Entrepreneurship·Running the enterprise · NSSCO 2.5
Support structures & networking for entrepreneurs
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Have you ever tried to lift a heavy load alone when a friend's hand would have made it light? Running an enterprise is just like that: no entrepreneur, however clever, succeeds completely by themselves. In this lesson we meet the people and organisations that help Namibian entrepreneurs — their support structures and their network — and learn how building good connections brings advice, money, customers and ideas that help an enterprise grow.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Entrepreneurship 2.5):
- Define enterprise (business) network
- Discuss the roles of support structures and networking to an entrepreneur such as incubation centres, Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Joint Consultative Council (JCC), Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME development, Namibia Business Innovation Centre (NBIC), Women's Action for Development (WAD)
- Name the types of enterprise networking
- Describe the steps in developing an effective enterprise network
- Explain how an effective enterprise network can contribute to the success of their enterprises
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