So many small business owners get to a point early in their journey when the hours in the day are just not enough and an extra pair of hands will be most welcome. But the cost and hassle of employing your first worker is just overwhelming, so you plod on and often drop those dream ideas to get done what you can. Sound familiar?

There is another opportunity: get an intern and make use of many of the world wide exchange programmes out there. Interns from various countries, education levels and expertise are queuing up to come to Cape Town to show off their talents, enjoy our city and work in your business. For FREE. As an intern comes here on a holiday visa you are legally not allowed to pay them, but they want to work and gain those hours of experience and knowledge to take back home with them.

Stop and think about it for a moment, what if you could get one, or two, or even three people with high level education spending 90 days in your business doing all the work you have in your head, properly better than you could do it, and then leave and all it will cost you is the coffee and a place for them to work. And you get to chat about how cool and great our city is and show them the mountain and ocean and winelands and Newlands forest and the gardens and Clifton and the waterfront and the stadium and pictures of Julius.

Check out www.connect-123.com for more details on their intern programmes and get going on growing your business.