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1 Min With A Superhero: Patty Brisben from Pure Romance
This morning we’re doing a follow up from last week’s article introducing Pure Romance to Ideate readers. This morning we’re chatting to Pure Romance’s founder Patty Brisben, who founded the company in 1993 and has grown a small business focusing on supplying adult toys to women to a global operation over several continents. Patty, we’re [...]
Poke The Monster In The Eye
There is a tendency towards aggression in business. Take a stroll through Exclusive Books’ business section and check out some of the titles. Winning An Unfair Game, The Art Of War, Winners Never Cheat, Helping People Win At Work… and so on. While being competitive is (in my opinion) an admirable and necessary trait [...]
1 Min. with Superheroes: Daniel and Jako from Zef Leopard
Ideate HQ is abuzz with the impending arrival of a purchase of t-shirt goodness from Zef Leopard, a local South African label (check out the online shop here). We took it upon ourselves to chat to the founders Daniel Buys and Jako Swanepoel about their venture.
Jako, Daniel, tell us about yourselves –
Jako a.k.a [...]
Brazilian Legend Ricardo Semler Challenges South Africans To ‘Find A Better Way’
Ricardo Semler, CEO of Semco, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering, gave a thoughtful, erudite and provocative talk this morning at the 2011 Discovery Invest Leadership Summit.
Semler believes we’re following ways of doing things that are no longer valid. Maverick and Seven Day Weekend author Ricardo [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Scott Hayes from SACarFan
Many of you are avid car fans. After all, the primary reason you’re sweating blood, sweat and tears in your entrepreneurial ventures each day, is the fact that you want to afford that gleaming sports car you’ve always dreamed of. Scott Hayes is a BIG car fan. So much so that he’s created an online [...]
2011 Rugby World Cup Begins
World Cup time is here, and with it comes the amazing opportunity for our boys to become the first team in history to retain the cup. We’re world champions right now, so let’s bask in the warm glow that statement brings.
Watching the beautiful opening ceremony earlier today, followed by the opening match between the [...]
Discovery Invest Leadership Summit: The Most Important Event Of The Year?
Some of the world’s most intelligent minds will share their leadership strategies and insights into global financial, economic and management issues at this year’s Discovery Invest Leadership Summit to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 21 September.
If there is any event you must see this year, it is this one. Ideate is [...]
Ideate supports Rhino Day 2011. You Should Too.
This is a bit off-topic for our humble entrepreneur portal, but Rhino poaching is something that is close to our hearts at Ideate HQ. After the gruesome scenes at Aquila Game Farm a few weeks ago, it’s apparent that the problem is way closer than images we see on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.
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10 Business Lessons From A Genius
As the CEO of a leading digital marketing agency, there are certain readings that I’ve taken on board over the past 8 years to help steer my path along the way. This essay is one of them. It was written by the great graphic designer, Milton Glaser, in 2001 and it has subsequently been shared, [...]
1 Min with a superhero: Mandy Ross on effective event management
Today, we’re chatting to Mandy Ross, an experienced Events Management expert, on what it takes to run successful events. Mandy has seven years of management experience in the event industry, working in Los Angeles in the film industry and returning afterwards to join one of South Africa’s largest event infrastructure companies, which she managed for [...]
