SA Entrepreneur Phumzile Skosana Highlights The Importance Of Networking As A Small Business Owner
SA Entrepreneur Phumzile Skosana Highlights The Importance Of Networking As A Small Business Owner. South African entrepreneur and founder of Balleo Engineering Phumzile Skosana took to Twitter to highlight the importance of networking as a small business owner. She details that this is vital when entrepreneurs needs to connect and form partnerships.
The post read, “As a small business owner make time to network, connect with people, find people who have done what you want to do, talk to them (but mostly listen to them). Learn from their mistakes and improve your business.” Skosana is an entrepreneur that has managed to build her own business, therefore she understands that through networking entrepreneurs can find the right people not only partners but also employees they can work with to take their business to the next level.
This way entrepreneurs will be able to learn about what other people do as this information may come in handy in the future. They may also find people with similar interests and therefore build a professional relationship that will see them creating projects in the fields that interests them. Skosana built her own business, therefore she understands what needs to be done in order for businesses to improve. She understands that she doesn’t know everything and is willing to network and learn form other people and their experiences which will help her grow her company even further.
Balleo Engineering is a mechanical Engineering Company based in Middelburg and it supplies, repairs and installs valves, pumps and pipes. This is a business that is not easy to get into and be successful in, this is why Skosana emphasises the importance of networking as she had to build a team on order to make her company more efficient and effective.
