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The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 1 “Convenience”

The 5 C’s Of Entrepreneurship: Part 1 “Convenience”

Frustration amongst the general population is a way of life. It’s the default reaction to most phone calls queues or dealings with large organizations. For the small business owner it’s the largest blockage of doing business, but can also be the inspiration for your biggest success.
Scenes of headbutting desks and slamming phones are just a [...]

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The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Surviving Christmas 2011

The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Surviving Christmas 2011

As a small business owner it has become all important to begin planning as early as possible to survive the pending holiday season. Already we have seen shops and centers redecorating in green trees, holly and sparkly stars. They have also started playing carols at airports and the waterfront.
How do we plan to cope [...]

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SA Entrepreneurs Bro Team Challenges YOU To Make MOney For Charity

SA Entrepreneurs Bro Team Challenges YOU To Make MOney For Charity

It is not often that men get to play with their bodies in public and then ask for people to donate money for their efforts. But once a year Movember comes along and men, and even some women, the world over have 30 days to prove, mostly to themselves, that they can grow facial hair. [...]

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Exploit Yourself – Get Connected

Exploit Yourself – Get Connected

We are now well into the second quarter of Exploit Yourself. Our ten contestants have dropped to eight, but this has not slowed the progress of the show. This week we turn our attention to things on the web and social media marketing.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, [...]

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Exploit Yourself Week 4 – Confidence

Exploit Yourself Week 4 – Confidence

If there is one thing that stands between failure and success as an entrepreneur, it is confidence. There is very little a confident person will not attempt.  This week (week 4) on Exploit Yourself, the online reality show for entrepreneurs, we explore this confidence. So what is confidence and how do we achieve it?
Confidence, I [...]

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Exploit Yourself week 3 – Wellness

Exploit Yourself week 3 – Wellness

Wellness is more than just a state of mind or attitude; it is a relationship with all 4 parts of yourself, Mind, Body, Heart and Soul. Only when you are investing into all 4 in a positive way and they become functional at an optimal rate can you claim the wellness badge for yourself. Wellness [...]

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Be an Entrepreneur, Exploit Yourself

Be an Entrepreneur, Exploit Yourself

If there is ever a true saying, Entrepreneurs have to exploit themselves, in order to do well. Now we are not talking about anything weird or what those images are in your head, we are talking about knowing oneself to the fullest and then utilizing those gifts, talents and strengths to the fullest to build [...]

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Business Plan 101: Business Analysis

Business Plan 101: Business Analysis

When you go to a game at a stadium it is normal now to see both sides on the field in their warm up togs before the game. What are they doing? Why come out to the field to warm up when they have gyms and protected change rooms? The answer is simple; they are [...]

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The CPA: Learner’s Guide

The CPA: Learner’s Guide

The Consumer Protection Act or CPA came into effect last week but we are still finding many people who do not know the full extent of what it is all about. This is not just another government law that has little or no affect on us; this one has HUGE issues with how we do [...]

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Business Plan 101: In the Beginning

Business Plan 101: In the Beginning

In the beginning your business plan needs to knock the socks off the reader in the very first few pages. These pages are critical to the delivery of the rest of the plan. So what goes into these pages you ask? Lets break them down for you to be used for future reference.
Index page
Learn how [...]

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