702 Nedbank Business Accelerator Feedback Week 2016

Every entrepreneur dreams of making it big, of taking things to the cleaners, so to speak. Dudu Mofokeng was no different, despite the fact that her business is cleaning. She launched Legaci Dry Cleaners and Laundry Services with the simple idea of making enough money to be rich, but says that changed when she saw the difference having a job made to her only employee at the time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A famous newspaperman once said “print and be damned” – a noble attribute for the press to have, but one which would certainly have got him into trouble had the paper been utilising the services of Chris Symons’ company, Effective Control Systems..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendy Thatcher owner of Wings n Things.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the clothes may make the man, the question is: who makes the clothes? This is where Cecilia Mungofa’s Studio 05 School of Fashion comes in – it is an institution created to encourage and nurture the development of emerging fashion designers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maartens Heynike, Owner, 3% dot Com Properties.Nedbank Business Accelerator Feedback.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Randall, Owner, Hugh RandallSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some people contemplating launching their own business find themselves in a state of flux. Phineas Letsoalo, on the other hand, decided to turn flux into a business model, when launching Purechem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pavlo chats to Martin Glauber, Owner of SpectankSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ivan Potter’s definition of ‘heavy metal’ is somewhat different to that of the average teenager’s, since Ivan’s company - iLED Manufacturing – is focused on the manufacture of sheet metal products for a wide range of clients and sectors.Posted 3/7/2016 7:44:07 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While it is not common business practice for SMEs to merely ‘go with the flow’, Rexus Trading has built its business on doing exactly that.Posted 3/7/2016 3:24:45 PMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People seldom pay much attention to the box a gift comes in, since it is merely the container that holds the surprise. However, when you are selling expensive jewellery and watches, the case in which you display your products becomes a vital aspect of the sales process.Posted 3/8/2016 6:21:37 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some businesses are all talk, but for Deon Labuschagne, his business is all about torque. Dynamic Propshafts & CV Joints is a specialist company focused on the repair, balancing, servicing and manufacturing of propshafts and driveshafts.Posted 3/9/2016 6:53:01 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is no real shock to learn that Anthony Mpati is a bright spark, someone who is plugged into current trends well enough to quickly realise he could capitalise on Eskom’s power crisis.Posted 3/9/2016 3:02:51 PMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man’s home may be his castle, but his garden is his kingdom, which is why Craig de Necker, an internationally-recognised award-winning landscape designer and his company, The Friendly Plant, offer the concept of ‘live in your garden’.Posted 3/10/2016 3:48:46 PMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lynne Scullard has a dream – one in which South Africans embrace the freedom, cost efficiency and environmental benefits of using scooters, rather than motor cars. Her motorcycle training company, Scully Scooters, runs a range of programmes designed to encourage people and companies to make use of these freewheeling vehicles, while at the same time reducing the ridiculously high number of road accidents in the country.Posted 3/11/2016 8:41:16 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The struggle for power has been part of human history for as long as we can remember, but that struggle has taken a decisive turn since Nicholas von Broembsen launched his company, Bundu Power.Posted 3/11/2016 8:51:32 AMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The company’s main focus is around the provision of “ozone gas” which has been used around the world for the last 100 years and is rapidly becoming recognised in Southern Africa as a highly suitable and safe replacement for chlorine in water and waste water treatment and in fresh food processing and packaging.Posted 3/11/2016 3:16:31 PMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.