Free Entrepreneurial Training: Register Now to Enter MyZA

Are you a hopeful entrepreneur? Do you have an innovative idea you would like to see flourish into a business or do you have a new business that needs guidance to grow to the next level? Do you need help pitching your business to potential investors or bank managers? If you answered yes to any of these questions, ENGEN Pitch Polish is the solution for you. You are among the solution to job creation in South Africa as entrepreneurs create employment, drive and shape innovation and contribute to productivity. The world is looking at South Africa to step up to the challenge so Engen Petroleum Ltd has partnered with business incubator, Raizcorp, and national media partner SAfm to make it happen!

ENGEN Pitch Polish is a FREE workshop and competition held in eight cities across South Africa. Round 1 winners go through to Round 2, those winners along with the winner from the SAfm Wild Card go to the semi-final, and the winners compete at the a glitzy final event held in Johannesburg in September 2013.

These ENGEN Pitch Polish events intend to unearth the entrepreneurial talent and innovation that is believed to be in abundance within South Africa. The ENGEN Pitch Polish programme is designed to give you the skills you will need to pitch your business or idea effectively to potential investors, while learning valuable business lessons.

Steps to be part of the free ENGEN Pitch Polish programme:
1. Decide whether you would like to register as a delegate or contestant (delegates and contestants participate in the workshop throughout the day but only contestants compete by pitching their business to the delegates who are encouraged to role-play as investors and bank managers)
2. Choose the city closest to you where an event will be held alternatively follow the SAfm Wild Card round in August to pitch on-air
3. Register online at www.pitchandpolish.com or sms PITCH and your NAME and CITY to 45982 (charged at R1.50 an sms) or email pitch@raizcorp.com or call on 011-566-2000
4. Refreshments will be provided

This unique experience-based form of training makes ENGEN Pitch Polish a one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial programme which aims to empower and motivate budding entrepreneurs.

Be part of tomorrow’s business leaders.

Advance registration is essential as seats are limited. Register now for ENGEN Pitch Polish. Registration is easy, go online to www.pitchandpolish.com or SMS “pitch” and your name and city to 45982 or call on 011 566 2000 or e-mail pitch@raizcorp.com. SMSs are charged at R1.50 each.

2013 Schedule
Round 1:
o Saturday 6 July – Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
o Saturday 13 July – Wentworth, Kwa-Zulu Natal
o Saturday 20 July – Kimberley, Northern Cape
o Saturday 27 July – Athlone, Western Cape
o Saturday 3 August – Vereeniging, Gauteng
Round 2 (winners from Round 1 compete):
o Saturday 17 August – Bloemfontein, Free State
o Saturday 24 August – Phalaborwa, Limpopo
o Saturday 31 August – eMalahleni, Mpumalanga
SAfm Wild Card
o Wednesday 7 August – live on-air
o Wednesday 14 August – live on-air
o Wednesday 21 August – live on-air
o Wednesday 28 August – live on-air – Wild Card Final
Semi-Final (winners from Round 2 and SAfm Wild Card Compete):
o Thursday 12 September
Final
o Thursday 19 September