Make Your Business Built For Success.
Empower Entrepreneurs, Transform Legal Services
Join Forces To Create A Lasting Impact.
We offer more than just another entrepreneur training program.
We partner with entrepreneurs directly and organisations like ESD programs, incubators, and accelerators to provide entrepreneurs with the legal tools and knowledge they need to thrive.
Access reliable knowledge
Empower your team
Build your business to last
Why Choose PocketAdvisor?
Legal challenges often hold entrepreneurs back—they often cannot afford traditional legal services or do not have time to navigate complex processes. That’s where we come in.
Free Masterclass Legal for Start-Ups and Small Businesses
Are you looking to safeguard your business interests and protect your hard-earned assets? Do you want to avoid legal pitfalls and navigate the complex world of business law with confidence?
We will guide you through the essential legal considerations that every entrepreneur needs to know
Our Solutions Help Them:
- Become compliant.
- Prepare for scaling and investment.
- Building strong stakeholder relationships is a key component to building trust and, ultimately, business success.
- Select, build, document and measure the health of key stakeholder relationships, avoiding long and expensive legal disputes.
- Optimise interactions with law firms by being “law-firm ready.”
Why LPM?
For legal professionals, we provide Internationally Accredited Legal Project Management (“LPM”) training and tools to help law firms and in-house legal practitioners add more value and become more efficient and impactful, empowering them to serve clients/ their organisations better and faster. Leveraging the use of the LPM mindset and enabling technologies in a world reliant on major technological development, we help legal practitioners find their personal value-adding focus in order to make a positive impact on the beneficiaries of their service. Together, we can enable more entrepreneurs to succeed, drive business growth, and boost participation in the South African economy.
Legal Project Management 101 - Free
Introductory session to Legal Project Management
This is an introductory session about Legal Project Management. In this session, we will unpack and attendees will learn about the advantages of using project management tools and techniques, enabling legal practitioners to better plan, budget, schedule, and allocate resources to progress the work.
Our Promise
Access Reliable Knowledge! - Empower Your Business! - Build To Last!
– Entrepreneurs: Understand and mitigate legal risks, strengthen contracts and policies, and structure your business for growth.
– Legal professionals: Learn to modernise your practice and deliver exceptional service to clients.
Our Programs
Legal for SME’s
Transform your business with employees into a legally sound, scalable structure. Includes a free suite of customisable contract templates from Contracts4Biz and a clear roadmap, you will have what you need to protect and grow your business.
Legal for Start-Ups
Build a strong legal foundation for early-stage businesses without employees. Includes a free suite of customisable contract templates from Contracts4Biz and a clear roadmap, you will have what you need to protect and grow your business.
Legal Project Management
Revolutionise your legal practice with tools to work smarter, not harder.
All lessons are designed for simplicity and practical application, so you can implement changes immediately. With access to customisable templates courtesy of the International Institute of Legal Project Management (“IILPM”) and a clear roadmap, you will have what you need to protect and grow your business or practice
All lessons are designed to help you understand in a simple way that makes implementation easier. Get access to the right contracts that will support your business goals
Make sure your business
is built to succeed.
Online and in-person legal training and information resource for entrepreneurs.
Access reliable knowledge
Empower your team
Build your business to last
Make sure your business
is built to succeed.
Online and in-person legal training and information resource for entrepreneurs.
Access reliable knowledge
Empower your team
Build your business to last
Have you considered the
legal risks of building a business?
Do you know where your business is legally exposed?
Are your contracts and policies airtight?
Is your business future-proof?
Is your business legally structured to scale?
Success has a cost.
Sometimes more than you’re willing to pay.
75% of businesses close within the first 12 months
My name is Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, lead instructor at PocketAdvisor and Attorney in the High Court of South Africa. As an entrepreneur and an experienced practitioner of the law. I understand how daunting it is to be competitive and relevant in today’s fast-paced business world. My purpose is to make sure that you are ahead of your competition and support you to grow your business with confidence.
Ready To Get Started?
Explore the programs designed to create a real impact for your business or legal practice today.
Free Masterclass Legal for Start-Ups and Small Businesses
Are you looking to safeguard your business interests and protect your hard-earned assets? Do you want to avoid legal pitfalls and navigate the complex world of business law with confidence?
We will guide you through the essential legal considerations that every entrepreneur needs to know
Legal Project Management 101 - Free
Introductory session to Legal Project Management
This is an introductory session about Legal Project Management. In this session, we will unpack and attendees will learn about the advantages of using project management tools and techniques, enabling legal practitioners to better plan, budget, schedule, and allocate resources to progress the work.
Register
- Register your account here.
- Select your Program and pay
(a number of payment options are available)
For Entrepreneurs
- Take our Contracts4Biz compliance assessment to see where you are right now
- Complete within 60 days
- Take our Contracts4Biz compliance assessment to see where you are post-completion
For Legal Practitioners
- Select their weekly facilitation from any of our cohorts and attend these sessions
- Complete the program, facilitation sessions and assignments in order to qualify for international certification.
75% of businesses close within the first 12 months
My name is Nicolene Schoeman-Louw, lead instructor at PocketAdvisor and Attorney in the High Court of South Africa. As an entrepreneur and an experienced practitioner of the law. I understand how daunting it is to be competitive and relevant in today’s fast-paced business world. My purpose is to make sure that you are ahead of your competition and support you to grow your business with confidence.
Have you considered the
legal risks of building a business?
Do you know where your business is legally exposed?
Are your contracts and policies airtight?
Is your business future-proof?
Is your business legally structured to scale?
Success has a cost.
Sometimes more than you’re willing to pay.
Frequently asked questions
Are classes online or in person?
Classes are online except if a group has made a special arrangement for in person.
Are these courses for specific industries?
How intense are these courses?
What is the difference between legal for Start-Ups and legal for SMEs?
Our Courses are tailored for businesses with employees (SME) and those that are early stage and without employees (Start-ups).
Do you teach us about labour law?
How much time should I commit?
You will need around 15 – 20 minutes per lesson (or module) – there are 5 modules to each course. Then around 1 – 2 hours to download and read the contracts. If you are part of the cohort one hour per week needs to be added. So, in total we estimate around 15 hours of time.
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4 Disadvantages and consequences of non-compliant businesses in South Africa
