Archive for 'Business Life'
What’s Hot on Twitter Right Now? – Ovi Maps
Nokia is sharing Ovi Maps with the world and everyone is talking about it on Twitter. Ovi Maps is Nokia’s latest version of mapping and navigation software. And Nokia Smartphone owners are getting it for Free!
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi [...]
Tips for using Twitter for Business
Twitter is in full swing and yet, there are still companies who do not use it. There are blog posts all over the web indicating how Twitter can add value to your business. This micro-blogging service helps with business development, especially with your prospects being online more and more. Now, Chris Brogan has put together [...]
The Emergence of Convenience
As time gets relatively shorter and our lives get fuller we have no option but to get more efficient in what we do and how we do it. This is translated into looking for better convenience in all aspects of our personal supply chain. We need to cut out unnecessary clutter, travel and admin to [...]
What are Business Folk Reading? Andrea Kraushaar tells us of a new way of thinking.
This week I asked Andrea Kraushaar, youth strategy and research director at Youth Dynamix, what she’s reading right now and was told of a great book that changed her way of thinking.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts about anything [...]
DASH to Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School has opened their doors or portals to the general community. Their new initiative DASH or Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard is an online site that gives you access to online articles written by students and lecturers and their online library.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, [...]
SA’s Contribution to the Global Entrepreneurship Week – State of Entrepreneurship Summit
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the “State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa” Summit at the FNB Conference & Learning Center as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts about anything on 4 [...]
Getting Things Done
Each day as I meet with people I hear the same underlying issue of lack of results. It is just not getting to the things we need to get done. Some call it time management, but as we all know time cannot be managed at all, it just ticks by with each second. What we [...]
A lesson for the recession
Regular readers of Ideate may have noticed I refer to the book “Good to Great” a lot. Written by Stanford Business Professor Jim Collins, it’s a seminal work that I reckon ought to be read by every business owner. One of the defining lessons in it is from a chapter entitled ‘The Stockdale Paradox” where [...]
What Are SA’s Business Folk Reading Right Now? – Ronald Bach Tells Us What He’s Been Reading Lately
South Africa’s business folk are reading and I’m interested in knowing what books they are busy reading right now. Product manager and mobilista at 20fourlabs Ronald Bach told me of two very interesting books he’s been reading lately.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” [...]
The 2009 90 day Challenge 6
With only 40 days left in 2009 we look at the sixth of the 90 day challenge projects; Personal Presentation. The rule is to always dress for the occasion putting your personal preference second. But rules are only there to be broken, especially by us who live in Cape Town. We feel that we can [...]
