The Hope Hub
"Move in, move up" is the slogan being used in the mentoring sessions with our entrepreneurs at The Hope Factory, encouraging our entrepreneurs to participate in our new business incubator, The Hope Hub.
Situated at North End, in the busy city centre of Port Elizabeth, The Hope Hub is our newly launched advanced entrepreneurial programme and addresses challenges the entrepreneurs encounter, such as access to markets, low cost rental space and infrastructure to help grow their businesses.
The Hope Hub caters for our more advanced entrepreneurs who have completed the Equipping Phase; have run their businesses from their homes for a time and are now at the point where they are moving from a "survivalist" business towards a small business.
Assisting entrepreneurs in their businesses is our goal at The Hope Factory and The Hope Hub is a newly welcomed edition to the bouquet of services we offer our entrepreneurs. Much excitement has been generated and all eligible entrepreneurs have been invited to apply. Their response has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic:
"The Hope Hub is a stable platform to start expanding my business as it will have the equipment that I don't have at the moment. - Xoliswa Sukula
"It will benefit my business to an extent that I'm going to use the word 'Hope''as my middle name from now on. It will open doors and refresh ideas." - Unathi Godlo
"I will be honoured and happy to be a Hope Hub member. It will help me a lot to grow my business and take it to another level. Because everything that I will be needing for my business to grow will be accessible and the rent is affordable."- Nomakula Qwengwa
"I've grown to such an extent that I need more space for my equipment and consulting area. The Zinco garments are getting out there and possible customers from suburbs are afraid of Motherwell. The Hub will expose me more to customers and maybe attract investors and funders." - Luvuyo Zinco
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Aside from receiving extensive mentorship, guidance and network opportunities, entrepreneurs are able to run their businesses from the centre, using all the facilities provided.
AVAILABLE SERVICES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
- Rental space
- Access to business technology ie computers, internet
- Access to specialist machinery
- Access to CAPEX investment opportunities
- Access to markets
- Access to a book keeper to ensure financial compliance
- Leveraging off the marketing efforts of The Hope Hub and The Hope Factory for exposure to new markets
- On call team of specialists to give advice
- Entrepreneurship initiative involving partnering with volunteer businessmen for mentoring advice
