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Start
From idea to a registered, trading business.
Run
Stay compliant, get paid, look after your people.
- First employee toolkitHire properly, pay correctly, stay on the right side of labour law.
- Get paid toolkitQuote clearly, invoice correctly, collect what you are owed.
- POPIA toolkitLook after personal information the way the law expects.
- Power resilience toolkitKeep trading through outages — plan, backup and protect.
Popular templates
Download for Word, print or save as PDF.
- Business planA complete plan structure, with what to write in each section — for yourself, a bank or a funder.
- Tax invoiceAn invoice with everything the VAT rules require — or a simple invoice if you are not VAT registered.
- QuotationA clear quote with validity, deposit and payment terms — so there are no surprises later.
- Employment contractCovers the written particulars the BCEA requires — hours, pay, leave, notice — in plain words.
- 12-month cash flow forecastExcelMoney in, money out, month by month — the sheet every lender and funder asks for. Opens in Excel or Google Sheets.
- PayslipA payslip with everything the BCEA says an employee must be given each pay day.
- Letter of demandA firm, formal request for payment — often all it takes, and the first step before Small Claims Court.
- POPIA privacy noticeTell customers what personal information you collect, why, and their rights — for your website or premises.
The hubs
One part of business each — guides, the businesses that do the work, what’s due, groups, questions, news and the tools for it.
Starting a business
Idea to trading — registering, licensing, and getting the doors open.
68 guides8 templates792 businesses31 groups
Deciding and planningRegistering the companyLicences and permitsGoing formalBuying inPremises and leasesNewest guideChoosing premisesOpen starting a businessLegal and compliance
What you owe the state, what you sign, and what happens when either goes wrong.
43 guides14 templates1 566 businesses3 questions27 groups
Contracts and agreementsDisputesSARS and taxCIPC and annual returnsEmployer obligationsPOPIA and data+2 moreNewest guideIndustry bodies and associationsOpen legal and complianceMoney
Getting it in, keeping track of it, and knowing where it went.
66 guides16 templates555 businesses48 questions49 groups
AccountingCash flow and budgetsPricing and quotingGetting paidFunding and creditGrants and incentives+4 moreNewest guideDiscounting and negotiationOpen moneyCustomers
Finding them, winning them, and keeping them.
65 guides9 templates3 701 businesses23 questions54 groups
Digital marketingLocal and word of mouthWhatsApp and messagingQuotes and proposalsService and complaintsReviews and reputation+4 moreNewest guideYour Google Business ProfileOpen customersPeople
Hiring them, paying them, and staying on the right side of the law.
42 guides10 templates1 164 businesses3 questions25 groups
Newest guidePaying contractorsOpen peopleTechnology
The systems a business runs on, and keeping them up.
47 guides1 template1 571 businesses24 questions35 groups
Websites and ecommerceSoftware and systemsIT support and securityAI for a small businessConnectivityNewest guideManaged cPanel vs Self-Managed VPS: Which Suits Your Business?Open technologyOperations
Stock, power, security and everything that keeps the doors open.
23 guides6 templates1 781 businesses2 questions44 groups
Stock and suppliersGetting goods to customersPower and backupSecurity and riskEquipment and maintenanceVehicles and fleetNewest guideKeeping an asset registerOpen operationsGrowth
Tenders, exports, expansion — and eventually, the way out.
17 guides4 templates1 749 businesses28 groups
Newest guideJoint ventures that workOpen growth