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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
24 – 44

The Big Small Business Show - Advantages of overdrafts

If you give your clients what they want, you have a great product and you’ll sell without trouble. But then why is an overdraft recommended when things are actually going well? Sashen Moodley from iMita Building Solutions steps into conversation with Allon Raiz, CEO: Raizcorp.
23 Sep 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Targets relative to strategy

Allon Raiz gives his feedback to the entrepreneurs, followed by our series on building a FMCG brand. How do you design your targets relative to your strategy? Automatic excel spreadsheet target-setting is actually something entrepreneurs should avoid. Ryan “chef” Lurie from Namyajapan unpacks.
23 Sep 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Product-Margin fit

If your business is Product-Market fit, it’s great. If it’s Product-Margin fit as well, it’s a bargain. Allon Raiz gives tips on how to reach this ideal situation in our Entrepreneurial Academy slot.
23 Sep 2022 4 min

The Big Small Business Show - Husband-wife teams

In our Entrepreneurial Academy slot, Allon Raiz discusses husband-wife teams. It’s recommended that define their roles and that the person in charge has veto rights in this role. Also, discussions in the car are not meetings - a weekly meeting with an agenda is recommended.
16 Sep 2022 5 min

The Big Small Business Show - Outsource or not in the FMCG space

Allon Raiz gives his feedback to the entrepreneurs, followed by our series on building a FMCG brand. Should I manufacture or outsource my product in the FMCG space? Nine out of 10 times it’s cheaper to outsource because if you manufacture yourself, you’re looking at a much longer lead time…
16 Sep 2022 9 min

The Big Small Business Show - Building processes & procedures

Before you document processes and procedures, you need to build a “machine”. You build a part, refine it and remove yourself. Then you build the next part, refine it and remove yourself. Husband-and-wife team, Jozzler and Lulama Mochocho from Mochocho IT Solutions steps into conversation with Allon Raiz about handing…
16 Sep 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Data visualisation

Data visualisation has become an important aspect of how we put proposals together, how we sell and how we present. How do you take your information and put it in a snapshot, create a picture that paints a thousand words? David Zidel, Author and Business School lecturer, unpacks
9 Sep 2022 7 min

The Big Small Business Show - The possibilities of 5G

What’s the difference between 4G and 5G? In a nutshell, 5G has faster speed and lower latency and what this means is, for example, that it makes remote medical operations possible. Sudipto Moitra, GM: ICT - MTN Enterprise unpacks the possibilities that 5G offers.
9 Sep 2022 8 min

The Big Small Business Show - Anger management

Entrepreneurs often feel agitated and added to work frustration are external factors out of their control such as loadshedding and interest rate hikes. Tafadzwa Makombe from Elevate Transformation Coaching gives tips on how to look at any given situation with different eyes.
9 Sep 2022 9 min

The Big Small Business Show - Supplier relationships

Supplier relationships - a good relationship with your supplier is worth more than finding a raw product at a cheaper price. Ryan “chef” Lurie from Namyajapan, unpacks tips around growing your FMCG brand.
2 Sep 2022 11 min

The Big Small Business Show - Established vs new markets

Many entrepreneurs have established customers but want to branch out into different fields where they have to build up new customers from scratch. Is it not better to introduce your new product to customers who already trust you? Sibusiso Malinga from Indalo Water Solutions steps into conversation with Allon Raiz.
2 Sep 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Delegation tips

What are you good at, what are you bad at? You hire in what you’re bad at. Then you look at what you’re good at but you don’t like doing it. Then you hire that person in. In our Training Academy slot this week, Allon Raiz, CEO: Raizcorp, discusses how…
26 Aug 2022 3 min

The Big Small Business Show - Identifying windows of opportunity

When you want to grow, there are windows of opportunity in your market. If you miss them, you may find yourself in a commoditised environment and then it’s too late. But you may have to change your current role in the company to find & utilise these windows. Desiree Gopal…
26 Aug 2022 9 min

The Big Small Business Show - Cash management during growth

Do you want to grow? If the answer is yes, is your cash flow geared for this process? How do you pay your suppliers and how do your clients pay you? If you’re running out of cash in the middle of this process, you need to put alternative measures in…
12 Aug 2022 10 min

The Big Small Business Show - Pricing your FMCG product

You’ve built you brand and now you need to focus on your pricing strategy. Are you going for low quality and low price to distribute to a mass consumer group, or go the opposite way to high quality and high price. Ryan “chef” Lurie from Namyajapan unpacks the strategies of…
5 Aug 2022 10 min
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