Panjo the tiger has been found but the Springleap special is still on!
by Yolandi on 29/07/10 at 10:56 am | No comments
How bizarre is this! A tiger escapes from his owner’s bakkie and gets lost in the wild unkown of the Delmas area? Panjo the Tiger has made the headlines of newspapers for the past couple of days and Springleap has jumped in the mix and decided to help find this little bundle of fur.
Springleap offered [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Authenticity
by Bruce Wade on 28/07/10 at 9:27 am | No comments
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.
Bruce Wade is a [...]
Enter the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition
by Fred on 27/07/10 at 3:31 pm | 1 comment
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 [...]
Click to read the Full StoryHow big is the network on Linkedin in South Africa?
by Mike Saunders on 27/07/10 at 7:00 am | 2 comments
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 [...]
What The F**k is Social Media Now?
by Fred on 21/07/10 at 5:23 pm | 2 comments
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 [...]
Click to read the Full StoryEntrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Values and Principles
by Bruce Wade on 21/07/10 at 9:03 am | No comments
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 [...]
Springleap Competition: Congratulations Bruce Wade!
by Yolandi on 19/07/10 at 8:44 am | No comments
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Revolutionizing Recruitment: Sebenzi
by Yolandi on 14/07/10 at 9:03 am | 2 comments
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 [...]
Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: The Sphere of Mankind
by Bruce Wade on 13/07/10 at 8:57 am | 1 comment
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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Let’s teach our kids to be entrepreneurs (Video)
1 commentHere at Ideate HQ, we love TED (“TED” stands for Technology, Education and Design).
This video was referred to me twice today by two different people. To me, this means that it was written in the stars that I was meant to watch it, and I’m glad I did. It is a talk by Canadian entrepreneur [...]
Why do you Gamble?
No commentsWhy do people gamble? It is clear that gambling is an extremely popular activity, as online casinos and casinos in places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City make billions of dollars every year. But why? Most people understand that, for casino games at least, the odds are against them. So why do people continue to [...]
Click to read the Full Story10 Tips for Boosting your Blog
8 commentsSo you’re putting loads of effort into writing posts for your new blog, and now you want to make sure that you build up a solid audience to read all your hard work. Here are 10 basic tips for boosting your readership.
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10 of the coolest laptop bags
2 commentsHas your laptop become an indispensable item in your life and your business? Mine has and I’ve been carrying it around in a boring ‘geek issue’ black laptop bag (you know the one) for sometime now. It’s not cool. There have been rumblings of a hardware upgrade in the office…which could mean a shiny new [...]
Click to read the Full StoryTop 10 Legitimate Work From Home Jobs
29 commentsAt Ideate, we get a lot of request for information on legitimate work from home jobs. While making money from home has become all the rage recently, especially with the rise of the web (and with it, internet home business opportunities), it seems that our audience still need some prompting on where they can make [...]
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