ESCAPING THE PROJECT REVENUE TRAP
It’s an issue that faces any project or event-based business – they tend to generate bumpy revenues, which affects their ability to build momentum and secure growth funding. Listen to…
Spend more time on your business and less time in it with improved business systems
We have seen a common theme emerging in our recent meetings with various entrepreneurs. As a business owner, you might be wondering how best to position yourself for the future amid South…
Sailing blind in a storm will crash your business, generate, and use data to give you clarity of thought and action
Crises create chaos in a business. They also threaten a business’s existence. The stress generated from these events is profound and it wears you down to a place and space…
IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING BURNOUT WHEN YOU’RE A BUSINESS OWNER
Burnout creeps up on you like the Dementors of Harry Potter fame. You may not see it at first, but it slowly takes over and, when it hits, it can devastate…
Beware of White Knights, Silver Bullets and False Prophets
Exhausted and alone, frustrated and fatigued with the uncertainty that jades every conversation you have with friends, family and colleagues. It wears on your psyche and that makes you vulnerable…
Building a business is like sailing a ship
Analogies are very useful to simplify thinking and action. As a business owner, building a business in a challenging environment creates noise and chaos. Gaining clarity, certainty and confidence helps…
Asset of Value strategy series
THE ASSET OF VALUE STRATEGY SERIES Welcome to the Asset of Value Series. As part of the Nedbank Business Accelerator Campaign with 702 , our CEO Pavlo Phitidis, produced a podcast series to help successful, established entrepreneurs get to the next…
Codifying the customer value proposition
Through Pavlo Phitidis’ many engagements with business owners he found a number of common issues facing all of them, as we head back into the economy. Issues of uncertainty, funding,…
Create more time to focus on growth
Time is our most precious resource, but it seems like we never have enough of it. The second entrepreneur Aurik ever gave guidance to, was a bakery business owned by a…
Webinar: How to digitise your business for a social distancing world
Things will not go back to the way that they were, even after the lockdown ends. For businesses operating in this new reality, it’s no longer a choice, you have…