Passion and flair to be your own boss?
Being your own boss and growing a self-sustaining business takes time, determination and dedication. A few elements that needs to be kept in mind are:
- Initial funds to start the business (this may be very little, depending on what you want to do),
- a vision (what is it you are really trying to accomplish),
- an understanding of who your customers will be (your "target market"), and
- a carefully thought out plan of how you are going to do it (your "business plan").
A few valuable resources are included below that may help you in formulating your plans to be self-employed. You need passion and energy to do this - do you have what it takes?
Below are a few valuable resources that you can reference from in the pursuit of owning your own business one day.
Visit the follow links to get equipped on the various processes..
- Seda
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SME Toolkit
Doing Business
- South Africa.info
- Entrepreneur SA
- Starting a Business
- The Business Place
- Small Business South Africa
PodCasts
These are recordings of articles from a radio show that may help you with advice and ideas on starting your own business.
Visit the various Podcasts by clicking Entrepreneur PodCasts.Starting your own business?
For valuable information when starting your own business use the below links provided by My Wage.co.za:
