# Allon Raiz

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The Big Small Business Show - To be the face of your business or not to be

Sisters & co-founders of Positive Pants Boutique, Roxie van der Venter and Monie Freeme, are expanding into international waters and Allon Raiz guides them on how to ward of competition as well as give them advice about being the face of the business.

The Big Small Business Show - Working in and not on the business

Marc-Gregory is a visual artist and asked Allon for guidance on how to work in the business, not on it. Allon Raiz humorously replied that it’s the first time he’s ever had this question :)

The Big Small Business Show - Empowering entrepreneurs to deliver sales pitches

Peterson Khumalo, Director of KnM Chartered Accountants, joins Allon Raiz in conversation around how to prepare entrepreneurs for growth and scaling. Allon guides that a good starting point would be to train entrepreneurs to deliver smooth and polished elevator sales pitches

The Big Small Business Show - Sell a meeting, not your product

“The idea is not to sell your product, it’s to sell a meeting. Sell the opportunity to meet.” Wise words from Allon Raiz to Lerato Mohlala, founder of Letha Lethu, a company that specialises in imports/exports and custom clearances

The Big Small Business Show - A fresh look at how to recruit franchisees

Mark Willoughby and Teresa Settas from One Energy seeks to recruit more franchisees for their solar energy company, but their requirements are not run-of-the-mill. Allon Raiz guides them to look at the process from a completely different angle

The Big Small Business Show - How to identify what becomes cheaper when you scale

Carmen Jordaan from Whole Earth Recycling wishes to grow her business and Allon Raiz guides her how to identify which process may become cheaper during a scaling process

The Big Small Business Show - What to do when your product is more expensive than competitors

Andile Sasanti from Sasanti King, offers veggie yoghurts and Allon Raiz guides him to how to go around the fact that his product is a bit more expensive than “normal” yoghurts

The Big Small Business Show - Growing produce on buildings’ rooftops

Khaya Maloney from Afrileap, grows hops on the rooftop of a building in Constitutional Hill. Allon Raiz guides him to calculate cost per square meter in order to attract investors

Small Business Focus: Strategy, what small businesses are missing when it comes to building a strategy

Stephen Grootes speaks to Allon Raiz, renowned business incubation pioneer and CEO of Raizcorp, about the common pitfalls small businesses face when developing a strategy. Many plans look solid on paper but falter because companies struggle to bridge the gap between planning and execution, spread r…

Allon Raiz: 5 reasons founders fail. The stories, insights and lessons from sleeping on the streets to 500+ backed businesses.

What if the reason most businesses fail has little to do with the market, and everything to do with how founders think and manage themselves?At 23, Allon Raiz slept on Durban beachfront for 13 nights. Weeks later, a billionaire offered to back him in any business he chose. His first venture failed.…