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BUILDING A WORKING NATION

David White, in creating new ideas and common solutions and a positive leading their organisations. What is new and exciting... is
Chairman, opportunities within our step forward. that BusinessFit has created what
BusinessFit economy and the world. In Building and maintaining a we believe is perhaps the first
South Africa we know that it is BusinessFit has recognised business framework includes quality assured B2B Services App
Entrepreneurs that will help to that quality and longevity from critical foundational aspects in South Africa, and possibly
ooking enable suitable change to create entrepreneurial service providers like creating appropriate the world. The App has been the
forward opportunity and promote our can only come from an economic budgets, defining suitable result of our 8 years in mentoring
Linto ideal of “a working nation”. culture of “continual learning product margins and cashflow Entrepreneurs and helping them to
2020 we feel and business opportunities being requirements, drawing up service create solid business foundations
positive that South Africa has always been awarded on merit”. We cannot level agreements and supplier to support their business ideas
South African cited as a nation of unique expect our entrepreneurial contracts, appointing staff and and endeavors. The App helps
Entrepreneurs out of the box thinkers. The businesses, either small or creating a human resource Entrepreneurs through a 5 Star
are going to combination of the boer-maak- large, to succeed if we have not management foundation, defining Quality Assurance process,
play their a-plan concept and the deep encouraged the development of quality assurance standards, and
part, and do centered culture of Ubuntu are our business leaders and helped defining appropriate policies while also creating an online
what it is we strong foundations from which we them understand and build a and procedures. These are not profile for the market to seek and
are expecting can build our successful country suitable business foundation normally the skills understood identify new supplier potential.
from them... to innovate and and create prosperity at all for their enterprise growth and and held dear by an Entrepreneur. The purpose of the App being
create employment. economic levels. sustainability. There are, however, many trained to reassure those established
people and specialists in each enterprises that transacting with
As has been repeated since days Entrepreneurs are needed in all BusinessFit’s confidence in of the functional areas which emerging suppliers i.e. those who
of old, “necessity is the mother social classes and environments, the future comes from having include HR, finance, marketing, have successfully completed the
of invention”. Today, South and it is certainly possible mentored entrepreneurs and SMEs legal, operations, IT, and others BusinessFit 5 Star Process is not
Africa, as in many developing to encourage and promote for long enough to recognise and that are easily able to provide a high-risk venture and indeed
countries, and the world at large, entrepreneurial thinking and develop a methodology to provide entrepreneurs and SMEs with the will contribute to their supplier
need Entrepreneurs to help create actions. South Africans are urgently needed functional area support and clarity needed in each diversification strategy and thus
new products and services that naturally creative people, and as and business leadership support, of these business environments. support sustainable economic
will encourage and influence we recognise that coupling our and to help them in their creation transformation.
a “green” way of living for all. economic thoughts and ideas of a suitable route to market to The unique passion, purpose
This is a necessity, priority and with business mindedness and distribute their products and and energy of entrepreneurs and The Durban Chamber of
opportunity all rolled up into one processes, building confidence in services. their ideas is not duplicatable, Commerce and Industry and
single requirement. what and how we are doing our unlike the skills in functional BusinessFit are launching the
business activities, and creating We do not see value in area activities. Successful B2B Quality Assurance Services
South Africa in particular needs opportunity for new markets Entrepreneurs being caught Entrepreneurs rightly see App on the 1st April 2020 to 100
pioneers and innovators, not only and expansion, we can and will up in the administration of their role as leaders driving companies. If anyone would like to
to help us work towards reducing ignite growth, development and their businesses – we want innovation, seeking opportunity, be part of this test phase initiative,
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and stabilising our C0 emissions, prosperity. Entrepreneurs to lead their and ensuring sustainability. please contact Lindiwe Bhadi,
but also to help overcome inertia enterprises and staff with Passion and thought innovation BusinessFit Admin Manager
and create momentum for new Inhibiters blocking our confidence in their “business often come from deep within on lindiwe@businessfit.co.za
ways of serving our people – and creativeness and desired outcomes minded” ability, and where the Entrepreneur’s soul, rising or Stephanie Ephraim Durban
ensuring the growth, development include challenges like electricity applicable to draw non-core from his or her experiences, and Chamber Membership Manager on
and sustainability of our inclusive load-shedding, polarity of political components of their business focusing on the wants, needs and ephraims@durbanchamber.co.za
economy. parties, complexity in business process requirement from able and demands of our changing society. for more info. 
set-up and administration, but trusted functional area service Entrepreneurs very often are able
At BusinessFit, we, mainly that we have a population providers. This is especially
like many other thought largely made up of financially and true in the initial stages of an to tap into an inner strength and W: www.businessfit.co.za
greater source of inspiration to
leading organisations in the business process illiterate people. enterprise set-up, where to a large
“entrepreneur development” Knowing these critical factors as degree, young business leaders are bring their dreams and ideas to
space know for certain that our challenges and constraints is not skilled in the administration the fore – but they still need the
Entrepreneurs are critical 51% of the way towards creating requirements and effectiveness of business foundation to bring their
ideas to economic prosperity.

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