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Celebrate Short Story Day South on 21 June 2011

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, [...]

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Exclus1ves are still celebrating their 1st Birthday with the Power of 1!

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 [...]

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Empowering Entrepreneurs Competition

Empowering Entrepreneurs Competition

Small businesses drive South Africa’s economy. In South Africa, 97.5% of all businesses are self-started small and medium enterprises. These entrepreneurs contribute 35% of the country’s GDP, employ 55% of all private sector employees and pay 43% of all wages and salaries. Clearly, starting a business is a lucrative and attractive prospect. Men and women [...]

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Win a Luxury Weekend Away with Cape Realty International

Win a Luxury Weekend Away with Cape Realty International

What drove you to become an entrepreneur? Was it the dream of fame and fortune one day? Becoming a celebrity? Whatever it was that motivated you to take that leap and risk it all, you’ll love this:
Every entrepreneur needs a break every now and then so why not take some time off and live the [...]

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Ideate announces prize winners: Choc Chip and Kilarney Race Giveaways

Ideate announces prize winners: Choc Chip and Kilarney Race Giveaways

We’ve had some brilliant competitions and prizes the past 2 weeks and now it’s time to announce the winners for the 2 VIP Tickets to the Kilarney Race and the Choc Chip Designer Laptop Bags!
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is [...]

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Big Blue’s annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition

Big Blue’s annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition

We got a hold of this late (it’s officially closing tomorrow), but we’re under good authority that if you send your entries over the next few days the organisers will be a little more lenient than in previous years. Big Blue’s annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is open via www.bigblue.co.za. Makhulu Polane (Big Idea) [...]

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Midweek Giveaway: 2 VIP Tickets to the Kilarney race!

Midweek Giveaway: 2 VIP Tickets to the Kilarney race!

Well now! Here’s a little surprise that came our way this week. Honda South Africa has given Ideate 2 VIP tickets to the Kilarney race for this weekend to give away to you!
BikeFin Honda Racing will once again show their stuff when the Interfile Superbikes and Supersports visit Killarney on the 2nd of October for [...]

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Friday Giveaway: Win Choc Chip Designer Laptop Bags!

Friday Giveaway: Win Choc Chip Designer Laptop Bags!

Today’s Friday Giveaway I really want to keep for myself! Choc Chip Designs have been awesome enough to give us 2 designer laptop bags to give to you!
I have been eyeing these designer laptop bags for a while now and I cannot believe two of our oh-so-lucky Ideate readers will be walking away with one!
The [...]

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Friday Giveaway Winner Announced!

Friday Giveaway Winner Announced!

Carla Fourie is the lucky winner of a spot on the UCT Start and Manage a Small Business course, courtesy of Ideate and GetSmarter. She took a few minutes to tell us a bit about herself and why she entered the competition.
Carla is a marketing consultant and the owner of Twenty3Media, a marketing agency that focuses on marketing [...]

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Winners of the Mobile Web Africa competition announced!

Winners of the Mobile Web Africa competition announced!

We have the winners of the Friday Giveaway some weeks ago where we asked our super smart Ideate readers to enter the draw for the fantastic Mobile Web Africa conference happening from the 28th Sep to the 1st October at The Hyatt Regency. Firstly, thanks to all those who entered! To recap, here is the [...]

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