I've come across aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners that asked, "I have a business idea. What's next?", "I have a business idea but I don't know where to start." 

My answer is always, "Write it down" 
The first thing to do is write your business idea down. Writing it down not only helps you make sense of the idea itself and test its viability, it also reward you with peace of mind. Having business ideas in your head can be overwhelming and frustrating.  Over and above, sometimes it tends to remain just that - an idea. 

In this episode I am taking you through 3 steps to help you write your business idea down in a way that helps you articulate your customer value proposition and unearth what your idea needs to transform into a business. 

My intent here is to help kickstart your process of moving from an idea to business stage. 


- Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar,and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy.

www.kgadimmanakana.com
www.km-cds.co.za

#KgadiOnStrategy: have a business idea, now what?

Having worked for over 4 years full-time  with South African entrepreneurs and business owners as a Business Strategy Consultant, and from my experience as an entrepreneur in South Africa, here's my take about what it will take for SA business leaders to unlock the potential of their businesses.  

Keywords in this episode: Mindset. Entrepreneurship Culture. Unique Value Proposition. 

- Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy.
www.kgadimmanakana.com
www.km-cds.co.za 

#KgadiOnStrategy : How South African entrepreneurs can unlock the potential of their businesses

The Covid19 pandemic presented a serious threat to people, businesses and economies around the world. For business leaders, on the agenda is a question of how they can best protect their employees, serve their customers and stabilize their businesses.   As someone who got into the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to keep businesses in business, I took time to observe and report the business disruption that Covid19 is creating. With this episode  my intention is to draw the attention of business owners to the shifting happening, subtly or otherwise, in the market environment as a result of Covid19, and inspire action to find a way adapt to save their businesses.

 - Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy.

 www.km-cds.co.za www.kgadimmanakana.com

How Covid19 disrupted the business market environment

#KgadiOnStrategy: How Covid19 disrupted the Business Market Environment

The number one reason I ventured into strategy consulting is was because I wanted to introduce the concept of strategic planning in startups and small businesses. I wanted them to understand that to be known in the market, to get clients and to have a turnover of R1Mil don't just happen - it requires a plan. A well thought out strategic plan. To stay in business one must be intentional about it. In this episode I'm unpacking what strategy is and why businesses formulate strategies. The goal is to inspire startup business owners to start formulating theirs.   

- Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy

www.km-cds.co.za
www.kgadimmanakana.com

Have a strategy for your business. But first let's unpack what strategy is

In building onto the previous episode on the importance of  business strategy formulation which is essentially to help you gain competitive advantage over your rivals, in this episode I'm unpacking what Competitive Advantage refers to and what it looks like. I am using Starbucks as a case study to make this practical, on how it gained competitive advantage in the coffee shop market. 

Competitive Advantage is the base of my work as a consultant. In my consulting work I reconcile Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation and Competitive Strategy concepts with Economic Theories to help businesses gain Competitive Advantage in ever changing market environments. 

- Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy.

www.km-cds.co.za
www.kgadimmanakana.com

The secret to staying in business - have a competitive advantage

In building onto the previous episode that introduced the concept of Competitive Advantage, in this episode I am sharing 5 approaches you can use to gain Competitive Advantage over your competitors and be the go-to for your customers. 

- Kgadi Mmanakana, Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy.

www.km-cds.co.za
www.kgadimmanakana.com

#KgadiOnStrategy: 5 approaches you can use to gain Competitive Advantage over your rivals

A podcast for startup business owners hosted by Professional Consultant, Scholar and Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Kgadi Mmanakana. 

The podcast was launched to scale the impact that her strategy consulting firm, KM - Consulting and Development Services, has been making in the Enterprise Development and Startup space helping business owners build foundations for business sustainability, scalability and profitability. And to serve as a business insights archive that aspiring and emerging business leaders can have access to anytime.


The podcast features the following segments: On Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Decoded, Strategy, Business Architecture, Business Sustainability & Management, Startup Booster, and Ask Kgadi on Strategy.  
All segments were carefully selected to contribute to Kgadi's reason for existing in the Entrepreneurship Development Ecosystem - to keep businesses in business by increasing the startup business survival rates. 