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		<title>Kickstart your business with expert advice from serial entrepreneur, Fetola founder and author of the new book Sheep Will Never Rule The World, Catherine Wijnberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses are reverting to pre-lockdown levels of activity, while others still are seeking new entrepreneurial avenues to supplement existing incomes or replace those lost due to the Coronavirus crisis. A must-read for entrepreneurs and new business owners to aid this return and stimulate new economic activity is the debut book by Catherine Wijnberg, entitled Sheep Will Never Rule The World. Launched officially on 13 August 2020, the book is a collection of wisdoms from the pen of this successful entrepreneur, who is the founder and CEO of SME growth specialists, Fetola. Wijnberg brings a wealth of experience from having charted her extensive business journey as well as through her ongoing role at Fetola, a company that is geared towards supporting small businesses and helping them become more profitable. Here are just a few of the insights Wijnberg offers to assist entrepreneurs: Follow your passion According to Wijnberg: “As entrepreneurs, we have the choice to make the world what we want it to be. So be grateful for that choice – and find a way for your passion and your work to align.” Understand the market Identify if there’s not only a gap in the market but “a market in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post COVID-19 Business Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa, like the rest of the world, has entered into a Coronavirus lockdown, yet the measures taken in our country have severely shocked the economy. With recovery tipped to be slow, this can be dispiriting, especially for businesses that have already been adversely impacted. Yet there are ways to mitigate this. Catherine Wijnberg, the founder of Fetola, a national leader in the business growth sector, specialises in assisting SMEs with their growth trajectory. Lean startup and turnaround strategies are her specialty. Wijnberg is convinced that there is an opportunity in every challenge. She should know: she has experience in starting, growing and operating businesses in five different sectors across three countries. In 2006, she started Fetola with the aim of transforming the local SME sector. “It&#8217;s simple really,” explains Wijnberg, “we build businesses that last.&#8221; This has become even more critical for South Africa now, in the light of post-lockdown economic realities. The expert insights in this book have inspired the entrepreneurs on Wijnberg’s business programmes to reach their full potential. Fetola runs Enterprise Development programmes for clients such as SAB Foundation, FNB, Sappi, Old Mutual and the EU. Collated into a collection of 100 wisdoms under the provocative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CATHERINE WIJNBERG, AUTHOR OF “SHEEP WILL NEVER RULE THE WORLD”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cape Town-based Catherine Wijnberg is a successful entrepreneur with experience in starting, growing and operating businesses in five different sectors across three countries. She was born in Ndola, Zambia to an entrepreneurial father. The fourth of five children she travelled from an early age to the UK for boarding school and studied agriculture in Scotland and Australia. Catherine started her working life as an agricultural economist at the Zambia Farmers Union. Her first entrepreneurial venture was a leap of faith into the new forex auction system in Zambia and an import business serving the local farming network. The move to South Africa sparked a range of business ventures including import-export, farming, transportation, an apartment hotel, recruitment, metaphysical healing and architectural software before starting Fetola in 2006. She founded Fetola with a vision to contribute to the transformation of the South African economy by growing the small business sector. For it is here that jobs are created, success is cultivated, and women, youth, and rural communities can create self-empowered futures. She was also determined that one woman could make a difference and empower other women to do so, too. Fetola has grown rapidly, from a small consultancy into a recognised SME [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small business champion, serial entrepreneur and provocateur Catherine Wijnberg of Fetola shares her inspiration for life and business in her debut book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are overwhelmed with having a business to run, relationships to grow and personal demons to conquer, take heart. A new book entitled Sheep Will Never Rule the World, which launches on 01 August 2020, will teach you how to overcome the challenges in every crisis and guide you towards hope, success and happiness. It is a collection of 101 wisdoms that have inspired entrepreneurs on Catherine Wijnberg’s business programmes to reach their full potential and make a difference in the world. These messages and their quirky illustrations have been personally selected to focus your thinking, embolden your self-belief and bring a bit of laughter to your day. Herself a successful entrepreneur, Catherine is the CEO of Fetola and has experience in starting, growing and operating businesses in five different sectors across three countries. She started Fetola in 2006 with the aim of transforming the local SME sector and her organisation is a recognised, national business growth specialist. “It&#8217;s simple really,” explains Wijnberg, “we build businesses that last.&#8221; This has become even more critical for South Africa now, in the light of post-lockdown economic realities. Lean startup and turnaround strategies are her specialty. According to Wijnberg: “One has to be slightly [...]]]></description>
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