The document discusses three events happening from November 14th to the 16th: 1. A workshop on November 14th to help entrepreneurs get investor ready. It will discuss funding requirements and learning from successful entrepreneurs. 2. An event on November 15th exploring green business opportunities in sectors like construction and energy. It will identify market trends and how businesses can align with sustainability. 3. A Thought Leader Dialogue on November 16th providing an intimate discussion with a South African leader on the country's socio-economic landscape and participants' roles in the nation's future.

1. Have you discovered
the next big idea and researched (click link)
Other 1. Nov 15th: Opportunities in the
the market? Is money also for you a key
ingredient to get the engine running? There Events! green economy!
is quite a bit of talk about venture capital and 2. Nov 16th: Thought Leader Dialogue
grant funding being “out there”, but how do we 3. Nov 17th: Women & entrepreneurship
really access it? We have a panel of experts to help 4. Nov 18th: Purpose & career opportunity
you answer these questions. 5. Nov 19th: Exclusive branding training
Objectives:
*Understand the requirements of funding
sources, i.e. CSI, ED, equity investment etc.
*Learn from a successful entrepreneur on
his/her strategy for procuring investment
WORKSHOP
*Start mapping individual value
propositions to investors
What?
INVITATION
and donors
Get yourself Details!
6pm – 9pm | R50
Refreshments included
investor ready! 171, President Street
T: 011 048 2542
RSVP
Monday Nov 14
Who?
Why?
Target
audience!
speakers include:
Start-up entrepreneurs
and those ready to scale,
Nov 14-20 social entrepreneurs,
NGOs, SMEs

2. For decades,
the topic of environmental
sustainability has been vague and linked (click link)
to tree huggers. The fact is that the carbon What? Other 1. Nov 14th: Get yourself investor ready!
crisis is everybody’s business and every sector is Events! 2. Nov 16th: Thought Leader Dialogue
affected as there is a new reality of doing business. 3. Nov 17th: Women & entrepreneurship
The environmental and related social challenges do 4. Nov 18th: Purpose & career opportunity
however provide the opportunity for green processes, 5. Nov 19th: Exclusive branding training
products and services to be created. We will explore these
opportunities with a panel of experts, including Michael
Magner, director at Activate Architecture.
Objectives
*Share the bigger picture of the built urban landscape
*Identify market trends in sustainability and how WORKSHOP
to align your business to it
*Share how green offerings are provided
in the market and what it means
INVITATION
12am – 4pm
for small business
opportunities Lunch included
Details! R150 (early bird R100,
in the paid before Nov 7th)
171, President Street
green economy T: 011 048 2542
RSVP
Tuesday Nov 15
Who?
Why?
Target
audience!
everybody
active in the in partnership with:
fields of construction,
Nov 14 -20 architecture, alternative
energy, carbon-offsetting
or other environmental
entrepreneurs

3. The starting point What? (click link)
to strategy, innovation Other 1. Nov 14th: Get yourself investor ready!
and entrepreneurship should be Events! 2. Nov 15th: Opportunities in the
an understanding of the broader context green economy!
in which your business is placed. The Hub’s 2. Nov 17th: Women & entrepreneurship
Thought Leader Dialogues provide the 3. Nov 18th: Purpose & career opportunity
opportunity to be part of an intimate dialogue with 4. Nov 19th: Exclusive branding training
a recognized person in society who understands and
influences the socio-economic-political terrain of SA
Objectives
*Share the bigger picture of SA and its possible
future in the socio-political-economic landscape
*Have the opportunity to ask those burning
questions to a leader not easily accessible
*Reflect on our individual
roles in the future
INVITATION
4pm – 6.30pm
of the nation
Thought Leader Details!
R250 (incl. high tea)
early bird R200 (paid
Dialogue before Nov 7th),
171, President Street
T: 011 048 2542
RSVP
Wednesday Nov 16
Who?
Why? Target
audience!
Passionate South in partnership with:
Africans, anyone involved
in strategy within their
Nov 14-20 organization, those looking
to map a purposeful career
and broaden their
thinking lens.

4. (click link)
Career advancement What? Other 1. Nov 14th: Get yourself investor ready!
in the corporate and social Events! 2. Nov 15th: Opportunities in the
sector as well as the risk of stepping green economy!
out into the world of entrepreneurship 2. Nov 16th: Thought Leader Dialogue
all require personal mastery and leadership. 3. Nov 18th: Purpose & career opportunity
This often becomes more complex with the 4. Nov 19th: Exclusive branding training
various roles and life stages of being a woman.
We invite you to explore how to navigate your
career or entrepreneurial path purposefully within
this context.
Objectives
*To identify what you really want as a woman
and design your life around this purpose
*To look at the qualities of leadership
required for career advancement
and entrepreneurship
INVITATION
4pm – 7.30pm | R70
Women & Details! refreshments included
171, President Street
entrepreneurship T: 011 048 2542
RSVP
Thursday Nov 17
Who?
Why?
Target
This event is
Audience!
ideally suited for first time
managers and young
professionals who are grappling
with how, as a woman, you have
in partnership with:
Nov 14-20 something unique to offer in the
workplace. But how do you
juggle this with all the
other roles that you
have to fulfill?

5. What does it take (click link)
to have a career with meaning Other 1. Nov 14th: Get yourself investor ready!
What?
and purpose? What do meaning Events! 2. Nov 15th: Opportunities in the
and purpose actually mean? And how will green economy!
you answer these fundamental questions, 2. Nov 16th: Thought Leader Dialogue
without your university helping you with it? 3. Nov 17th: Women & entrepreneurship
During this event we will provide a platform 4. Nov 19th: Exclusive branding training
for you as an emerging professional on how to
enter into your dream career; whether self-
employed or employed by somebody else. Meet
career coach Buzz Beyer and
‘network extraordinaire’ Sandile Mahlaba.
Objectives
*Understand where to find your purpose
using career coach tools
WORKSHOP
*Be inspired by amazing people
and how they chose their INVITATION
career paths 1.30pm – 5pm | R20
Purpose & career Details! refreshments included
171, President Street
opportunity T: 011 048 2542
RSVP
Friday Nov 18
Who?
Why?
Target
audience!
Those in their final in partnership with:
Nov 14-20 years at University or College
wanting to marry what they’ve
studied into a career with
meaning and purpose.

6. Whether you are a
freelancer, run a small
Other
company, or work in a corporate What? Events!
communications department, (click link)
a brand is something that accompanies 1. Nov 14th: Get yourself investor ready!
all of us even in our personal lives. Does 2. Nov 15th: Opportunities in the
your branding match with what you or your green economy!
company stand for? And are you aware of the 3. Nov 16th: Thought Leader Dialogue
tools to strengthen it? During this one-day 4. Nov 17th: Women & entrepreneurship
workshop our branding expert will give the ins 5. Nov 18th: Purpose and career
and outs to novices in the branding arena. opportunity
Objectives
*Learn how to define your branding
strategy
*Learn about the latest trends
and case studies
INVITATION 9am - 4pm
Exclusive Details!
R150 (lunch incl.),
early bird R100 (paid
before Nov 7th)
branding 171, President Street
T: 011 048 2542
training RSVP
Saturday Nov 19
Who?
Why? Target
audience!
Freelancers, SMEs, in partnership with:
corporate marketing and
Nov 14-20 communications and
those who need to make
a more effective
marketing effort.