Tag Archives: business
The Power Of Design And User-Experience To Your Business
Design is an invisible force that surrounds us everywhere we go – it’s in the cars we drive, the programs we watch, the homes we live in and the breakfast cereals we eat. Since Cape Town has won its bid to be the Design Capital of the world in 2014, South Africans are going to [...]
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. [...]
4 Handy Tips For Work From Home Businesses
South Africa is the perfect place to start a small work from home business. It’s one of the fastest growing markets in the world with an economic climate that bodes well for the future of startups. Starting your business isn’t necessarily easy, though, even in South Africa.
There’s a lot you have to do on [...]
Gareth Cliff Launches His New Book “On Everything” (Win 2 Copies)
Ideate has its grubby paws on two copies of Gareth Cliff’s book “On Everything” to give away. Basically a collection of essays and opinions, the book is a compilation of selected articles from Cliff Notes and his famous letters to government, as well as a collection of new writings. we’re fascinated to see how his [...]
South Africa A Risky But Worthwhile Investment: Two UK Entrepreneurs Speak Out
Dan Bowyer is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully built two tech / IT businesses in England before casting his eye on Africa’s shores. Neal Gandhi set up and sold his first business in his early twenties, wrote a book and is now looking towards Cape Town for his next venture. These two dynamic individuals [...]
UCT Launches New Social Innovation Scholarship For African Entrepreneurs
UCT has announced a newly established scholarship for the MBA programme, for those students pursuing social or green ventures. ”The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship” has been established at the GSB as a result of a partnership between the GSB and The Bertha Foundation.
The centre will drive research in, and promote the practice of [...]
African Women Entrepreneurs Exchange Knowledge With US Counterparts
The recent 2011 African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program International Exchange has been a huge success. Building on the fact that women are drivers of economic growth and prosperity, the International Visitor Leadership Program at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs brought 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African nations to the United States [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Entrepreneurial Success Story “Pure Romance” Shows That Sex Sells To Women Too
Every girl wants a little romance in her life, but is just a little enough? Pure Romance, the world’s leading and fastest-growing woman-to-woman direct sellers of relationship and intimacy aids, is launching in South Africa in September – and life in the bedroom in this country will never be the same again.
At in-home parties conducted by [...]
