side of being an entrepreneur

Contribution that entrepreneurs make to society

What is a small business?

National Small Business Acts

Online course for business start-ups

Module 1 - Personal goals

Module 2 - Products and Customers

Module 3 - Registering your business

Module 4 - Complying with business regulations

Module 5 - Premises

Module 6 - Production and work process

Module 7 - Managing payments

Module 8 - Marketing

Module 9 - Employing people

FINANCING YOUR BUSINESS

Introduction

Links to finance providers

National institutions

National finance institutions

Commercial banks

Khula Retail Financial Intermediaries (RFIs)

Khula Credit Guarantee Scheme

Business Partners

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)

Sizanani Advisory Services

Anglo Zimele

SA Micro-Finance Apex Fund (SAMAF)

Western Cape institutions

All Western Cape finance institutions

Landelike Ontwikkelings Maatskapy

New Business Finance

Khethani Business Finance (Khula RFI)

Nations Trust (Khula RFI)

Eastern Cape institutions

All Eastern Cape finance institutions

Business Finance Promotion Agency (Khula RFI)

Eastern Cape Development Corporation

FNB Momentum UYF Progress Fund

Free State institutions

All Free State finance institutions

Free State Development Corporation

Gauteng institutions

All Gauteng finance institutions

New Business Finance

FNB Momentum UYF Progress Fund

Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP)

KwaZulu-Natal institutions

All Kwazulu Natal finance institutions

Ithala Development Finance Corporation

Marang Financial Services

Limpopo institutions

All Limpopo finance institutions

Tiisha Micro Finance

Akanani Finance Company (Khula MCO)

Small Enterprise Foundations (Khula MCO)

Micro Enterprise Loans

Marang financial services (Khula RFI)

FNB Momentum UYF Progress Fund

Mpumalanga institutions

All Mpumalanga finance institutions

Siyakhula Micro Business Finance

Emerging Entrepreneurs Finance Service Centre

Marang Financial Services

Beehive Entrepreneurial Development Centre

Mpumalanga Economic Empowerment Corporation

Northern Cape institutions

About Khula

Additional links

Microfinancing and microlending

Khula Micro Credit Outlet

Venture capital and equity funding

Business angels

International business partners

GTZ

NORAD

Incentive Schemes

Donors and Funding Agents

Fundraising

Other links

MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS

Introduction

Improve your management skills

Human resources

The Social Plan

Improving the quality of your product and business

Engineering, research and development

Benchmarking

Financial administration and management

Costing and Cash Flow for small business

Record keeping for small business

Accounting for small business

Tax for small business

Managing your assets

Obtaining loans from banks

Checklist for a presentation to bankers

Get your operation running smoothly

Developing your manufacturing process

Buying/purchasing for a small business

Marketing for small business

Market research

Promotion and advertising

Promoting your company

Customer relationships

Selling

Making information technology work for you

TENDERS

International tenders

Web sites with tenders

Targeted Procurement

Public-private partnerships

seda Database Application Form

SUPPORT

Introduction

Business support organisations

National support institutions

Business Partners branch offices

Business & Community Support Centres

Retail financial intermediaries (RFIs)

Training providers, agencies and courses

Technology stations and incubators

Electronics and electrical engineering

Clothing and textiles technology

Metals and manufacturing

Automotive components

Chemistry and chemical engineering

Chemistry and chemical engineering: TNW

Liquor Boards in South Africa

Building and Construction

Info and Communications Technology

General Small Business sites

Business/trade directories

Online small business newsletters

Economy, indicators and statistics

Events

Small business reports

Books on small business

Magazines and newspapers on small business

Local economic development

Provincial government/small business institutions

Socio-political environment

Legal environment

Special interest groups and issues

Disabled entrepreneurs

HIV/AIDS and small business

Indigenous knowledge systems

Women entrepreneurs

Rural development

Youth

Local business support organisations

Success stories

Shonaquip

Women in Wine

Maggie's Original Mageu

Conferences

2005 SEDA Summit

Tri-Nations Summit 2006

CO-OPERATIVES

	Co-operatives as small enterprises
	What is a co-operative?
	Types of co-operative
	How co-operatives started
	How co-operatives started in SA
	Where co-operatives have succeeded
	Government policy on co-operatives
	Government support structures
	Starting a co-operative
	Registering a co-operative

FRANCHISING

About franchising

Government and franchising

Definition of a franchisee

Definition of a franchisor

Franchise training

Various business formats

Business Format franchising

Distributorship vs business format franchising

Franchise terminology

Consultants/Facilitators

Franchising in Africa

How franchising works

Advantages and Disadvantages of franchising

Advantages of franchising

Disadvantages of franchising

Expectations of franchisors and franchisees

The franchise realationship

The value of research

Becoming a franchisee

What does a franchise cost?

Do you have what it takes?

Steps in franchise selection

Selecting a Franchise

Evaluating a Franchise

An Effective Business Plan

Avoiding mistakes

A simple business plan outline

How can I attract financial backing?

Questions to ask your professional advisors

Questions to ask a prospective franchisor

Assessing a franchise opportunity

Quiz: Am I a successful entrepreneur?

Legal aspects of franchising

The franchise agreement

The disclosure document

The FASA code of ethics

Franchise attorneys

Becoming a franchisor

Which businesses are franchisable?

The 9 critical success factors

Preparations for franchising

The franchise package

The franchise support structure

Recruiting franchisees

FASA membership

Operating under a master licence

Questions to ask a prospective franchisee

Financial considerations

Financial Controls

Example: Step Action

How to raise capital

Different types of finance

Own resources

Friends and family

Partners/Joint ventures

Equity finance

Support available for the entrepreneur

Loans

Overdrafts

Asset finance

Factoring/invoice discounting

Credit support

Useful references

The importance of the business plan

Dealing with finance companies

Khula Credit Support

Business Partners Umsobomvu Franchise Fund

Industrial Development Corporation

Franchise papers

FAQs

What is franchising?

How does a franchised chain start?

What kinds of franchises are there?

How widespread is franchising?

Where do franchise sales come from?

What is business format franchising?

Growth industries in business format franchising?

What kind of businesses for franchising?

What are the requirements of FASA?

Look-alike characteristics a disadvantage?

What should I consider before buying a franchise?

Disclosure document

How do I investigate the franchisor?

Buying a franchise

Investment required?

Would I make a successful franchisee?

Success rate of franchised businesses?

Drawbacks of owning a franchise?

Franchisor - member of FASA?

Are there any current trends in franchising?

What can a franchise do for me?

Will the franchisor help me with finance?

BEE & BBBEE

	BEE defined
	Government policy on BEE
	Empowerment charters
	Organisations that support BEE
	Financing for BEE deals
	Articles and publications on BEE
	Websites on BEE issues