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Big Small Business Show

The Big Small Business Show aims to give viewers practical and down-to-earth business advice and is tailor-made for entrepreneurs. This programme gives great insight and tips to those who want to grow their ventures, as well as those who wanting to take the step towards entrepreneurship.

The show is hosted by Allon Raiz, CEO of Raizcorp, an internationally well-known business guru.

An Arena Holdings production.

Keywords: money, opportunity, business plan, business ideas, business news, income, financial news, small business ideas
Weekly English South Africa Business
219 Episodes
56 – 76

The Big Small Business Show - ESG funding opportunities

An unusual and stimulating conversation with a 10-year-old markets & shares expert, funding opportunities if you follow ESG principles and training tips on how to assist your children to become financially savvy
1 Jul 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - A 10-year-old markets & shares guru

Daniel Boswell is a 10-year-old market and shares expert as well as an investor. He plans to be a dollar millionaire by the age of 18 and reads books on war strategies for fun. Allon Raiz steps into conversation with this bright and unusual young man with firm opinions about…
1 Jul 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Greg Walsh (Rage events) Part 1/3

Greg Walsh from G&G Productions started his entrepreneurial career as a waiter while he was studying. A while later, he became a shareholder in the annual matric Rage events and his entrepreneurial journey started to make these events more safe, more spectacular and more memorable.
24 Jun 2022 7 min

The Big Small Business Show - Greg Walsh (Rage events) Part 2/3

Covid lockdown hits. Retrenching loyal staff broke Greg's heart. He had to, because he lost his offices and had a 700% reduction in turnover. In December of 2020, the 24/7 media attention and attacks started, accusing him of culpable homicide. The onslaught was so fierce, Greg contemplated suicide.
24 Jun 2022 8 min

The Big Small Business Show - Greg Walsh (Rage events) Part 3/3

When Greg realised he’s not going to jail, he recorded a 10 minute-long social media video in one take and it went viral. In this video he slammed the media for reporting false information about him and the management of the Rage events simply for the sake of clicks. Over…
24 Jun 2022 9 min

The Big Small Business Show - Business model canvass

The “lean business canvass” is an ideal tool as it reflects your whole business on one page, one “canvass". Instead of typed documents, you write on post-its and move them around on the canvass or replace them as your business changes. David Zidel, Author and Business School lecturer, unpacks.
10 Jun 2022 7 min

The Big Small Business Show - Customer engagement

Do you want to interact with your customers via digital channels and specifically via the user’s mobile device? There’s good news - MTN Business will come to YOU to set it up! Dr Megan Vercueil, Head of Mobility, unpacks.
10 Jun 2022 8 min

The Big Small Business Show - Entrepreneurial habits

How do you start your day as an entrepreneur? Do you get drowned in emails first thing in the morning or in social media updates? It’s probably not an ideal situation. Ronen Aires, High Performance Coach, unpacks how the right habits can put you on a path to success.
10 Jun 2022 9 min

The Big Small Business Show - SARS claims for working from home

If you claim(ed) with SARS for working from home, you’ll be audited. Finish and klaar. You also need to remember there’s a tax consequence if you claim home office and it never lapses, even if you stop trading. Pieter Faber from SAICA unpacks.
3 Jun 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Product vs strategy

It’s really important that your product should at some point in time become part of your strategy instead of the business revolving around product only. Allon Raiz, CEO: Raizcorp, unpacks tips on how to do this in our Entrepreneurial Academy slot.
27 May 2022 3 min

The Big Small Business Show - Responsible use of energy

ESG is all about carbon footprints. If you use solar power instead of electricity, you’ll score higher. But if you use borehole water excessively, you’ll lose points because the carbon footprint is too high. Namhla Saba, MD: Integrated Thinking, unpacks.
27 May 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Internal vs external growth

If you make use of service providers and you want to scale, where should the growth be? internally or externally? More staff or more external contractors? Darryn Van Den Berg, MD: Passion4Performance, steps into conversation with Allon Raiz.
27 May 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Sales techniques

It’s important that a business owner drives sales him/herself while growing a venture and in the process develops an academic relationship with unsuccessful sales. Emmanuel Murumbi, founder of Airbag & Dash Repairs, steps into conversation with Allon Raiz.
20 May 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Stocks’ carbon footprint

It’s actually quite shocking to hear what the carbon footprint of computers is. Namhla Saba, MD: Integrated Thinking, gives valuable tips around sustainable business models to replace stock, especially computers.
20 May 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Make peace with rejection

Go out there, sell and make peace with rejection. In a new slot called Entrepreneurial Academy, Allon Raiz unpacks valuable tips, for example, try new selling techniques. If you’re unsuccessful, you can blame the technique - instead of losing heart, you can try and try again with new techniques.
20 May 2022 3 min

The Big Small Business Show - International expansion

Agent, licensee, or owning a branch? Which way do you go in another country? These are factors to consider when you expand internationally. Jean-Paul d’Abbadie, MD of GAAP Point of Sale, steps into conversation with Allon Raiz.
13 May 2022 14 min

The Big Small Business Show - Keeping ESG records

How do you keep ESG records? Make sure you collect the relevant data you’d like to report on, strategise it into a policy, implement the policies and collect supporting evidence & documentation. Namhla Saba, MD: Integrated Thinking, unpacks.
13 May 2022 3 min
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