entrepreneurship - people who dash into hope, who dash into the future

Entrepreneurship - people who dash into hope,

who dash into the future How ATS thinks about new entrepreneurs

Why do we focus on business in the cloud?

Software as a Service (SaaS)

a lucrative and growing market

Why business in the cloud #1

4th Industrial Revolution: A range of new technologies that

will disrupt all disciplines, economies and industries.


4th Industrial Revolution: “In its scale, scope, and complexity and the transformation it will bring, it

is unlike anything humankind has experienced before”


4th Industrial Revolution: “We believe that every industrial

company will become a software company.”


Lower barriers to entry for new entrepreneurs


More cloud-based solutions allow non-technical people to create software solutions


More cloud-based solutions allow non-technical people to create software solutions

- “democratisation of technology”


You do not need large upfront capital or

a big workforce to start


Your customers are not geographically confined to

the consumer market of South Africa


Why business in the cloud? “We cannot think of a better business

for new entrepreneur”

Why the person of the entrepreneur?

Entrepreneur’s success is not primarily about knowledge:

Why the person of the entrepreneur #1


• such as market research,



• such as market research, • business plans,



• such as market research, • business plans, • bookkeeping or



• such as market research, • business plans, • bookkeeping or • even knowledge of the industry (successful

entrepreneurs often venture into new and unfamiliar industries)


No, the key differentiator is:


No, the key differentiator is:

the person of the entrepreneur


The person of the entrepreneur:

• the vision bearer,



• the vision bearer, • the one who refuses to give up,



• the vision bearer, • the one who refuses to give up, • the one who bounces back from setbacks and



• the vision bearer, • the one who refuses to give up, • the one who bounces back from setbacks and • the one who can sustain the same

commitment and capacity in the long term


Why the Pentecostal network?

Independent academics observing Pentecostals noted:

• they are entrepreneurial

Why the Pentecostal network #1


• they are entrepreneurial • they change their world for the better



• they are entrepreneurial • they change their world for the better • they are regarded as “social capital”



• they are entrepreneurial • they change their world for the better • they are regarded as “social capital” • display remarkable optimism, and…


Pentecostalism is the fastest growing Christian denomination

in the world today


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