Five Tips For Entrepreneurs To Survive The Holidays
by Allon Raiz on 17/05/12 at 12:27 pm | No comments
The holidays should be a time to sit back, relax, and enjoy life… But for many small business owners, holidays seem to represent nothing more than lost sales and extra stress. It is true that public and religious holidays can have a serious impact on small businesses. Low productivity and difficult staffing issues are just [...]
Click to read the Full StoryProject Management: A Necessity In Any Industry?
by Staff Reporter on 16/05/12 at 9:36 am | No comments
In today’s tough market conditions, ensuring that a company’s resources are utilised in a way that maximises efficiency is critical to its success and profitability. The increasing complexity of the modern manufacturing and service industries has meant that a specialised approach to project planning, resource allocation and cost management is necessary to avoid waste and [...]
Click to read the Full Story1 Min. With A Superhero: Peter Fleck On New Super Luxury E-Commerce Shop
by Fred Roed on 15/05/12 at 9:51 am | No comments
Peter Fleck, founder of The Last Word group of boutique hotels, once again joins us at Ideate to give us some insight into his new super luxury e-commerce shop Have The Last Word. Ultra-luxury, yet never pretentious, Peter and his team have gone out of their way to boost the level of customer experience in [...]
Click to read the Full StoryZiNG Partners With AVUSA To Launch The Sowetan Live
by Staff Reporter on 14/05/12 at 8:22 am | No comments
ZiNG, the new multi-messaging platform created by Blazingchilli has partnered with AVUSA to deliver ten new content Zones. The Zones deliver live news feeds from ten of the most popular AVUSA online news and information sources, including the massively popular Sowetan Live. Readers are able to share news stories with one another in real-time to [...]
Click to read the Full StoryWhy We Need To Care About Future Growth
by Jason Stewart on 14/05/12 at 8:09 am | No comments
The Net Promoter Score is somewhat like Juan Smith in rugby, Banyana Banyana, or nurses in general… Highly effective, potentially very powerfully, yet highly underrated. It was developed by the renowned measurement guru, Fred Reichheld, in conjunction with Satmetrix, with the initial goal being to identify a loyalty metric with the strongest possible link to [...]
Click to read the Full StoryBook Review: The VAT Handbook, Geoff Hull & Clive Gibson
by Mike Perk on 13/05/12 at 10:28 pm | 2 comments
New to VAT? This book is a perfect “Dummies guide” to the VAT system in South Africa. Whether you are a financial novice or experienced bookkeeper it is worthwhile having a copy of this on your desk.
“The VAT Handbook”, by Geoff Hull and Clive Gibson, starts by explaining the administration side of VAT; how to [...]
Strategy That Works: A Practical Guide For Entrepreneurs, Executives And Managers
by Staff Reporter on 11/05/12 at 2:02 pm | 2 comments
Say goodbye to boring annual strategy retreats and pointless strategy documents that fail to grasp the uniqueness of your organisation. With the help of Strategy that Works, your strategy will become your organisation’s culture – applicable, accessible and implementable by all.
In an ideal world, an organisation would be able to predict the future so [...]
Three Specific Ways To Keep Employees Happy And Loyal
by Staff Reporter on 11/05/12 at 9:21 am | No comments
In her recently published article entitled Three Innovative Ways to Reduce Staff Turnover, Amy-Jane Louw offered some great general ideas for reducing employee turnover rates for small businesses in South Africa these days. Especially poignant were her assessments of the manger’s role within a business, as well as the importance of opening lines of communication [...]
Click to read the Full StoryRaizcorp Set To Fast Forward The Growth Of Entrepreneurs
by Staff Reporter on 10/05/12 at 3:06 pm | No comments
Only 10 entrepreneurs have been selected out of an incredibly strong field of 276 applicants for the chance to have their businesses’ growth increased dramatically by Raizcorp’s unique Fast Forward programme. The field was sifted through Raizcorp’s rigorous and gruelling eight-step selection process, but the final candidates hung in there for good reason: the two-year [...]
Click to read the Full StoryHeineken® Challenges SA Football Fans With Innovative New App
by Staff Reporter on 10/05/12 at 9:26 am | No comments
Heineken®, worldwide sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, has challenged South African football fans to a virtual shootout, using a bespoke Facebook app. The app will test the true extent of their dedication to the ‘beautiful game’ and the ultimate victor each week will be treated to a VIP experience at the Heineken Star Final. [...]
Click to read the Full StoryFeatured Articles
Book Review: The VAT Handbook, Geoff Hull & Clive Gibson
2 commentsNew to VAT? This book is a perfect “Dummies guide” to the VAT system in South Africa. Whether you are a financial novice or experienced bookkeeper it is worthwhile having a copy of this on your desk.
“The VAT Handbook”, by Geoff Hull and Clive Gibson, starts by explaining the administration side of VAT; how to [...]
Business Can Help To Build The Africa Of The Future, The Right Way.
1 commentA quick count of posts by Trade Invest Africa on its website during March 2012 showed some 150 major opportunities for investment in Africa. The sectors covered included just about every possibility from A to Z – from aquaculture to zinc mining.
These 150 posts are just the tip of the iceberg. The African Development Bank [...]
Three Innovative Ways To Reduce Staff Turnover
4 commentsThe cost of running a business in South Africa today is skyrocketing, and it’s the small businesses that are really feeling the pinch. One of the primary reasons for this setback is that small businesses suffer personnel losses more heavily. Hiring and training new staff is a costly enterprise, with owners stating that the single [...]
Click to read the Full StoryTen Great Entrepreneurial Lessons From Steve Jobs
1 commentApple was born in a garage in 1976 as a modest entrepreneurial venture started by Steve Jobs. The road that Steve travelled from those humble beginnings to creating the wealthiest company in the world can teach entrepreneurs a great deal about what it takes to succeed. I’d like to share the top ten lessons I [...]
Click to read the Full StoryCrafting A Business Plan, For Freelancers
1 commentSo, you want to start a freelance business. Or, you’ve started one, and you want to formalise or clarify your offering in your mind. It’s business plan time.
They aren’t just for the biggies; for the entrepreneurs aiming to sell 100,000 units of personalised coffee mugs during Q4. They’re a useful way to turn your [...]
Free Bingo
Play online bingo for an opportunity to win real cash prizes, you can start with free bingo no deposit and once you master the game you'll win big time in no time with absolutely nothing to lose!
