MEET OUR MENTORS AND LEARN TO BE FEARLESS
Learn from the best and see your Entrepreneurial spirit and business grow with expert guidance and advise from our team of mentors.
GERHARD BEKKER
With over 30 years of experience in the business environment, this professional began his career as a claims handler before founding a business in 1993. He later became the founder and chairman of BMI Investigations, overseeing hundreds of investigations per month, and diversified into pension and death claim investigationsin 2016, he co-founded Nationwide EMS, assisting medical service providers with claims management and mentoring them on financial best practices, while leveraging his extensive expertise in the related fields.
LLB (Unisa)
ANDRIES BRUWER
Andries has more than 22 years’ experience in the Motor Vehicle Industry. He has a thorough understanding of production lines, manufacturing and fabrication in general. In 2018 he established Equip 4 Africa(Pty)Ltd with his wife Maretha and they are still one of the major role players in the manufacturing of compact off-road caravans and trailers. Developing organisational structures and teams to reach their full potential has always been a passion for him. Some of his past clients include Ford, MSSL, SARS, Momentum & Murray & Roberts.
BComm Financial Management (UP)
ANDRE VERMAAK
André is an experienced professional with a diverse background in strategy, leadership, and organizational development. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, leadership development, and performance systems, having worked with prominent organizations. Additionally, André has held leadership positions, including Managing Director, Dean of Postgraduate Studies at IMM, and owner-manager of Strategy Design.
B.Sc.-Honours degree in Spectrochemistry (cum laude)
Masters degree in Physics, University of Stellenbosch
MBL (Master of Business Leadership) cum laude (Unisa)
Strategic Planning Course from the Henley Management College UK.
DANIE PAPENFUS
Danie is a highly experienced financial professional with a career spanning over four decades, including roles in banking, accounting, and business management. He holds a BComm degree with a focus on Financial Accounting and Business Management from the University of SA, and has held various leadership positions, including partnerships in bookkeeping firms and ownership of RMD Accountants. With expertise in financial management, strategic guidance, and improving systems and procedures, he has successfully supported a diverse client base across various industries. He has a positive outlook on life and a broad skill set in finance, HR, and business operations.
BComm Financial Accounting & Business Management (Unisa)
WHY MENTORSHIP IS ESSENTIAL
TEACH A MAN TO FISH....
Our mentors have first hand experience and knowledge that is unmeasurable in value. By guiding you on various aspects of what made their ideas successful it will enable you to employ those same tactics or skills in your business and make it a success from the get-go.
Needless to say no successful entrepreneur has not faced failure at least once in their career, this may sound negative but you can learn from our mentors about the mistakes they may have made preventing you from going through them yourself and how to avoid or navigate pitfalls when they inevitably come across your path in the business world.
WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH
GENERATING NEW IDEAS:
It all starts with an idea! Our mentors will guide you in generating new ideas or rounding off existing ones to make it market ready. Working within your own field of interest and skill-set.
CREATING A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS PLAN
Any successful business requires a professional business plan. With the help of our mentors you can learn to create and present your business plan to enable a successful start-up or growth in an existing business. This includes product or service presentation to the market or investors, cost calculation and how you are going to market your business effectively.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
The importance of financial planning is greatly underrated and it is critical to understand to grow or start a business. Learn how to plan your budget, cost calculation, managing finance and equity, as well as tax and profit margins. This will enable you to take your product or service to market with a sense of certainty about how much you will be able to make and also show you how much sales you would need to get to a certain financial goal. It is also critical in order to grow your business and see where you can improve margins etc.
PRODUCT AND SERVICE DEVELOPEMENT
Developing your product or service is essential to enable growth and to make your business a success. Our mentors aim to help you by looking at a new idea or improving an existing product through creative and innovative solutions to ensure the product is market ready.
SALES AND MARKETING
It is essential to understand how to market your product and through what channels or means your product is going to reach your customers. With the help of our mentors we aim to guide you through the various challenges faced when entering the market and to be competitive and successful.
VALUABLE FEEDBACK
Feedback from our mentors will ensure your business stays on track and also point out places to improve to enable growth in your journey.
HOW TO JOIN OUR PROGRAM
BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY:
Contact us today via Whatsapp or Email to become part of our Entrepreneur program and receive guidance and advise from the best!
Email your request with the subject line " Entrepreneurs Mentorship program" with a short description of your business or idea to -
Entrepreneurs@worthit.co.za or Whatsapp us at 072 282 2203 and we will get back to you with more information.