Toolkit
Twelve starter tiles
Launch to crisis reset, plus advisory hour.
SA SME · Starter toolkit
Business Now is a calm, urgent ops partner for South African founders. Toolkit tiles, play checklists, and briefing cards you can actually defend on a Monday.
Toolkit
Company setup starts with the papers founders get asked for first. This pack covers CIPC name choices, director details, share allocations, and the document set banks usually request when opening a business account in South Africa.
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The first tax file is easier to build before payroll and billing begin. Inside are starter notes for VAT, PAYE, and UIF, plus the records to keep when issuing early invoices or bringing in a first employee.
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A new venture needs working contact details before any polished branding exercise. This starter checks domain choices, trademark watchpoints, and mailbox basics so quotes, supplier mail, and director correspondence land in the right place.
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Small teams need a week that does not disappear into chasing updates. These operating checks map who approves spend, when stock or service work is reviewed, and how a shopfront or office keeps decisions visible under twenty people.
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Cash pressure often begins with scattered invoice habits, not turnover alone. This set lays out billing dates, follow-up points, expected debit order timings, and a simple view of what must clear before rent, wages, or supplier payments in South African trading weeks.
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Briefing notes on contract orientation plus a first-90-days checklist for new South African hires…
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Ops toolkit
From registering a company to VAT, a first hire and pop-up trading, each play connects to a toolkit tile and a briefing note.
Open playsBriefings
Practical notes on CIPC steps and bank document packs for a busy founder week.
VAT, PAYE, and UIF orientation before payroll day.
Inbox habits and email basics that make a small business sound properly set up.
Toolkit
Launch to crisis reset, plus advisory hour.
Plays
From company sprint to advisory sprint.
Offices
Sandton HQ and coastal / inland appointments.
For document packs, office appointments, or a starter toolkit query, use our contact form. Sandton City Office Tower is the listed office point for Business Now.