Hi SMC Family!

It great to see ourselves growing everyday and how we support and impact the life of fellow entrepreneurs in a positive way. I am thankful to each one of you for contributing your time and efforts in building Startup Mzansi Communities. Kindly go through the rules given below, and make sure you abide by them.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁/𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱
> Your startup related need/requirement with clear details.
>The problem that you are facing at any stage of your startup - we are there to help you.
> Share knowledge/ Experience/ Opinions/ your startup details
> Any startup related to blogs, posts, links, images, videos, question, discussion. However If all you say (or write) is self-promotional, you will be out soon. It must add value to the community.

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 #???????? 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩.
#smcintro - To introduce yourself
#smcpitch - To introduce your startup with the community
#smchire - For hiring any employee/ freelancer/ agency.
#smchelp - To seek solution of problem being faced currently/ suggestion, feedback, mentor, advice, survey,
#smcshare - To share any informative/humorous resource (Image, Video, article)
#smcevent - To share any event.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 /𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ( 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽)
> Name/tagline suggestion, Sponsorship, Self-promotions and reseller opportunity/ Irrelevant/ bot/ unclear/ inadequate details/ Duplicate/ greetings/ abusive post.
> Affiliate/referral link, Selling databases /fb likes/other digital assets , Festival celebration posts.
> Fb Page/profile posts links will not be approved. If you want to share, share the content link/ directly through the original source. 𝙋𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨.
> NO self promotion is allowed on the post people seeking advice and suggestion but service.

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻s
> As we work hard to make group more secured and spam free, I also request you all to help us in building the awesome culture here. As a part of it, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 in 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. If your sole aim to join group is promote your product and service, we will have to block you.
> All posts are reviewed before getting published so don't waste your time if it's not not as per rule.
> If you are helping/ getting help from any other community members appreciate his/her time and efforts by letting admins know/ sharing an appreciation post.
> Don’t abuses or show someone else down - Be Polite and provide constructive and valuable feedback.

You will be permanently banned if you have 3+ pending posts.

𝗣𝗦: The group is closed, feel free to invite any of your friends who can add value to the community / need help in his startup/career. That’s it for this long post. We hope we were able to convey our new set of rules to you and you'll help us in our endeavours by being a responsible Startupian and contribute your share to a better community and a better Startup Africa. Cheers!

PS: All content shared in this closed group belong to the respective owners. Please contact us at hello@startupmzansi.app or hello@startupmzansi.org.za to discuss.

𝙈𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚,
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 Mzansi 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺!
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻. 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄.