SA Profile Volume 3 - 2020

EDITORIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Why business owners avoid help in times of need By Christian Harbeck, franchise partner at ActionCOACH Entrepreneurs share very similar characteristics; they are determined, confident, self-driven and many demonstrate a strong appetite for risk. It is these positive traits that drives success. On the flipside, these characteristics can result in entrepreneurs resisting the support and guidance from others. Why? Because when you are decisive and used to being in charge, it is difficult to accept help. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the top three causes: pride, prejudice and price.

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Pilara Solutions – Tax solutions for start-ups and SME’s

Curiosity & tenacity makes this business owner no ‘roll-over

Purecorp – Too busy to spa? Pure Corp’s got you sorted

Driving increased revenue for your brand, your vendor & your business

Block threats before they target your business

a high standard

grows into multi-million Rand company

Independent experts: Your saviour or your sinker?

Twinstar Precast – Precast custom products

Ask Afrika – An icon for female entrepreneurs in Africa

Omnipresent Global – Providing business with better operational visibility PTA Agencies – Quality cleaning products manufactured to

The impact visual & design components have on your profits

University of Free State – Holistic financial planning education

Closing the gender funding gap

Small-scale embedded energy generation: A part of SA’s smart future

Centre for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies – Energy Research Programme set to develop human capital

Your five-step guide to getting unstuck when in a business rut

business efficiency

Why business owners avoid help in times of need

Three ways to kick start your international growth

Out Tasking Procurement Solutions – Delivering a professional shared procurement service Broadsmart – Make digital platforms work to improve your

UBANK – Ubank expands its services to the broader working market

for our current water woes

Are you injecting effective processes into an ineffective business system?

Transformation depends on making BEE business-critical

Resilience, the future of organizational structure

Our energy revolution needs the government’s spark

25 years since democracy – how has SA’s agricultural sector performed?

Shelf Company Warehouse

Economic slowdown is #1 risk facing organisations

Digital alone is a poor substitute for the human touch

nations, building legacies

Better networking can limit fraud losses

Rhodes University – Choose Rhodes University’s formative degree for flexibility and success

Rooibos LTD – Heart of the rooibos industry

The Transformation Legacy – Why should enterprise development matter

Rhodes University – where leaders learn The Transformation Legacy – Developing entrepreneurs, changing

How does social media support sales?

Adopting a millennial mindset – how to run a socially conscious business

Strengthen your presence as a female entrepreneur in SA

Mitek Industries – Leading the world of roof truss technology

Cover Story: Invincible Valves

Building the SA brand – investing in Proudly South African products

Pearson South Africa – Empowering human progress

Foreword: Proudly South Africa

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