About TUT ICT Softstart BTI-Enterprise Development
Softstart BTI provides an integrated package of workspace, shared office services, access to specialised equipment and value added services like management assistance, access to finance, marketing and networking support.
Softstart BTI has full support and sponsorship from the SEDA Technology Programme (STP), a programme under the Small Enterprise Development Agency of the DTI. STP sponsored the Business Incubation initiative from its inception to fast track the links between the government, private sector and academia of South Africa.
Softstart BTI improves enterprise performance, enhances profitability and growth, and offers technology and management support to South African ICT SMMEs and is geared to help early movers maximise the value of their ideas. Businesses within the Incubator fall within various stages of being built, from concept phase where a first-cut assessment of the strategic environment is being made, to development phase, where feasibility and go-to-market strategies are being explored and ultimately, commercial phase, where profitable market opportunities are exploited and the focus is on growing the depth and breadth of the venture. To build an optimal, sustainable business, an entire multitude of building blocks will have to be assembled over time.