Rural Business

Let's get to the future of Work. If you are less than 25 years of age do not do any administration work courses.  If you are unemployed and have been in the past two years. You are unemployable, things have changed, technology has advanced and new skills will be in demand, skills that needs complex problem solving. We are moving from a world that needs physical efforts. Question is are we ready for such a drastic change? Skills that enable workers to design, build and work alongside with technological systems will be in high demand. We are so used to buying and paying for everything , how are we going to do this if we have no money? Does this mean we need to go back to being agricultural ?  Do we even have the land to do that? And I am not talking about hectares of land but a 2-10 meters to plant veggies? Since we live in flats and in the cities? However, people that do computer science , mathematical and engineering will be more in d...

What is your understanding of a revolution? Here is something to indulge in. Revolution- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline or the way of thinking or behaving. As we are about to enter into a lockdown in South Africa as a measure to prevent the spread of Corona virus.  Take  some time and read on revolution, from the agrarian age up to the recent and advanced technological advancement. This is a very interesting read and should be a way to encourage us to prepare for what is to come.

South Africa is in crisis and no matter how ignorant you are, you know that we are in chaos.First we are still dealing with power failure which costs us a lot of production time and we are losing money.  Now as small businesses we struggle to make ends meet due to not having an alternative source of power we find it hard to run and make money. The sad reality is that this will be going on for some time. This is a national problem minding the technical recession we are in. But we need to persist and be innovative on how we go about finding alternative power.  How do we maintain business in such hard times? And just as we are recovering from load-shedding. We are told of Corona virus. This pandemic is freaking us out and people are told to stay at home but how realistic is that.? It is day 2 of not going anywhere but I have had enough. Business has not opened in the past two days and I am feeling the load already. Like what are we supposed to...

This is one interesting tool that businesses must employ. Automation basically is having systems  that are running in your absence.   In times like these the business must have computers and systems that do the job on your behalf .This saves time and exposes one to new  opportunities. This is a follow up on you as a business person " not to be the business" but run the business. How can one automate.? Well it is depended on your business. Therefore one has to find best books on automation for  businesses. Here are a few suggestions. # Daniel Hall - Easy ways to automate your business. #Tom knowles - Systemize,Automate,Delegate. #Valeri Little- Automate your Business. Innovate and add value .

So when in crisis what do you do? What strategies do you usually implement? Are they useful? How often do you revisit them and make changes? Leave your comments below.

Client Management. How well do you know  your clients? How often do you contact your clients for feedback on your product/ services? And how have you considered the feedback,? Besides advertising and marketing what other lengths do you go to get more clients.? Do you know the Top 5 people that your revenue is depended on and how do you even communicate with these people? We need to understand also that more customers does not mean an increase in revenue.  The end goal is having an increase in revenue regardless of the number of clients. For example say you are selling cakes and have 10 customers that buy a cake each or you can have 4 customers that buy 10 cakes each.  The matter here is revenue. Therefore take caution of your best clients. Client management is important. The primary goal  is maximum revenue even with less customers. Innovate and add value .

This is one of the things venogroup will be busy with this year.  This new introduction is something that the South African youth need. Actually it is the starting of our own businesses so that we can be part of the value chain we need the most.  There is nothing shocking as the Unemployment rate in South Africa, and it continues to rise.  Companies are retrenching everyday as we have seen with Telkom  in the past week. Where will we be in the coming 5 years?  What will we be doing?   We need innovative, creative and disruptive minds.