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South Africa's Leading Online Business Owner Community

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  • Running your own business is lonely, scary, and exciting. We've been writing for Business Warriors since 2000. The best articles are here.
    Tao-of-Business.html
  • What the words in a surety really mean, and how ABSA, Nedbank, Standard Bank, and FNB know you can't understand what you're signing.
    What-is-a-surety.html
  • Everything I read encourages me to think I am the next Richard Branson. That's not true. A small business is not a littler big business. They're different species.
    Why-do-Small-Business-Owners-get-Killed-.html
  • Running your own business is like piloting an airplane. Only tougher. But 96% of take-offs crash! We show you how to survive business closure.
    Piloting-Your-Own-Business.html
  • Most small business clsoures lead to bankruptcy/sequestration of the business owner/entrepreneur. We show you how to survive business closure.
    Why-CrashProof-your-Business-.html
  • A look at the pitfalls of getting finance for a sudden big sale, and what to do about it.
    Financing-that-Big-Sale.html
  • True story of SA business owner forced to sign surety by FNB during recession, instead of refinancing his assets.
    Forced-to-sign-surety.html
  • An insight into the daily habits of small entrepreneurs. Who we are, what we think, and how we behave. And why you're not unusual!
    News-and-Surveys.html
  • A survey to identify the biggest concern facing folk 50+ who are looking towards retirement.
    Retirement-Survey.html
  • Standard Bank, ABSA, FNB, and Nedbank are the leading banks is SA. Our survey compares them for SMEs.
    Personal-Banking-Survey.html
  • Some interesting insight into how small business sees brands and marketing.
    Small-Business-Branding-Survey.html
  • Business Warriors started March 2004 and is SAs leading online group of small business owners.
    Business-Warriors-is-5-years-old.html
  • We're told that just 6% of SA folk over 65 can afford to retire. Why? This series makes retirement numbers easy to understand.
    Retirement-Project.html
  • Our calculator shows you what the BIG number, the total of all your life savings when you retire, really means in today's Rands?
    What-will-I-be-worth-.html
  • Our calculator shows you, in today's terms, what kind of income will your life savings buy you when you reach 65?
    What-Income-will-I-Get-.html
  • Our calculator show you how much more (or less) you must save to get to the income you want after 65, in todays currency.
    How-Much-More-Must-I-Save-.html

Pring And Conditions for Business Warriors

Boy, did business warriors answer all the questions I had about running a small business.

All I can say is thank you to Peter Carruthers and all the business warriors who have helped me grow my business.  Without them I would not have succeeded.


Michael Cowen has been a Warrior since March 2008 and can be found at www.contextbranding.co.za


I appreciate the knowledge and skills I have gained through being a member of BusinessWarriors.  It has given me great confidence to source funds, not be intimidated by the Banks and to go out and market my business in challenging times.

 


Bronwen Dawes has been a Warrior since May 2005 and can be found at www.howardsend.co.za


It's great to know that there are other business owers out there in the same predicament.  So there's no need to reinvent the wheel.


Tracey Russell has been a Warrior since September 2004 and can be found at www.bushmantrailers.com


BW has thrown a lot of light in the murky waters of trusts, formation of and the various structures that are in use. Great source of useful info.


Alan Patterson has been a Warrior since March 2007 and can be found at www.classiccastings.co.za