Small Business Management

Founders Agreement Template

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:58:00 +0000

This Founders Agreement (“Agreement) is entered into on _____ (INSERT DATE) by ________ (INSERT FOUNDER NAME AND ADDRESS) and _______ (INSERT FOUNDER NAME, ADRESS AND ADD AS REQUIRED); henceforth collectively known as the “Founders” of XYZ ENTERPRISES

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Do's and Dont's of Bookkeeping for a Small Business

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:59:00 +0000

If you have a small business it is always a good idea to track your finances. Failure to do this is a recipe for a total failure. Since bookkeeping is such an important part of every business here's a few dos and don'ts that you can follow in your bookkeeping practices.

Read the do’s and dont’s of bookkeeping for your small business

University of Cape Town MBA Scholarships for Social and Green Innovators

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:43:00 +0000

The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) has announced that it has created five new full scholarships for its MBA programme. The Bertha Scholarships will be awarded annually, starting in 2012, to candidates who are dedicated to working in, or starting, entrepreneurial ventures that tackle social or environmental problems.

This announcement prepares the way for the launch at the school of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which has been set up in partnership with the Bertha Foundation to boost social and green enterprises in South Africa and on the African continent.

The centre will seek to help managers and entrepreneurs build better businesses in emerging markets and will work in tandem with the MBA programme at the GSB to instil in students those business values and skills that are needed to solve some of society’s toughest challenges.

KopiBure - An Innovative Student Advertising Business

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:38:00 +0000

KopiBure (the name is swahili for free copies) is an advertising company that deals with advertising in Universities, Colleges and other tertiary institutions of learning.

Kopibure manages photocopy machines on educational campuses. The business model works by using blank sides of paper that is left after students do their printing or photocopy on ordinary photocopy paper. Kopibure place adverts and messages that are relevant to this target market, at the back of those papers and the students use the front to do their printing and photocopy work.

5 Ways to control Money for a Small Business

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:02:00 +0000

Cash flow management is every entrepreneur’s nightmare. Even for the financially astute, it is one of the toughest challenges every small business owner faces. Most have gone through the school of hard knocks and experienced cash flow crunches.

A small business that fails to manage its cash flow well, places its long term success and continuance in grave, grave danger.

Find out the 5 ways to control your cash