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Inspiring the Innovative Thinking and Enabling Entrepreneurial Success<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Are you looking for a keynote speaker who can inspire and empower your audience to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit, breakthrough thinking and drive innovation? Look no further!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a seasoned entrepreneur, strategy consultant for SMME operators and keynote speaker, Kgadi Mmanakana delivers high-energy, informative and engaging keynotes that inspire and empower audiences to think creatively, challenge the status quo and become invested business owners that build and grow successful ventures. She has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and organizations to help them build and launch new ventures, innovate their business models, develop business strategies, access markets and funding, and develop their entrepreneurship skills. Her being awarded Startup Mentor of the Year 2023<\/em><\/strong> by Africa Startup Ecosystem Builders is testament to her commitment to enabling entrepreneurial success, and her entrepreneurship and innovation keynotes are tailored to achieve just that, one keynote at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote Topics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The StartUP CODE : In Retrospect, this is what it takes to build a successful business<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Based on her latest book with the same title, this keynote introduces the levers of entrepreneurial success. With the goal being to inspire startup business owners to transition from a state of survival to a state of running sustainable business, from CEO only on business cards to CEOs of businesses that can pay them a salary, afford to hire staff and are sustainable. The audience will gain lessons from the trenches as Kgadi shares her personal experiences, successes and setbacks, offering practical advice on how to navigate the challenges of a building a successful business, and discover the essential elements required to build a sustainable venture – and what it really takes to build a business that can give them a ‘job’ and turn them into a working professional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through hardships to the Stars : how to build Entrepreneurial and Business resilience<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The world of entrepreneurship is often romanticized as such it becomes an unassuming valley of depression that leaves a lot of entrepreneurs and business owners feeling alone and unproductive in their entrepreneurial pursuits. Considering the tested minimum of 3 years that it takes to build a solid business, it it important that entrepreneurs build their resilience to ensure that they survive and thrive beyond 3 years. In this keynote, Kgadi as a fellow entrepreneur that consulted for entrepreneurs and business owners will pull the curtain on the realities of entrepreneurship on quest to build a sense of community amongst entrepreneurs to feel less alone and to also be honest about the inescapable challenging feat of entrepreneurship, for this awareness is key to resilience and putting in the work. She will share with the audience the levers that ensures entrepreneurial and business and how to develop foundations for resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation Decoded: How to Innovate regardless of your business size, industry or job title<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Innovation has been packaged in an exclusive, buzzy and expensive way such that as a business owner or a leader you may think if you are not an app business or tech-enabled business you can’t be or be regarded as innovative. In this keynote Kgadi decodes what innovation really is and how one can innovate regardless of their business size, industry or job title. The audience will walk away with a functional perspective towards innovation, inspiring contexts and exactly where to start when innovating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAP Growth: How to unlock your business growth<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Designed to inspire entrepreneurs and business owners to unleash their entrepreneurial potential and the growth potential of their businesses, in this keynote Kgadi helps the audience identify and understand growth obstacles that hinder business growth and how to overcome them through a systematic approach and paradigm shift. Using her own experiences as an entrepreneur and business strategy consultant, she will share lessons learned and best practices, and the audience will gain invaluable insights and actionable strategies to overcome growth obstacles and achieve business growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshop Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • LEAP Start – how to move from idea stage to market launch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Exactly Where to Start in Generating Income for your business<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Business Idea Development <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Business Model Canvassing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How to Get Access to Funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How to Get Access to Markets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • LEAP Growth: Strategy planning for small business owners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    “Thank you Kgadi for your value packed presentations for both our virtual and hybrid strategy workshops with our entrepreneurial future leaders. Your enthusiasm was felt felt throughout the presentations. Our students found your insights practical and ready-to-use, and they left the sessions with clarity and feeling ready to implement them in their businesses. We look forward to further collaboration.”<\/p>Ian McCloy
    Raymond Ackerman Academy Project Lead @ Johannesburg Business School<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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