Startup Grind Durban

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Startup Grind Pitch Den is here! Are you ready to pitch your startup and take it to the next level? Join us on 16 October 2024 at iKhokha, Umhlanga for an exciting pitch event where you can win cash prizes, get mentorship, and secure a spot at the Startup Grind 2025 Global Summit! How to Participate: 1. Submit your application by 13 September 2024 2. Shortlisted? Submit a 1-minute video. 3. Finalists get a workshop before Pitch Day 4. Pitch Day: Show us what you’ve got! Apply Now: https://lnkd.in/dWEQrtTi This is your chance to showcase your business.Let’s innovate, collaborate, and elevate together. #StartupGrind #PitchDen #Innovation #Entrepreneurs iKhokha Woodford Car Hire Innovate Durban Suitable Focus Minara Chamber of Commerce

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Snippets from our May event, featuring Valternative Energy . See you at the next one on Wednesday, 21 August! Register here if you haven't already: https://lnkd.in/d-ME8gFN

New Partnership Announcement: Startup Grind Durban x Innovate Durban Startup Grind Durban is excited to announce our most recent partnership with Innovate Durban. Innovate Durban is a Non-profit Company (NPC) whose primary focus is aimed at stimulating and supporting innovation within the Durban and greater KwaZulu-Natal region at large. The cornerstone of their existence and operation is to develop, promote and sustain innovation-led activities by creating platforms and initiatives that cultivate and enhance the innovation ecosystem in Durban and in an environment that is conducive to the people and communities that it serves. As an organization, they have developed proficiency, with traceable impact, as specialists in innovation management and as innovation pipeline originators/developers through the various program areas and platforms within which they operate. Innovate Durban is dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in communities with a mission to accelerate the development of groundbreaking ideas and solutions. They provide a range of support services to innovators, startups, and small businesses from funding and mentorship programs to incubation and acceleration services and we also offer a comprehensive suite of resources designed to help innovators, entrepreneurs and disruptors turn their visions into reality. By leveraging their extensive network of industry experts, thought leaders, investors, and strategic partners, they connect innovators with the people and resources they need to succeed. By paying a special focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, Innovate Durban is committed to promoting innovative solutions that address the most pressing challenges facing contemporary society. The values at Innovate Durban are very much aligned to that of Startup Grind. We look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership, to empowering, upskilling and nurturing entrepreneurs and SMEs and growing the startup community in South Africa. Thank you Preston Moodley and Aurelia Albert for this opportunity to collaborate for the greater good!

Introducing our final panelist: He is the President of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and President of the South African Maritime Industry Development Network TaskForce. In 2022 he was conferred the inaugral award as South Africa's Blue Economy Champion by the Maritime Industry. Prasheen Maharaj is the CEO of SanDock Austral Shipyards and a multiawarding winning Business Leader. He is a noted deal maker, having secured a number of multi billion Rand Projects for his organization. A hands on CEO, he has successfully led the execution of a number of complex, multi-year Mega Projects in the Marine, Defense and Energy Industry. He has grown his organization from a single Shipyard in Durban to a Global Organization with operations in India and Europe in addition to South Africa. As a Corporate and Investment Finance professional, he has solid track record in merger, acquisition and capital raising initiatives for his organizations. He has led a number of strategy development and implementation initiatives with an emphasis on corporate turnaround, organizational renewal, change/ culture management and digital transformation. Prasheen is a prolific public speaker and has represented his country, Industry and company in a number of international and local symposia and conferences. Prasheen is known as a Conscious Capitalist and is a firm believer that business should contribute to the greater good of society. His company Foundation, SAS Cares, facilitates the largest Artisan, Internship and In-service Training Program in the Marine Engineering Industry in South Africa. He is a double Masters Graduate from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and London Graduate School, University of Chichester. He also holds a number of Post Graduate and Undergraduate Qualifications from the University of Natal and London School of International Business.

Congratz to Sabeeha Banubhai on 10 years in entrepreneurship!! Sabeeha is one of the panelists at our next event on 21 August 2024- in Umhlanga. In celebration of Sabeeha Banubhai 10 year anniversary, we have released 10 free tickets to our event 'Inclusive Entrepreneurship: Collective Growth, Shared Success'. Use promo code 'SABEEHA10' to redeem a free ticket. Let's goooo!!! 🚀 🚀 🌟 Register for the event here: https://lnkd.in/etDi85in