Slovoville Blog

On Saturday, 3 September the KiPiDi Warriors successfully bridged the gap between entrepreneurial intention and action. The KiPiDi Seed Flea Market came to life at the Slovoville Community Hall.

Saturday, 9 July 2022 was Competition Day for the select few who had stayed the course and completed the workshop. Contestants were allocated a “business idea” which they had to analyse using the Lean Canvas and then pitch to the workshop. Undeterred by the absence of power, contestants forged ahead using either their cell phones…

It had to happen.
We’ve had a run of good luck.
But on the 5th day it came to pass that both load shedding and a blown transformer hit the workshop in a double whammy!

Great ideas are all well and good. Tested and evaluated, even better. But if no one knows about your business, that’s all it remains, a well kept secret only you know about! Day 5 saw the introduction of the Marketing Canvas. A one page tool to help the entrepreneur design and build their marketing strategy….

Three weeks ago when we first started out on our journey, one of the questions asked was “how” does a person develop the skills and characteristics an entrepreneur needs to be successful.  Not an easy question to answer.  We all recognise entrepreneurial qualities such as creativity, risk-taking, and self-confidence when we see them, but are…

Day 2 of the KiPiDi Start Your Own Business workshop arrived with new registrations quickly integrated into groups, a brief recap of what was covered last week, before the KiPiDi Warriors presented their assignment from the previous week.

Saturday, 4 June 2022 saw the launch of the first Kasi KiPiDi | Start Your Own Business workshop at the Slovoville Community Hall