African Small Business Growth Strategy
Silver Lining and Kukura Business Accelerator are committed to helping African Small Businesses reach their financial goals.
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You are the soul of your local community, and you drive your economy by creating opportunities for your family and jobs for those who need them.
The African Small Business Growth Strategy has a singular focus: to give you the structure, support, and access that you deserve so that you can accomplish your goals and live your dreams!
What You Get
The African Small Business Growth Strategy is designed to give you the structure and support you need to reach your financial goals.
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You will go through a 3-hour guided process to help you think about your values and priorities and set a time budget. You will then evaluate
and define key strategic elements of your business, including your What, Who, and Scale. Next, you will enter your expenses, revenue,
pricing, and revenue breakdown and ensure you have the best financial plan for your business as well as 12 months of sales goals. Finally,
you will build a detailed 12-month business development plan to ensure you have a detailed strategy for connecting with new clients to hit
your sales goals.
Once your SLAP™ is built, you will get comprehensive support for the next 12 months to ensure you implement your plan and hit your goals!
Behavior change science says that if you wrap the right kind of structure and support around yourself and fully take advantage of our 360
degree approach, your chances of success dramatically increase. With SLAP™, you get access to everything behavior chance says you
need in order to hit your financial goals which includes coaching, accountability, training, templates, tools, community and much more!
Once you qualify for SLAPcapital based on your behavior, get access to an unsecured loan based on SLAP™ behavior – not credit score,
collateral, or any other traditional finance metric that prohibits many business owners from marginalized backgrounds from accessing
capital.
Small Business Owners Like You
Received the structure and support they need to set and hit their goals
“Since I started my first SLAPyear, I have noticed a huge difference in how organized my thoughts
are with regards to my business, especially because the program provides a visual representation of my month-to-month tasks and
goals. SLAP has truly helped me plan ahead and think big, which has helped my recent success”
“Since I started my first SLAPyear, I have noticed a huge difference in how organized my thoughts
are with regards to my business, especially because the program provides a visual representation of my month-to-month tasks and
goals. SLAP has truly helped me plan ahead and think big, which has helped my recent success”
“Being part of SLAP has helped me continue to expand my business. The experience and encouragement from the staff have really helped me grow my confidence and not give up during hard times. Running a business has its challenges, doing it alone is very hard, but having a team makes a tremendous difference to stay on track.”
“We found SLAP in July 2020 while trying to figure out how to survive what was not going to be a ‘two-week’ break for COVID-19. Using the software and mentorship, we were able to spend that time focusing on where our ideal clients were and how we could efficiently reach them. As the worst ebbed, we were prepared and ready to come back stronger and better. 2022 saw explosive growth for us and we’re using our SLAP to prepare for more of the same in 2023!”
“We found SLAP in July 2020 while trying to figure out how to survive what was not going to be a ‘two-week’ break for COVID-19. Using the software and mentorship, we were able to spend that time focusing on where our ideal clients were and how we could efficiently reach them. As the worst ebbed, we were prepared and ready to come back stronger and better. 2022 saw explosive growth for us and we’re using our SLAP to prepare for more of the same in 2023!”
Our Partners
This program is for SMBs who:
- are committed to growth.
- are owner-operated & bootstrapped.
- have been in operation for at least 2 years.
- have existing revenue.
- have their business as a full-time career and is their primary source of income
- have been referred by KBA or Partners.
- are interested in optimizing behavior to become eligible for a SLAPcapital loan.
- are serious about growth and committed to building a business that has a positive impact.