Table 1.

Descriptive information for participants in the quantitative phase

Business categoryAgeRace
Start-up104 (35%)18–2551 (17%)Black77 (26%)
Micro-enterprise, e.g. a hawker49 (16%)26–3594 (31%)Coloured108 (36%)
SME95 (32%)36–4578 (26%)White115 (38%)
Big business, corporate or MNE52 (17%)46–5553 (18%)Country of birth
Gender56–6517 (6%)South Africa272 (91%)
Male181 (60%)66+7 (2%)Other28 (9%)
Female119 (40%)When did you start your business?Number of employees
Level of educationUnderway50 (20%)1–10186 (72%)
Less than matric21 (7%)Within the last year75 (30%)11–2523 (9%)
Matric72 (24%)Within the last 5 years64 (26%)26–10045 (17%)
Diploma71 (24%)More than 5 years ago59 (24%)101–2002 (1%)
Degree71 (24%)Growth (excluding big business and corporations of MNE)201+2 (1%)
Postgraduate degree65 (21%)Increased no. of employees51 (17%)
Increased revenue93 (31%)
Expansion (franchises)17 (6%)
No growth114 (38%)
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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