DAY TWO WORKSHOPS

09.30 | UNDERSTANDING BURN RATE AND CASH RUNWAY CALCULATIONS

Kevin Venter – Associate Director at SNG Grant Thornton’s Business Process Solutions division will be talking about the burn rate and cash runway calculator and the back office elements that are important for start-ups. Each attendee will receive:

• USB with a branded forecast saved which will include burn rate and cash runway calculator.

• Free Xero GL profile

• Free turnkey support from Business Process Support for the first 6 months.

10.30 | THE IMPORTANCE OF PAYROLL AND COMPLIANCE

This workshop focuses on building HR and accountancy solutions for your business.

Glo Mo Solutions creates custom software and offers IT Consulting based on business needs and business models. These solutions look to create growth and efficiency within each organisation. From payroll and HR compliance to financial accounts management, the workshop will look at creating valuing, scaling and growth within organisations.

11.30 | GOOGLE ADS MADE EASY

As a small business owner, you know how important it is to advertise on Google. Google has become so dominant that it’s name is synonymous with internet search itself. When consumers are looking for a product or service they “Google” it. In January 2021 Google accounted for 92% of all internet search activity.

As a small business you must be on Google to succeed in a world of online customers. That’s where AdBot comes in. Doing your own Google Ads is confusing and time-consuming. It can take up to 20 hours a week. Time that you as a small business owner doesn’t have.

Your Adbot does it all for you. It optimises your keywords, ad copy and does all the day to day management - learn how.

12.30 | DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION

Loudhailer works at the epicentre of the innovation ecosystem to coordinate and support policy makers, business leaders, corporates, investors, support & donor organisations, and media to identify and scale innovation solutions for market growth.

Offering full service PR support in the form of earned/paid media strategies, crisis communication, reputation management, investor relations, and media training, we enable your brand to live digital by setting up social channels, helping with content planning, moderation, SEO, PPC, CRM and customer service integration. From creating a visual face for your brand through to consistent thumb-stopping digital creative, we keep the engagement a priority through content led marketing.

02.00 | SCALING ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITY WHILE REMAINING LEAN

This workshop takes the entrepreneur through the journey of enhancing and maximising organisational capability.

Whether you are a JSE listed company or a startup, legislation and compliance are the same. Big business can afford to hire people with the required skills to navigate this maze of complicated legislation and compliance while small businesses have a choice to do it themselves or partner with a professional services company to assist. SME’s should focus on customer acquisition and retention, product/service development and enhancement and concentrate on their core business function/s whilst allowing their partnered professional to manage the rest.

03.00 | APPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY INTO TRADITIONAL BUSINESS MODELS

This workshop is administered by Brenton Naicker, an experienced Digital Assets and Blockchain professional, current Director of Capital Formation and Growth for CV VC, Africa, and ex-Binance.

The workshop is aimed at exposing startups to areas of traditional business models where blockchain technology could be implemented to provide value. The key areas of focus will be:

• An overview of Blockchain technology (Pro's, Con's, and limitations)

• Existing applications in traditional business models

• Interest Topics: Fundraising models, Tokenizing assets, Token Vs. Fiat business models

Von Seidels, Intellectual Property (IP) lawyers will be holding a series of one-to-one meetings with startups wishing to understand more. Specialising in protecting and enforcing IP rights in South Africa and Africa, they have offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, Namibia, Cameroon and Nigeria. They also work with trusted agents in the rest of Africa. 

Von Seidels appreciate that the intellectual property needs of businesses vary, and are committed to developing and implementing relevant and tailored intellectual property strategies for their clients.

The well-known Swedish intellectual property management system PATRICIA™ forms the backbone of their practice. Von Seidels helps you let intellectual property work in your favour.