Tag Archives: Competition
Who’s The Best Salesperson In South Africa?
Sales, despite being a key part of an organisation, is often not celebrated for this fact. In order to highlight the hard work done by those in sales positions, Groupon South Africa and 2oceansvibe are hosting the Sales Master 2012 awards. The awards will give young salesmen and women the chance to audition and demonstrate [...]
DA Youth Announces Winners Of Entrepreneurship Competition
Over the last three months, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth has run a national competition to challenge young entrepreneurs to develop business plans for small enterprises.
National Youth Director, Aimee Franklin says: “We believe that by encouraging young South Africans to take control of their futures and become job creators, that we are making a [...]
Valpré Spring Water Is Giving Away 4 Tickets To FNB Whisky Live Festival
Valpré spring water, winner of the prestigious international Monde Selection Gold Quality Award, is the preferred spring water at this year’s FNB Whisky Live Festival for the third consecutive year. And now, together with Ideate, Valpre is giving away 4 tickets to the Cape Town leg of the festival.
Believe us – you REALLY want [...]
New Business Plan Competition Aims To Drive Sustainable Entrepreneurial Development in the Western Cape
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) account for approximately 40% of South Africa’s gross domestic product, and employ more than half of the private sector work force. However, 80% of small businesses fail within their first five years, and according to the most recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor study, South Africa lags far behind many developing [...]
Win A Stay At Grootbos And Help Track A Leopard
Ideate has written before about Grootbos and the entrepreneurial eco-success story unfolding in the Overberg. Last week, something significant happened in this world-famous private nature reserve. Just days after a camera trap was planted on the grounds, one of the rarest creatures to see in the wild, a leopard, was photographed within the reserve. This [...]
Four Young SA Entrepreneurs Given Head Start Thanks To Business Plan Entries
Four young KwaZulu-Natal entrepreneurs will be given a healthy head start in their businesses in November thanks to the SA Breweries Limited (SAB) KickStart Entrepreneurial Development Programme.
About R380 000 in grants, mentorship and training is up for grabs in the KZN contest while nationally the amount tops the R3 million mark.
According to SAB, there has [...]
Designers: the 6th annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is open for entries
Big Blue’s 6th annual Makhulu Polane design competition is open for entries. Over the years Ideate has supported the annual Makhulu Polane (Big Idea) t-shirt design competition and watched it grow from strength to strength. The initiative aims to find the best design talent in SA.
What is it?
Makhulu Polane started in 2006 and is [...]
Post Your Brand Narrative On Twitter (Competition)
Journalist and marketing maven Seth Godin, contends that, in an age when consumers are motivated by irrational wants instead of objective needs and “there is almost no connection between what is actually there and what we believe.” Instead, marketers should tell “great stories” about their products that pander to consumers’ self-regard and worldview.
The brand narrative [...]
Celebrate Short Story Day South on 21 June 2011
At Ideate we consider the creative arts a form of entrepreneurship too. In light of that, we’re excited to report about Short Story Day South – a celebration of short stories in southern Africa (21 June 2011).
It will create a platform for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers, and school children to come together to submit, [...]
Exclus1ves are still celebrating their 1st Birthday with the Power of 1!
Online commerce site Exclus1ves.co.za is celebrating is still 1st birthday this month. Digital marketing agency World Wide Creative is working together with Exclus1ves to launch their Birthday campaign called the Power Of 1. Following the extraordinary success of last year’s FlashMob FireSale campaign we excited to see what Exclusives will pull out of the hat [...]
