Business in a Box combines our entrepreneurs Development Program with a standalone small scale Waste Transformer which transforms organic waste into value.
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Why Business in a Box?
All Packages Include the Following Free SSL certificate Live chatbot (With free lifetime access to 12 user basic CRM system) Setup of Facebook page and profile picture/cover photo Free.co.za domain and free hosting for 1 year (website only) Forms Google analytics Google maps SEO tool Social media integration Speed and mobile optimisation Unlimited stock backgrounds graphics, icons and photos.
Emerging economies are bursting with entrepreneurship. However, the access to important resources, knowledge and funding for an entrepreneur to flourish are much harder to find. The Business in a Box program by The Waste Transformers provides local entrepreneurs will all the support and tools they need to run their own Waste Transformer as a business.
How does it work?
- About Business-in-a-Box Business-in-a-Box is a fully featured Document Management Software designed to serve Startups, Enterprises. Business-in-a-Box provides end-to-end solutions designed for Macintosh.
- Business in a Box is an insightful podcast about the success mindset of African Business Leaders. Join me as I delve into the history, the backstories and inspiration of the people behind some of Africa’s business success stories.
- The Business in a Box, have been carefully compiled and are jammed packed with amazing benefits, business tools & resources, with special gifts included. You can order any one of the Business in a Box or take all 3 of them. The Business in a Box will be shipped to you after; Three (3) successful payments per box.
The selected entrepreneurs work as operator and manager and build up specific knowledge during the Development Program to manage a small scale Waste Transformer. Each entrepreneur follows our Development Program to grow as an independent entrepreneur and to work towards a reliable source of income. A small scale Waste Transformer on your site, means that waste can produce (financial) value, such as clean energy, water and compost. Each Business in a Box creates three jobs to run a site effectively.
Is waste costing you money?
Together we can produce (financial) value out of organic waste
(and secondly you'll have a great story to share).
Professional development box
With the Business in a Box we open the power generation market in emerging economies to small businesses through training and giving access to commercial, small scale waste to energy biogas plants. The Business in a Box by The Waste Transformers is a set of shipping containers, equipped with the latest technologies to generate value from waste. We take care of the technology, maintenance and support and you take care of the organic waste.
Operating a Waste Transformer
Lungile is one of our entrepreneurs operating a local Waste Transformer together with his two partners in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lungile is an entrepreneur in the truth sense. Together with his partners they have won a number of competitions in South Africa, but he has not yet been able to turn his ideas into a business. Lungile wants to revolutionize the way we deal with waste in South Africa. We are making it possible for him to do so.
Lungile, entrepreneur in Johannesburg
Lungile shares his story why he wants to solve the waste problem in South Africa as a Waste Transformer entrepreneur. Do you become the next Lungile?
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In return we provide training, mentoring, legal support, financial stability and an international network to stand stronger as a starting entrepreneur to reach success in creating value from waste. And your drive, motivation and perseverance will make you sink ór swim. The great thing is, you will not be alone and because of the Business in a Box you will not start from scratch. Together with all The Waste Transformers entrepreneurs, knowledge and successes are shared on our own online platform.
What kind of entrepreneurs are we looking for?
The selection to be a Waste Transformering entrepreneur is a competitive one! We are specifically looking for creative, go-getters, ready to build a business, with business acumen and some technical skills. Someone who is ready to build a business, who is creative, can be trusted, does not give up, has a great drive and dares to make decisions.
The Waste Transformers will help the right individuals to start and work as a Waste Transformer entrepreneur. The Business in a Box gives all the necessary support an entrepreneur needs to make their business flourish.
Someone who is ready to build a business, who is creative, can be trusted, does not give up, has a great drive and dares to make decisions.Profile of our Waste Transformers Entrepreneurs
Skills wanted
Creativity
Trusted
Own Network
Technical background
Perseverance
Get in touch
Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur in our Development Program? Send us an email with your ideas, professional background, your motivation and contact details. If you are shortlisted we may conduct a telephone interview with you.
Send your email to:
entrepreneur@thewastetransformers.com
Great you feel inspired to work with us. And indeed, a lot can be done to use waste as a source of positive change. But keep in mind; it will take quiet long until a new business starts to flourish.
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As the official “IT guy” amongst my friends & family, these are the exact steps I would take to build your website, setup your email, and get your business registered. Your very own business in a box.
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- The perfect (domain) name. What must people type into their computer to reach your website? Hint: make it easy to read and easy to spell. Something like newidea.io ✅ and not therapistsguidetohappiness.com ❌
- A simple website. Something short and sweet and to the point. You won’t be winning any awards for web-design, but visitors will know exactly what you do. That’s what matters.
- A professional email address. Something like jason@newidea.io ✅ and not snookiescookies69@yahoo.com ❌
- Being discoverable by Google. Don’t forget to tell Google that you exist, otherwise people searching your name won’t ever find you.
- (Optional extra) A locally registered business. Avoid personal liability by doing business through a legally registered entity.
🎁 If you’re looking for the 5 second guide, then scroll down to the bottom of this article for an executive summary 🎁
When it comes to building your website, there are 4 things to consider:
- Domain name. The name of your website (eg: newidea.io).
- Web hosting. The physical place where your (website) files live.
- Email hosting. The physical place where your (email) files live.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Telling Google about your website and where it is on the Internet.
1. Buying a domain name
There are two ways you’re going to tell people about your website a) using your mouth or b) sending them a direct link. To avoid sounding out the entire alphabet over the phone, pick a domain name that is easy to say, easy to read, and easy to spell.
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If you’re a local business, it’s best to buy a local domain name. Each country has their own domain extension like South Africa has .za, Philippines has .ph, and Sweden has .se. However, you’re not limited to only the domain extensions of your own country, so feel free to buy any.
When choosing which domain name registrar to buy your domain name from, consider these 3 things:
- Price. Domain names all do the same thing, so the cheaper the better.
- Security. Are you comfortable putting your credit card details into their website?
- Variety. Do they have a wide variety of domain names to choose from? You really don’t want to shuffle between 20 different registrars to manage all your domain settings. Keep it as simple as possible.
I personally use Namecheap for most of my international domains, and Hostking for my local South African domains.
Sub-conclusion: Buy a domain name from Namecheap or Hostking.
2. Buying web hosting
Finding a web hosting company that doesn’t screw you over with hidden limitations has been tough. A common trick you’ll see is web hosting companies advertising a heavily reduced monthly fee for the first year, but hiding the normal price which is 400% higher. The classic “foot-in-the-door”. No one wants to move their website after a year, so you might as well find a reasonable standard price you’re happy to pay from the beginning.
Beware of the do-it-yourself website builders like Wix, SquareSpace, and Weebly. If it’s free now, you’re definitely going to pay for it later. Sound advice:
- Upgrades. Are you happy with paying the cost of upgrading to the premium package when you eventually need those extra features? The price jump is often way too high to even consider.
- Portability. Can you ever move your website to some other web hosting provider? For example, Wix is a custom website builder, no-one besides Wix can host a Wix website. Avoid being locked-in.
By far, the most popular web hosting setup is a combination of cPanel + Wordpress. cPanel helps you manage the physical files and advanced settings (DNS, SSL, etc) in a point-and-click fashion, while Wordpress helps you design and administer your website content (pages, blog posts, images, etc). Because Wordpress is so popular, you can easily move your website between web hosting providers. So no web hosting lock-in. Wordpress itself (with all its basic features) is free, but you can also purchase more advanced features & themes from its active plugin marketplace.
Again, I personally use Namecheap for hosting my international websites, and Hostking for my local South African websites.
Sub-conclusion: Buy a shared hosting plan from Namecheap or Hostking, use cPanel to install Wordpress, then use Wordpress to design your website.
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3. Buying email hosting
This is the number one “gotcha!” when it comes to building your own website. After you’ve got your fancy new website at your fancy new domain name, you also want to receive emails on that same domain name. The only problem is that the do-it-yourself website builder (Wix, SquareSpace, Weebly, etc) you’ve decided to use doesn’t provide email accounts. Gotcha!
A very good, but pricey option is to use Gmail for work (GSuite), which is a paid for Gmail account that allows you to send & receive emails from your custom domain name. If you’re more than one person in your business and want extra features like a shared Google drive for sharing company documents, then I highly recommend this option.
However, if you’re a one-person show or looking for a free option, then choosing the cPanel + Wordpress web hosting option (we spoke about earlier) almost always includes a few free email accounts. These email accounts can be managed via your cPanel.Bonus: for those of you who use a free Gmail account for your personal email, you can easily link it up to your custom email address (the one you created via cPanel). This allows you to send and receive emails from your custom email address right from your personal Gmail account for free. Link.
Sub-conclusion: Use cPanel to create an email account and then link up the newly created email account to your free Gmail account. Link.
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4. Basic SEO
Once your website is looking good, it’s time to tell Google that your website exists. Google calls this “indexing”, which just means adding your website to their library of possible search results. This process is free and is just admin work. Simply sign-up here with your Google account, verify that you own your domain name, and submit the URL (to your website) for indexing.
Sub-conclusion: Submit your website to Google for indexing. Link.
(Optional extra) Register a local business
If your website is meant to represent your business, then having a legally registered business to represent is a good idea. Here in South Africa (and probably in other parts of the world), registering a business with the local government isn’t exactly a 3-step process. There are many decisions to make and a mountain of paperwork to sign. However, just like there’s software to help you build websites, there’s software to help you register businesses.
In South Africa, there’s a great service called Govchain which automates the entire business registration process, essentially creating that desired 3-step process. South Africans only.
In the United States, there’s a service called Stripe Atlas which take things one step further by allowing anyone in the world to register a legal US business, all with just a few clicks. Registering a business is really not that difficult anymore.
Sub-conclusion: Register a business with Govchain or Stripe Atlas.
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- Buy a domain name from Namecheap or Hostking.
- Buy a shared hosting plan from Namecheap or Hostking.
- Use cPanel to install Wordpress.
- Use Wordpress to design your website.
- Use cPanel to create an email account.
- Link up the newly created email account to your free Gmail account. Link.
- Submit your website to Google for indexing. Link.
- (Optional extra) Register a business with Govchain or Stripe Atlas.
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If you didn’t have the time to read this article, then you surely don’t have the time to build & manage your website. You’re effective at running your business and I’m effective at maintaining all this techy stuff. Let me be your private Internet nerd and get you from zero to online for R290 / $20 per month. Email me for more details: jason@newidea.io
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