Small Business MBA

Disclosing financial information

The topic of this week’s edition of Small Biz MBA will probably make many of you very uncomfortable but the simple fact of the matter is that we cannot grow in our comfort zones. We're going to talk about disclosing financial information - specifically your budget and the tracking of…

12 Feb 2018 19 min

Discussing the financial mandated requirements for quotations

This week on Small Biz MBA, Yasmeen Alli takes a look at the tasks that take up the majority of an entrepreneur's time and one of the tasks that comes up most often as something that should be delegated but it's something that takes up a lot of the entrepreneurs…

5 Feb 2018 26 min

What makes for successful sales?

In the second season of Small Biz MBA, Yasmeen Alli, Raizcorp's Academy Manager takes us through the fundamentals of selling. She is later joined by Nhlakanipho Shange, Managing Director at AD.IT Solutions about the importance of understanding the basics of selling

29 Jan 2018 16 min

Preparing for sales calls

In this episode of Small Biz MBA, Raizcorp's Academy Manager, Yasmeen Alli continues the discussion around our sales journey with a look at how to effectively prepare for sales calls. Leandi Streeter, Small Business Expert takes us through what a sales script is and how it is performed.

22 Jan 2018 16 min

Get financial control over your business

Yasmeen Ali takes a look at what it is to have financial control over your business. Later she is joined by Ann Ligman, founder of P@wBack (Pty) Ltd. who has a passion for helping businesses - big and small - create and implement financial policies that work for them

15 Jan 2018 25 min

Networking: why you need it and how to perfect it

“It not what you know, but who you know.” Or so I have heard. That is the truth about networking. It is a vital tool for starting a business, keeping it running and helping it grow. Yasmeen Alli provides some useful definitions and tips for using networking in a way…

27 Nov 2017 23 min

Managing your creditors

Yasmeen Alli takes a look at an area where most entrepreneurs feel like they have more control – the creditors control account. Samantha Weldon joins Yasmeen again, to help formulate sound creditors' guidelines.

23 Nov 2017 23 min

Everything you need to know about your website

Today is the digital age and your business website could make or break you so getting it right is essential. Yasmeen Alli, academy manager at Raizcorp, shares everything you need to know about a business website, from the definition, to how to make yours perfect.

13 Nov 2017 22 min

Managing your debtors

Join Yasmeen Alli on this week's edition of Small Biz MBA where she takes a look at debtors or accounts receivable. She is joined by Chartered Accountant and Small Business Financial Expert - Samantha Weldon who has helped many entrepreneurs stabilise their businesses by taking control of their debtors.

17 Oct 2017 26 min