source: Mmegi
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer
Women interested in starting a business have been advised to get continuous mentoring from people who know more than they do.
Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) training and mentoring anager Chedza Marobela told a gathering of women at a leadership conference held over the weekend in Gaborone to get expert guidance and acquire the right skills. She urged them to visit the relevant offices for advice. She said LEA would assist with the business plan but that one would have to do it and own it. “Do your own research and think through the business idea and then register the company,” she said.
Marobela said that one has to also think about project funding, whether through a loan, by debt financing or use of own resources.
She urged women to think outside the box.
Marobela said that successful entrepreneurs are [continue reading]
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17 June, 2008 at 12:29 am
I think it’s important for women to gain knowledge from whatever resource they can. Be it a successful businesswoman, or another woman who is just starting up a business. There are so many resources online that women can turn to in starting their business, it’s just up to them to utilize whatever best practices method that works for them and stick to it, and put in lots of elbow grease!
Currently, I’m an official Microsoft ambassador and right now we’re really trying to scale up our connections with influential bloggers like yourself. I’d love to share with you some of the stuff we’ve been doing in the last couple months to help women entrepreneurs; we’re really committed to providing all the necessary resources to help women start, grow and expand their business.
We just wrapped up a women’s entrepreneurial tour across the US called “Vision To Venture;” the response and turn-out was great!
I’d really love your take on these offerings we have right now; I would have contacted you via email but I didn’t know which was the best way to reach you.
Thank you so much, I hope I didn’t overstep my bounds by directly contacting you. Definitely get back to me if I’ve piqued your interest– I’d love to share more info with you.
Best,
Tanya M.
Official Microsoft Ambassador
t-middleton@live.com