Why EOY is valuable to the entrepreneurial community
2013 competition entrant, Nickey Mannya, Managing Director of Rural Brands, shares some information and insight about his entrepreneurial journey and discusses why he decided to enter the competition. Briefly describe your business and the industry you operate in? At Rural Brands we develop and produce technologically advanced online solutions to help businesses achieve “efficiency through […]
Why I chose to enter
Divesh Ramdhass, owner of Pharmacy at Spar Northway and 2013 competition entrant, shares some information with us about his business, insight into the pharmacy industry and discusses why he decided to enter the competition. Briefly describe your business and the industry you operate in? Pharmacy at Spar Northway was opened in December 2012 after being […]
Why EOY is valuable to the entrepreneurial community
2013 competition entrant, Richard Qonto, shares some information with us about his business and discusses why he decided to enter the competition this year. Briefly describe your business and the industry you operate in? Pendairies (Pty) Ltd is an authorised Parmalat distributor based in the Western Cape. My key business functions comprise of marketing and […]
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 […]
Why entrepreneurial skills are important for a business
This month we chat to Justin Hawes of Scan Display, who was one of the finalists in the EOY 2012 competition about how he manages to instil entrepreneurial skills within his business. How do you develop entrepreneurial skills within your business? With freedom comes responsibility. Therefore my management style is very much one of making […]
EOY finalist discusses how seasonality affects her business
Seasonal entrepreneurs rely on the cyclical nature of their business and are therefore required to be considerably future orientated when making managerial decisions. This can be very challenging and requires careful planning and an in depth understanding of one’s business environment. Anthea Ambursley, General Manager of Anansi Business Enterprises T/A Anansi Heights guest house, is […]
Challenges that EOY winners overcame on the path to success
We chatted to the 2012 EOY winners about the various challenges they have experienced in their careers thus far: William Duk, owner of Plantation Shutters and the overall winner of the 2012 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition shares some of his challenges: The biggest initial challenge that we faced was getting […]
Lucky chance leads to entrepreneurial success
South Africa’s top entrepreneur of 2012 revealed In a field of 22 finalists, William Duk, owner of The Plantation Shutter Co., has been honoured with the title of the overall 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year® award in the annual Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition. William managed to successfully transformed The Plantation […]
Determined to succeed
Western Cape promotions company owner awarded Emerging Business Entrepreneur of the Year® award Tabisa Nomnganga of Bravo Promotions was awarded the 2012 Emerging Business Entrepreneur of the Year® title in the annual Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® Competition. Tabisa claimed the title over three other worthy finalists in the 2012 Emerging Business […]
Making eco-friendly an award winning idea
Green businessman claims small business entrepreneur of the year® award Warren Graver, founder and director of Envirodeck, an industry leader in environmentally conscious and sustainable decking products, was awarded the 2012 Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year® title in the annual Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year ® Competition. This year’s competition saw […]