{"id":1102,"date":"2024-01-09T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:47:19","slug":"starting-a-small-business-after-your-bcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/starting-a-small-business-after-your-bcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Small Business After Your BCom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1102\" class=\"elementor elementor-1102\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany graduates dream of running their own business. A BCom from Highveld University gives you the basics in accounting, marketing and management, but the real learning starts when you serve your first customer.\n\nBegin small. Test your idea with a few clients, keep clear records and separate your personal and business money. Talk to people who have done it before you, including our lecturers and alumni.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.\n\n<cite>Malcolm X<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nThandiwe Mokoena, our Dean of Business and Management, runs regular sessions on registering a company, pricing your work and finding your first clients. Ask the faculty office for the next date.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African student studying with a laptop and notebook at a sunlit desk, wide banner framing for blog headers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-a-south-african-student-studying-with-a-laptop-and-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up desk flat-lay of university study materials: stacked plain-cover prospectus booklets, ring-bound A4 notepad wit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/university-classic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/highveld-university-close-up-desk-flat-lay-of-university-study-materia-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to turn your studies into income<\/h4>\n\n<p>Start with a skill people already pay for, such as bookkeeping, web design or marketing. Offer it to a few local businesses in Pretoria, ask for honest feedback and build from there. Your coursework projects can double as your first portfolio.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning from real owners<\/h4>\n\n<p>Our open days and business breakfasts bring students together with owners who have been through the early struggles. Listen to their mistakes, take notes and follow up afterwards. One good conversation can save you a year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many graduates dream of running their own business. A BCom from Highveld University gives you the basics in accounting, marketing and management, but the real learning starts when you serve your first customer. Begin small. Test your idea with a few clients, keep clear records and separate your personal and business money. 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