Finding investors: (Part 1) Why do you really want external funding?

“Where do I find money to help me start or grow my business?” is a question I hear so many South African entrepreneurs asking. So I will be writing a series of articles over the next few weeks on how to find the investment that you want.

Sales & safety margins are sexy figures!

Figures can tell you so much about your company; yup we are talking “sales figures”, “operational figures” and “financial figures” – not sizzling female models and jaw-dropping-abs-packed hunks….

Use receivables factoring to improve your cashflow

Small business factoring integrates quickly into most organizations and it has a very specific scope: it is designed to solve the cash flow constrains generated the timing discrepancy between expenses and revenues.