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SME's - whose responsibility is finance for SMEs?

SME's - whose responsibility is finance for SMEs?

Another blog laid the blame for SME failure at the door of finance, stating that a lack of finance was a cause of business failure.

I believe that as entrepreneurs we must accept that a lack of finance is a failure on the part of the entrepreneur.

The first point is that most SME's I see, believe that government has a duty to finance their businesses. They believe it is their right to be funded. I cannot disagree with this attitude more than I do. Entrepreneurs usually start small and grow quickly into something big. These people believe that government should fund a large business from day one. Everyone wants to start as the owner of a large business with lots of staff so that the owner can sit and do nothing. I have seen people offered excellent businesses that are on the market, netting 150 000 per month, and they are not interested. The banks would finance this without blinking, but these people still want government to fund something bigger. And these are people with no business experience at all. This is never going to work. As an example, government released information about a project that they did to create new businesses. The number that were still in existence after 1 year, out of 1700+ was ZERO. Yes, ZERO. The model of government seeking wannabe entrepreneurs and just giving them money will never work. It will instead become a hotbed for conmen seeking easy money.


The second point refers to a common error I see in South Africa is the process of planning. Everyone does the costs first, and then juggle sales to exceed costs and show a profit. Everyone is going to make massive profits from day one. Not likely. It is simply a lack of foresight.

Entrepreneurs in South Africa need to accept that financial failure in business is their own fault, and they need to check and see what they have done wrong!

Rob Smorfitt





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(Visit Dr. Rob's Website) Have an MBA and a PhD in entrepreneurship. Three key areas of ongoing research are entrepreneurship and innovation in large businesses, the impact of legislation on SMEs and SME finance. Run my own SME blog at http://sme-smb-smme.blogspot.com as well as an entrepreneurship and innovation for large businesses blog at http://innoveur.blogspot.com I have been self-employed since 1982. I have started or purchased in excess of 40 businesses since then. Most were sold again and a few were shut down because of a lack of profitability. Many were run by staff or family while I worked in full time employment in my bigger businesses. 6 books written in Entrepreneurship and Project Management educational field. Written articles for various magazines, newspapers and websites. Married with 3 children (22, 21 and 14).

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