The real reason good purchase orders get declined for funding

👇 FIND TENDERS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (START HERE) 👉 Explore live tenders on TenderCentral: https://tendercentral.co.za/?utm_sour... 👉 Apply for funding: https://www.sourcefin.co.za/funding-a... 👉 Join The Calabash Letter (The Great Enabler community): https://www.greatenabler.co.za/the-ca... 👉 Watch our guide to 10 types of business funding that solve specific problems: https://www.greatenabler.co.za/busine... *** WATCH THE FULL EPISODE    • What PO funders look for in a deal (it isn...   *** What does it feel like when a deal manager has to tell a good client their funding fell through? Dudu Zondo walks through the purchase order deal that came closest to funding and still got declined, not because the client wasn't creditworthy, but because of two days and an end buyer who wouldn't move. In this clip of The Great Enabler Podcast, Jedd Harris sits down with Sourcefin Deal Manager Dudu Zondo, to unpack a real purchase order deal that nearly got funded, and why it didn't They get into why a branded PPE order for a government department collapsed on timelines rather than risk, what a deal manager does when an end buyer won't budge, and why a funding rejection is a blueprint for the next deal, not a verdict on the business. 🎯 In this video, we unpack: 1️⃣ Inside a branded PPE deal that came within days of being funded 2️⃣ Why an end buyer's availability can sink a deal faster than its risk profile 3️⃣ How Tender Central helps SMMEs find their next opportunity instead of waiting on one deal 4️⃣ What it's like for a deal manager to deliver bad news to a client they believe in 5️⃣ Why a funding rejection is a blueprint, not a verdict, on your business And most importantly – It's not a no, it's just a not now. *** ⏱ Chapters 00:00 The branded PPE deal that nearly got funded 03:21 Why the end buyer wouldn't budge on two extra days 06:33 Fit-for-purpose funding: finding your next opportunity on Tender Central 07:47 Making the hardest call: telling a client the deal fell through 09:27 Why a funding rejection is a blueprint, not a verdict 11:15 Why you should subscribe to The Great Enabler Podcast *** 👤 About Dudu Zondo Dudu Zondo is a Deal Manager at Sourcefin, assessing and running purchase order and invoice funding deals for South African SMMEs. *** 🎙 About The Great Enabler Podcast The Great Enabler Podcast is a South African business education series focused on real entrepreneurs building real businesses in the real economy. 👉 Visit The Great Enabler website: https://www.greatenabler.co.za/ *** 🚀 Powered by Sourcefin This clip is brought to you by Sourcefin, a South African alternative funding partner specialising in: • Purchase order & tender funding • Invoice discounting / invoice funding Instead of offering generic business loans, Sourcefin focuses on matching the right funding solution to the specific business problem. *** 👍 Finally If this clip helped you think differently about turning a funding rejection into your next approved deal: Like the video. Subscribe for more conversations. Comment your biggest business challenge.