New business fund

[FBW]

Hi,

I want to start a small business for web development and web design. Does anyone knows if the government has any funds for new small businesses's....

Thanks for your help.

 

[danlr]

You can speak to IDC and there is also a few business incubators/venture capital guys.

Key is to have a good business plan

PM me if you want to chat about option/structure/finance etc

 

[Simpiwem76]

Hi,

I want to start a small business for web development and web design. Does anyone knows if the government has any funds for new small businesses's....

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

Well, I think you should approach SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY(SEDA) that is close in your area as they are currently running an ICT Incubator programme for startup and/or small businesses.

Never give up in your dream.

Be strong and perserve.

 

[^^vampire^^]

Starting up a small web business really doesn't cost that much. I run my own web business. I pay $17.50 a month for a server for my hosting - it's housed in a datacenter so everything is managed for me saving me time and money. All web design is done on my personal pc and I mostly make use of open source CMSes for rapid development and charge for design and extra development for components that need to be coded. Even if the dollar price goes balls to the walls and hits R10.00 per $1.00 my operating costs each month is still under R200.00. With only 2 clients hosting I cover costs and am already making profit.

There's no point in getting say a managed server from hetzner when starting out cos that's just pissing money against the wall. Also you cannot host your own server at your private residence as the quality and support for the internet lines and power would be far too much. Start small and build up. If you want help just pm me.

 

[JacquesZA]

Also looking around for such initiatives