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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Authenticity

by Bruce Wade on 28/07/10 at 9:27 am | No comments


Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Authenticity

I came across this word many years ago when developing a mission statement for an organisation. It sounded right and we went for it but it was only later that I went back and look at what it meant to be authentic and it began to change my life.
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Enter the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition

by Fred on 27/07/10 at 3:31 pm | 1 comment


Enter the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition

It’s not too surprising so many South Africans shy away from starting their own business. Statistics show that more than seven out of ten new business ventures will fail within the first two years of starting up. Still – with the right information, and some much-needed encouragement through competitions like the Sanlam/Business Partners 2010 Entrepreneur [...]

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How big is the network on Linkedin in South Africa?

by Mike Saunders on 27/07/10 at 7:00 am | 2 comments


How big is the network on Linkedin in South Africa?

It has been ages since my last post to Ideate and to be honest I have missed it. I left things off with two articles on Linkedin that looked at why you should and how you can start networking.
Since the we have been doing some research into Linkedin usership in South Africa and found 600 [...]

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What The F**k is Social Media Now?

by Fred on 21/07/10 at 5:23 pm | 2 comments


What The F**k is Social Media Now?

This slideshow has been doing the rounds for some time now, but it appears the author has just updated it. With many, many views of the previous iteration (“What the F**k is Social Media”) it appears this one will be just as popular. A nice, no-frills approach to the topic of social media. Check it [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Values and Principles

by Bruce Wade on 21/07/10 at 9:03 am | No comments


Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Values and Principles

Continuing on our theme from the Sphere of Mankind, let’s take a look at the outer skin of the sphere. This depicts our personal boundaries in our lives. Much the same as a river bank will guide its water, so our values and principles give us direction.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and [...]

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Springleap Competition: Congratulations Bruce Wade!

by Yolandi on 19/07/10 at 8:44 am | No comments


Springleap Competition: Congratulations Bruce Wade!

Remember that fun Springleap competition where you needed to find the Springleap cups on various blogs? Well, they have announced a winner and it happens to be our very own Ideate business guru, Bruce Wade!
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is [...]

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Friday Giveaway: Win a short Finance Course at the University of Cape Town!

by Yolandi on 16/07/10 at 1:42 pm | No comments


Friday Giveaway: Win a short Finance Course at the University of Cape Town!

We have a really big Friday Giveaway this week! Our super Finance coach, Gareth Cotten along with Get Smarter has organised that one of our lucky Ideate winners can attend a course on financial management in a business context for free!
The University of Cape Town Financial Management for Non-Financial People Course is a part-time online [...]

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Revolutionizing Recruitment: Sebenzi

by Yolandi on 14/07/10 at 9:03 am | 2 comments


Revolutionizing Recruitment: Sebenzi

Do you want to get exposure but you don’t want to expose yourself or your personal information to all those dodgy characters on the web? Well, we were really impressed with Sebenzi, a web-based recruitment portal that allows you to put yourself in the job market in complete anonymity.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: The Sphere of Mankind

by Bruce Wade on 13/07/10 at 8:57 am | 1 comment


Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: The Sphere of Mankind

Over the last 10 years of study in human nature and behaviour I have developed a model that depicts how we are composed, behave and interact. The Sphere of Mankind models life at the basics of principles, purpose and functions. To begin this journey of understanding what makes up an Entrepreneur we must first make [...]

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