Tip for the Week From The Finance Coach
by Gareth on 12/03/10 at 12:00 pm | 1 comment
Finance tip: Estate planning
Draw up, or update, your will. Having recently gone into a new tax year here at home, and with the tax changes in the annual Budget having been announced, it reminded me that it’s a good time to have a look at your will. For too many people, this is something they [...]
What’s Hot on Twitter Right Now? – iPad
by Yolandi on 18/02/10 at 4:03 pm | 3 comments
Everyone on Twitter has been raving about the iPad. People are still asking what it is. Well here’s a quick explanation of this little new innovation from Apple.
Here’s an easy way to explain it:
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts [...]
My Finance and Business Tip for the Week
by Gareth on 11/02/10 at 1:00 pm | 1 comment
Finance tip: Utilities
Turn off your geyser/boiler. Heating up the water in your house is guaranteed to be one of the biggest consumers of energy (as is anything that involves heating or cooling). As a general rule, though, you don’t need to have your geyser on 24 hours a day to meet your hot water needs. [...]
4 Business Stories from Behind Bars
by Yolandi on 11/02/10 at 9:43 am | No comments
I guess being incarcerated doesn’t automatically turn you into a ‘dead man walking’ but it does make keeping your business a float a bit more tricky. Well, Ian Fortey offered 4 bizarre business ideas to run from prison. He highlights 4 entrepreneurs who turned their 2×2 cells into an office. So, here are Ian’s four [...]
Click to read the Full StorySave Up! A little Goes A Long Way
by Gareth on 10/02/10 at 12:30 pm | No comments
I was filling up at a petrol station the other day, and asked the attendant to fill up to a certain amount of fuel. She went over by about a buck or so, but no biggie. Now, I’d only brought a certain amount of money with me (specific amount for petrol, [...]
Click to read the Full StoryRaffle! Raffle! Win! Win! (and feel good at the same time!)
by Fred on 10/02/10 at 6:30 am | 6 comments
This is the feel good version of a flash flood. We’ve got around 400 raffle tickets to sell to Ideate readers at R25 a pop… all in 2 days! The cause is Geoff Brink’s Heart & Sole unicycle tour that we’ve written about a few times on this forum. Here are the prizes:
1. 3 night [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Rich Mulholland from Missing Link
by Fred on 08/02/10 at 7:00 am | 3 comments
This morning, we’re chatting to the president of presentations, the svengali of slide shows, Richard Mulholland, the founder of Missing Link, a specialist conference and presentation strategy company. Richard has the unique job of telling CEOs what and how they should present.
Rich, we hear through the grapevine that you used to be a rockstar roadie – is [...]
Introducing Gareth Cotten!
by Yolandi on 04/02/10 at 10:07 am | 2 comments
We’re happy and excited to introduce our latest contributor to Ideate, Gareth Cotten – our own Finance Coach. Gareth will be supplying us with personal finance and business tips which will cover essential money-management techniques, practical ideas of how to save money; as well as business insights, ideas and suggestions.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about [...]
New York Times Charging Readers For Online Content
by Yolandi on 03/02/10 at 11:59 am | 1 comment
America’s most popular newspaper website has now decided that its era of free online journalism is drawing to a close. Now, what does this mean for the consumer and how could it affect the industry? I did some research on what people are saying about this and here’s what they think:
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes [...]
SA online retailer holds Woolworths to ransom
by Fred on 03/02/10 at 9:37 am | 7 comments
I’m a huge fan of guerrilla marketing. As a business owner, I’m well aware of the limitations of marketing budgets and the ongoing quest to spot snappy marketing opportunities. And so, when I saw this from my colleagues over at Yuppiechef, I rubbed my hands in glee.
I’ve been tweeting about it like crazy, but I [...]
The missing link in web development and design
by Mike Saunders on 03/02/10 at 9:00 am | 4 comments
I would like to share with you three strategic components of internet strategy that are so often overlooked in the development process. These components are simple but effective questions that will help you to present yourself online in a better light. They will also give you clear litmus test to measure the success of your online presence.
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8 Reasons Why It’s Great to Be South African
35 comments1. We are resourceful
We make it happen, despite the odds. Forget stories about wind-up radios or the CT Scan (which are pretty cool in their own right), this picture says it all…
2. We have aliens living amongst us
Here’s to District 9 being the first of many more movies that will clean up at the Box [...]
Any whiskey drinkers out there? Ideate is giving away 2 Bushmills hampers – quick!
23 comments[NOTE: This giveaway is over. We have 2 winners: Adrian and Nic, well done chaps.] We’re huge fans of whiskey here at the company that I founded with another whiskey drinker (Mike Perk, guy in the pic)*. We’re pretty excited today, since Bushmills, the fabulous Irish Whiskey brand, have just dropped off two hampers of [...]
Friday Giveaway: Win a Diletto Hamper of Delectable Deli Treats, easy!
20 commentsIt’s summer time. It’s party time. And what could be better than to get a hamper of flippen’ AWESOME treats from the best online deli in the country, Diletto? You got to love these guys. They’re young, they’re cocky, and they’re delivering up a storm now that summer is here, with all it’s beach-side lunches, [...]
How do I find start up capital for my business idea?
12 commentsIf I cast my mind back to 1999, when I started my first real business* I remember the big question on my mind was “how the hell do I pay for this thing?”
I needed staff and materials, not to mention an office. All of which cost money… LOTS of money. Basically I needed what every [...]
Friday Giveaway: 2 tickets to Jazz in the Park
12 comments[NOTE: We have a winner. And the winner is... Warrendean, because we like pin-stripes. Thanks to those who participated. Anyone wanting to attend the concert should go NOW and purchase at Computicket. See you there!]
The Kirstenbosch Concerts are SO last month.
Just kidding (we love you SABNI), but on Sunday March 7th, take a break from [...]
