It is not often that you get appreciated for the hard work you do. The sleepless nights. The pitches you don’t get called back for. But lucky for you, someone out there is watching.
This morning in the mail, I got something that might excite you. At least I thought it would.
Sanlam and Business Partners are giving away up to R100 000 in their Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. It’s also quite easy to apply from what I saw.
The requirements in their three categories are also simple enough. Before you think it’s too good to be true. You have to prove that – by their standards – the three most important financial risks of your business are quantifiable. The application form has more details on that.
Categories and minimum requirements
- Emerging Entrepreneur (business younger than three years old)
- Business Entrepreneur (turnover up to R20 million)
- Medium Business Entrepreneur (turnover greater than R20 million
Of course, you are not motivated by the cash prizes. But they are offering those too.
Cash Prizes
- Category winners will receive R20 000.00
- R100 000 in cash for the overall winner along with the opportunity to attend an international conference or trade show, as well as extensive public exposure. That should help in acquiring the much needed sales.
Download the entry forms and more information to enter.
Spread the word as far and wide as possible as well. . . . Good luck!
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A while back I wrote about the 100 list and promised you another post about it. After spending sometime thinking of ways to present it in writing, I finally decided that this would be it.
One of the things I do a lot of is talk about interesting things to do and experience as much of them as possible. But my thinking here has been quite rigid and business – focused in a way that makes it difficult to write about anything else.
Getting out of the boxes
The 100 list is partly me getting out that box and partly challenging myself and you to do certain things over the next year. Call it ‘living the dream’.
We all thrive where there is a bit of variety and interesting things do. That variety, adventure and word of mouse is what the 100 list all about.
. . . but what for?
There are entrepreneurial companies out there that provide phenomenally amazing service, which we never get to talk about. Instead the ones that give us crap get more mention. The 100 list is where I will talk about them.
There are quite a few things I want to do over time which seem to get put off and once after a while they get relegated far from memory. And we tell ourselves they weren’t worth doing anyway.
Ones that are worth doing
For the ones that are worth doing there’s the 100 list. To start off here are a few things I plan to over the next year:
This list will grow over time as more activities come to mind. Some I can only mention later on.
What things have you put off that are still worth doing? Tell us in the comments. And if you happen to be from Urban, feel free to email me.
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