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INNOBIZ HACKATHON
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The DUT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a three-day hackathon programme from 22-24 April 2022 for its 2022 Business Incubation cohort. The hackathon consisted of 300 DUT students across all faculties.
Centre Manager Solomon Nyamurima presented idea generation engines, to help students develop business ideas and create their prototypes.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
The Centre provides a safe and constructive environment where entrepreneurs can learn more about their businesses. On 7 April 2022 the Centre held a Business Systems and Processes session with the current cohort led by Centre manager Mr. Solomon Nyamurima.
The purpose of the session was to help small businesses work smarter and increase profitability, by focusing on Business Systems and Processes within the current environment faced by small business owners.
This includes understanding why systems are essential to improve profits, deciding what to measure, identifying the right tools to manage systems, getting the people on board to implement business systems and processes, and determining how much it will cost.
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