Kgadi on Strategy

In this episode get inspired to start generating income that will help your business have a healthy cashflow either through what I call retainer income and or Rockstar Money. This can be made possible by starting to warm up to the idea of actively bidding for those supplier/service agreements, regardless of the size of your business. Get the 5 tips to help you get procurement ready and start secur...

Your hunches are a sneak peak into what could be, what can become of your life and your business. Learn to follow them.

As the year 2024 starts unfolding, this is what I hope for you...

This should be the last time you see yourself and business struggling because "I don't have clients" it's time to get your head in the game and play the game. It's time to get serious about making money.

Staying in business means having working capital. And in today's episode focuses on where to start in ensuring that you always have income by introducing you to 3 types of income you need.

And I'm back with another episode in this new beautiful year 2023! This is the year of starting and finishing strong, and I'm intending to share more content with you consistently with you. Talking about starting and finishing strong, in today's episode we are talking about transitioning from being survivalist entrepreneurs and being on hustle mode all the time, to becoming the CEO of a business t...

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As an accidental entrepreneur, here are my thoughts on whether or not entrepreneurship can be taught and whether or not entrepreneurs are made or born

Being part of the digital economy and leveraging on digital marketplaces such as Facebook requires that you learn the basics. In this episode I share basic pointers you need to get right to start making money on social media.

From my experience working in the startup community, and part of it being to help entrepreneurs and business owners raise and secure funding, I know with strong conviction that there's funding, and because there's competition (lots of people are looking for funding), those that ultimately access it on merit, are those that prepare thoroughly. Here's one of the reasons why your business funding app...

Injecting cash into your business can be a key to unlocking growth. In case of using external sources such as loans and grants, you need to get your business ready for funding. And having worked with funding acquisition and proposal writing space for over 5 years full-time, I am content to announce that there is funding out there, and those that access it are those who are ready. In this episode I...

On the 22nd of January 2021 I tackled the following Top 3 subjects on Waterberg Biz Corner with Donald King (Waterberg FM 99.3) (1) How to leverage on the digital era to keep your business in business during the (Covid19) Quarantine Economy. (2)I have a business idea, now what? (3) How to access funding. This episode is the full version of the interview which is full of free valuable insights. For...

The funding application process can be quite frustrating and tedious, so you want to make sure that one of the key things that will be the make or break (the business plan) of this process is well packaged. And over and above, that you covered the key things funders will be looking for in your plan to assess your application. In this episode I'm sharing key things funders will be looking for in yo...

The South African entrepreneurial ecosystem can squeeze the life out of you - gatekeepers are corrupt and resources are limited. So, how does one make it without giving out a brown envelope? This episode was inspired by a conversation between entrepreneurs on what it takes to succeed in business. Listen in.

Sometimes the problem is not that your strategy is flawed, sometimes is underestimating what it takes to execute. Remember the performance targets you set for your business - they require a set of activities to be actioned out. And those activities require resources, be it time, money, physical resource, skills or people. Do you have the right resources required to execute your formulated strategy...

Now that you are aware of the external changes (from PESTEL Analysis) and how the affect you, as well as the level of competition you are faced with (from Competition Analysis), it is time to map the strengths and opportunities that those changes unearth for you, against the threats they pose. This will help you benchmark your competitive position in the market.

The greatest lie that most business owners say is "I have no competition" In this episode as we continue with the Market Analysis part of our Strategy Planning, I unpack the top 5 competitions that your business should look out for.

As a business leader, you must always bear in mind that your business operates in an ever changing market environment, and those changes that happen externally, be it political, economic, social,technological factors, affect you. They can pose threats on your business, and they can also introduce business opportunities. So you must be aware of them. In this episode introducing you to the top 5 ext...

The importance of settinh targets for your business goes back to this: if you don't know where you are going, you'll never get there or rather never know when you have arrived. To be known in the market, to get clients and to achieve a R1mil turnover, don't just happen - it requires intentional planning (setting targets) and execution. In this episode we are continuing with our strategic planning...

South Africa's entrepreneurial ecosystem can squeeze the life out of you - gate keepers are corrupt and resources are limited. As we continue on the series of business strategy development, today I am providing guidance on how to decide on principles that govern how you do business, so you don't get swallowed by the often ruthless entrepreneurship ecosystem that can sometimes be unethical.

As we continue on the series of business strategy development, today I am building onto the key aspects of a strategic plan that I tackled in the previous episodes from what a business strategy is to how to gain competitive advantage over your competitors, and I will be diving into formulation of an organizational mission statement. PS: You’ll notice that the subjects I am tackling are what you al...

Now that I tackled what a business strategy is, why companies formulate strategies (to gain competitive advantage, and how to gain competitive advantage in my previous posts (If you missed them check them on Kgadi On Strategy - SME or www.kgadionstrategy.co.za to catch up), we can jump into the key process I wanted to help you, business owners with, business strategy development. Today we are star...

In building on my previous episode about the 5 strategic approaches you can use to gain competitive advantage, today I am introducing a business model and how it relates to business strategy. It is important to touch on a business model because a company’s business model sets forth the logic for how its strategy will create value for customers and at the same time generate revenues sufficient to c...

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.

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 Adv...