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DESCRIPTION:<h2>Livestream\, Live On Stage With Two Financial Heavy Chefs</
 h2>\n<p>It’s been a harrowing journey for the entrepreneur sector. Membe
 rs within the business community are taking strain after successive blows 
 of lockdown levels and political instability. The critical challenges are 
 firstly\, how to survive\, then\, how to thrive. In September\, Heavy Chef
  is going to lean into the overarching question: <em>As an entrepreneur\, 
 how do I raise capital for my business? </em>Heavy Chef has invited <stron
 g>Karl Westvig</strong>\, CEO of Retail Capital\, and <strong>Cora Fernand
 ez</strong>\, Former Chief Executive at Sanlam Institutional Business and 
 Non-executive Director of Sphere Holdings\, to explore the various ways th
 at entrepreneurs can raise capital in today’s environment.”</p>\n<p><b
 r></p>\n<h2>Ingredients</h2>\n<ol>\n  <li>How to raise funding in challeng
 ing circumstances.</li>\n  <li>The various ways of raising funds.</li>\n  
 <li>Funding channels that you may not know about.</li>\n  <li>How to be 'i
 nvestible'.</li>\n  <li>What investors look for in a business.</li>\n  <li
 >When to borrow and when to sell equity.</li>\n  <li>Traps to look out for
 .</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Audience members will be enticed to ask questions.</p>\n
 <p><br></p>\n<h2>Who Is This Event For?</h2>\n<ol>\n  <li>Entrepreneurs.</
 li>\n  <li>Aspiring entrepreneurs.</li>\n  <li>Intrapreneurs\, managers\, 
 leaders.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><br></p>\n<h2>Heavy Chef</h2>\n<p>Heavy Chef is a
  learning platform for entrepreneurs. Our name comes from the saying ‘ne
 ver trust a skinny chef’. We aim to inspire entrepreneurs to start\, the
 n empower them to succeed. Heavy Chef celebrates people who walk the talk\
 , who practice what they preach\, who eat their own food. We offer weekly 
 recipes on technology\, leadership and creativity for our community of aro
 und 40\,000+ entrepreneurs. We believe that\, in a world of talkers\, it's
  the doers that are going to change it.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<h2>Premium Even
 t Partners</h2>\n<ol>\n  <li>PayFast</li>\n  <li>Xero</li>\n  <li>Workshop
 17</li>\n</ol>\n<p><br></p>\n<h2>Heavy Chef Partners</h2>\n<p>This event i
 s proudly brought to you by Heavy Chef’s best-of-breed partners\, includ
 ing:</p>\n<ol>\n  <li>xneelo</li>\n  <li>Retail Capital</li>\n  <li>Whippi
 ng The Cat</li>\n  <li>Digital Planet</li>\n  <li>HP</li>\n  <li>We Grow S
 A</li>\n  <li>Backsberg Wine</li>\n  <li>Sir Fruit</li>\n  <li>Goodleaf</l
 i>\n  <li>Creed Living</li>\n  <li>Global Citizen</li>\n  <li>Parcel Ninja
 </li>\n  <li>Howler</li>\n</ol>\n<p><br></p>\n<h2>Hybrid Live Event And Li
 vestream</h2>\n<p>This event will be live\, in-person at Workshop17 Waters
 hed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town\, with a very limited audience - an
 d livestreamed to an unlimited online audience. The event will be broadcas
 t via Howler and will feature music by Divine Mahara. Ticketing will also 
 be provided by Howler\, which is one of the leading end-to-end eventing pl
 atforms on the African continent. Howler’s team will be on hand to ensur
 e a seamless\, hybrid event experience. </p>\n<hr style="margin: 32px 0\;"
 >\n<h2>About Karl and Cora</h2>\n<p><br></p>\n<div style="display: flex\; 
 flex-direction: row\;">\n  <div style="flex: 0 0 30%"> <img style="width: 
 100%\; height: auto\; padding-right: 16px\;" src="https://i.postimg.cc/7Z7
 x4SQv/Instagram-Karl.jpg" style="height: 240px\; width: auto\;"> </div>\n 
  <div style="flex: 0 0 70%"> <a href="http://www.retailcapital.co.za/" tar
 get="_blank"><strong>Karl Westvig</strong></a> <strong>CEO\, Retail Capita
 l</strong>\n    <p class="offset-top">Karl is a primary voice in the South
  African credit industry. Having pioneered two segment-defining offerings 
 at RCS and DirectAxis\, he moved to the commercial sector. Retail Capital 
 was born on a white napkin at a kitchen table in 2011. Retail Capital has 
 since become the leader in small to medium-size business finance\, primari
 ly through its fintech innovation Merchant Capital Advance that\, in simpl
 e terms\, provides access to capital based on a business’ current tradin
 g history. Payment terms are then fixed to an entity’s trading going for
 ward.</p>\n  </div>\n</div>\n<p><br></p>\n<div style="display: flex\; flex
 -direction: row\;">\n  <div style="flex: 0 0 30%"> <img style="width: 100%
 \; height: auto\; padding-right: 16px\;" src="https://i.postimg.cc/JhLRzt9
 s/Instagram-Cora.jpg" style="height: 240px\; width: auto\;"> </div>\n  <di
 v style="flex: 0 0 70%"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cora-fernand
 ez-b581086b/?originalSubdomain=za" target="_blank"><strong>Cora Fernandez<
 /strong></a> <strong>Strategist & Investor</strong>\n    <p class="offset-
 top">Cora is no stranger to Heavy Chef\, having featured on stage and on t
 he learning platform. Cora is a senior statesperson in the financial secto
 r\, having held leadership positions at Sanlam and at Sphere and is on the
  Board of several listed companies\, including Tiger Brands and Capitec. S
 he is passionate about investing in entrepreneurs and is currently raising
  a fund of R1bn to invest in underserved areas of South African trade. Cor
 a is also a key member of both investment committees of the National Empow
 erment Fund and the investment committee of 27Four Private Equity. </p>\n 
  </div>\n</div>\n
SUMMARY:Raising Capital
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