Welcome to the ELISA Business Network
Building businesses. Expanding opportunities. Connecting Africa.
ELISA is a Pan-African network of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and business leaders working to strengthen enterprise growth across the continent. Membership is free and provides access to resources, peer learning, coaching opportunities, and continental business engagements including the ELISA Business Summit, ELISA Confab Events, and the ELISA Business Scholars Program.
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Recent Bootstrap Briefs
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How to conduct job interviewsYou are now an entrepreneur who has maybe been through the interview proces...
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Running a business without a formal officeIn the past, having a physical office was seen as a hallmark of a good and ...
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Building a minimum viable product (MVP)For startups, the journey usually begins with turning an idea into a tangib...
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Depreciation and when to replaceMany entrepreneurs look at depreciation simply as a line item that reduces ...
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Founder salaryOne of the most confusing parts of a business for a founder is figuring out...
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Team building activitiesThe original idea behind team building activities makes perfect sense on pa...
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Is the customer always right?The phrase “the customer is always right” became popular in the early 1...
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Verbalise your expectationsYou may have a great team behind you that knows exactly what they need to d...
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Hindsight biasAlmost every decision you make in business is based on incomplete informati...
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Scrutinise your valuesSuccess at any cost is not really success, is it? If you get there by losin...
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You took on more debtAt some point in business, we are forced to increase our debts. We might in...
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Be a curatorWe do too much. Always adding features, people, products and processes, and...