Archive for 'Interviews'
1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Fruit & Veg, Brian Coppin
Fruit & Veg City is an iconic brand within the SA shopping landscape and we are very excited and honoured to talk to co-founder Brian Coppin. Brian is one of South Africa’s leading businessmen and is also a very successful entrepreneur. A classic story, Brian started his career in the retail industry as a cashier [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, Claudia Katz
Today we chat to Claudia Katz, CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, about what it takes to be a CEO and how the industry is effecting entrepreneurial growth.
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 wheels. Besides moonlighting [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO and Founder of Skyrove Henk Kleynhans
We chat to entrepreneur Henk Kleynhans about his company Skyrove, a prepaid wireless hotspot service that’s taking the world by storm. We at Ideate love Skyrove for all the opportunities it can offer entrepreneurs. So, we asked Henk a few questions about this innovative service and here’s what he had to say:
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: Comedian Don Packett
We’re so excited to chat to Don Packett today! Don is a comedian and; MD and owner of the innovative company Thunk! We asked the comedian to tell us more about his company Thunk! and the life of a comedian. Here’s what Don had to say:
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Eran Eyal from eKomi
Springleap.com’s holding company Fashion Evolution has acquired the rights to sell the online customer feedback service – eKomi – in South Africa. eKomi allows online businesses to publicly showcase their customers’ views and ratings. We chatted to Eran Eyal, Co-founder of Springleap.com to find out more about this service and how it can [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Colum Egan from Bushmills
Today we’re chatting to Colum Egan, Master Distiller at 400 year old Irish whiskey distillery, Bushmills. For Colum, becoming Master Distiller of Bushmills Irish Whiskey was fate. When he visited as a paying customer almost a decade ago, he fell in love with the distillery and the process of making the world’s oldest whiskey. “The [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Henk Kleynhans from Skyrove
This morning we have the great privilege of mixing it up with someone who’s entrepreneurial spirit pumps deep in his veins. Henk Kleynhans, founder of wireless internet provider Skyrove, has been shaking things up on the ISP front for some time now. He’s giving up some of his valuable time to talk to us. Henk, what first [...]
The 2010 World Cup and the State of the Hospitality Industry in South Africa
The Ideate team are big fans of Peter Fleck and the team over at The Last Word Hotels. Having worked with this innovative hospitality company for three years at World Wide Creative, I’ve gotten to know and respect the single minded vision of Peter and his colleagues. We recently asked Peter to share his [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Anthony Farr, CEO of Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Anthony Farr, CEO at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, recently wrote an article on Instilling entrepreneurial thinking into Corporate Training and Skills Development could yield staff retention. Here at Ideate we get all happy when we here the word Entrepreneur so we decided to have a chat with Anthony Farr and ask him 5 questions [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Uzi Shmilovici, CEO of Future Simple
Today I’m stoked to be chatting to Uzi Shmilovici, the CEO and founder of Future Simple, which created PipeJump, an online sales pipeline that my company World Wide Creative has been playing with recently.
Uzi, we really enjoy PipeJump for its clean interface and usable design. How do you balance ‘keeping it clean’ with the inevitable [...]
