Every now and then a brilliant idea comes along and one needs to find that unique individual to match the opportunity. Usually its the other way around – by this I mean there are lots of good people looking for opportunities, but no good ideas !

At Ecopreneur we are going to help find one individual who is looking for his own business, but is short of a great idea. We have a client who has a brilliant idea in the South African (and could be world wide) security business and is looking for someone to partner him to build a great business. Our client has done the necessary research and is well skilled in business start-ups and particularly in marketing. He seeks a partner to help develop this business – he wants the person to develop the technical, and operational side of the business and to ultimately train others to grow the business. To begin the process please make contact via the Security Industry opportunity

The right candidate will be an enthusiastic and passionate person who has been looking for the right idea for his own business. He may be currently in a corporate environment or already on his own. He is ready to commit to a vision and begin to build a business of which he will be proud. He will be useful with his hands and have a sharp engineering type mind that seeks to technically innovate on existing technologies. He may have had some experience in the electrical/mechanical disciplines, but generally loves a challenge. He will be able to impart his knowledge to others to help grow the business. He will be comfortable with marketing, although this will not be a long term part of his role.

If this is for you, please send an email motivating why this opportunity is for you together with your CV. Details here: Security Industry opportunity

Svetlana Doneva    www.fin24.com

Johannesburg – The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) said the majority of the R71bn earmarked for funding investment over the next five years will go to new businesses.

That’s according to IDC CEO Geoffrey Qhena, who addressed media at the presentation of the development funding company’s results for the year to end-March 2009.

This goal is in line with the IDC’s strategy to promote entrepreneurship in South Africa and, if implemented, will reverse a recent declining trend of funding of start-ups.

The funding of start-ups and expansions made up the largest portion – 52% – of funding granted in the 2008/09 financial year. The total amount of funding approvals in this period was R10.8bn.

However, the proportion of funding to this segment declined from 75% in the previous financial year. Qhena said this was partly due to the redirection of funds to companies in distress and a 38% increase in funding approvals for investments in the rest of Africa.

The IDC has already identified new candidates for early stage project development. Most of these are in line with the organisation’s aim to promote green and renewable energy sources.

Examples of these include solar power generation, electric vehicle batteries, bio-ethanol and wind power generation.