PinnedInSolutionsbySpurt!·Aug 4, 2023Grow Your Business With Spurt! ToolsWhen we set out to build Spurt! we did so because we wanted to trigger exponential growth in businesses led by African entrepreneurs. This…A response icon1A response icon1
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Spurt!·Jun 26The Double Standard of “Expensive”: Why We Undervalue African-Made Luxury.You have seen it happen. A customer picks up a handmade product, soy scented candles, a hand-woven bag, a bottle of small-batch hot sauce…
InSpurtX!bySpurt!·Jun 24Performance Management for Growing African Teams: How Spur! Makes Every Contributor VisibleIn most growing businesses across Lagos, Nairobi, and Accra, performance management follows a familiar pattern. A manager carries a mental…
InSpurtX!bySpurt!·Jun 10How to Build a Performance Appraisal System That Actually Works for Growing TeamsBy now, the pattern is familiar. The quiet employee who delivered consistently all year gets an average score because nobody documented…
Spurt!·Jun 8The Curator’s Eye: Yellow. Ivory. White. Do You Know Which Jar Is on Your Shelf?Yellow. Ivory. White. One is medicine. One is cosmetic. One is stripped. They are all called shea butter. But they are not the same thing…
InSpurtX!bySpurt!·Jun 3Performance Appraisals Are Broken in Most African SMEs. Here Is What Fixes ThemAsk most managers that question and they will give you an answer. Ask them to back it up with evidence, and things get complicated.
InSpurtX!bySpurt!·May 20Cybersecurity Regulation in Ghana Is Tightening; Most Business Systems Are Not ReadyAsk most teams how their organisation handles customer data, and you will get a reasonable answer. Ask them to show you the audit trail…
InPaperclip EditingbySpurt!·May 16How to Stop Writing Your CV Like a Job DescriptionMost CVs read like a job posting written in the wrong direction. Where a job posting says what the employer needs, a duty-based CV says…
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