Why EOY is valuable to the entrepreneurial community

Apr 102013
 
Why EOY is valuable to the entrepreneurial community

2013 competition entrant, Magriet Smit, shares some information with us about her business and why she decided to enter the competition.

Briefly describe your business and the industry you operate in?

Word4Word is a company that provides educational tutoring to school children and underprivileged children. Word4Word has two sub divisions:

Word4Word Reading Therapy  Word4Word reading therapists are trained and equipped with our special Word4Word recipe: play therapy techniques combined with visual therapy techniques, perceptual techniques and a lot of love.
Word4Word Projects – Word4Word tutors are trained and equipped with the Word4Word Reading Programme to assist children at projects like soup kitchens, safe houses and children’s homes.

Where did the business concept originate from and when did you start your business?

While working in my ex-husband’s optometry practice, I noticed that a lot of children experienced difficulty while learning to read… more

2012 EOY launch in Cape Town

Apr 052012
 

The topic of conversation at this years launch was “How will the 2012 budget affect your business going forward?” This question and other issues affecting entrepreneurial growth were discussed at the Kelvin Grove Club on 9 March 2012 during the official Cape Town launch breakfast of the Sanlam / Business Partners 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year® Awards.

The seminar featured an address by Professor Matthew Lester, tackling the 2012 budget and its impact on South African entrepreneurs. Lester, whose credentials include a BCom CTA (Rhodes) and H Dip Tax Law (Wits), is a tax professor at Rhodes University and the winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s award for distinguished teaching in 2001. He also won the SAICA Southern region Honours Tie 2009. Apart from teaching at Rhodes, he also lectures to a wide range of South Africans on money matters and writes the popular weekly column ‘Tax Talk’ in the Sunday Times… more

2012 EOY launch keynote address

Mar 142012
 

The 2012 budget and its impact on South African entrepreneurs: Prof Matthew Lester

Lester, whose credentials include a BCom CTA (Rhodes) and H Dip Tax Law (Wits), is a tax professor at Rhodes University and the winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s award for distinguished teaching in 2001. He also won the SAICA Southern region Honours Tie 2009. Apart from teaching at Rhodes, he also lectures to a wide range of South Africans on money matters and writes the popular weekly column ‘Tax Talk’ in the Sunday Times.

 

Tax and small business in South Africa 2012: Part 1

 

Tax and small business in South Africa 2012: Part 2

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