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  "id": 16757298,
  "title": "Vusi Thembekwayo: Why small businesses need more than funding to scale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/vusi-thembekwayo-why-small-businesses-need-more-than-funding-to-scale",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2026-10-27-vusi-thembekwayo-why-small-businesses-need-more-than-funding-to-scale/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vusi Thembekwayo and Michael Hinton’s new book argues that small businesses need funding, strong teams and reliable systems to compete and grow.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}