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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Focus

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Focus

Focus is the opposite of blurred, and in my life blurred is never good, especially for entrepreneurs. The loss of focus will always lead to tumble weed existence, back and forth with no progress. Simply put focus for any entrepreneur is a result of three things; finding clarity, removing clutter and building energy.
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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Passion

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Passion

When we speak of passion all a guy will think of is hot steamy….. well you know. Ok! Focus: stop that movie in your head, here we are talking about the passion for life; the energy that gets us up in the morning with anticipation of a serendipitous adventure ahead. Passion for an entrepreneur is [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Humility

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Humility

Humility is not a synonym for doormat. It is a character that is possessed by very few, especially in an age where personal marketing and self perception are key marketing techniques used by many entrepreneurs.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and NGO world, author, speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Bruce now runs the [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Patience

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Patience

Patience, long suffering, endurance of pain and discomfort – all words that describe one of the hardest characters of successful entrepreneurs. I always thought that only doctors needed patients to survive in business, I soon came to realise that this was just some sick joke. Ok, enough with the humour.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Authenticity

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Authenticity

I came across this word many years ago when developing a mission statement for an organisation. It sounded right and we went for it but it was only later that I went back and look at what it meant to be authentic and it began to change my life.
Bruce Wade is a [...]

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Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Values and Principles

Entrepreneur Qualities and Characteristics: Values and Principles

Continuing on our theme from the Sphere of Mankind, let’s take a look at the outer skin of the sphere. This depicts our personal boundaries in our lives. Much the same as a river bank will guide its water, so our values and principles give us direction.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate and [...]

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What is an Intrepreneur?

What is an Intrepreneur?

Our blog is all about entrepreneurship and part of being an entrepreneur is having an entrepreneur skill. Now, an intrepreneur (also intrapreneur) is a person who possesses such skill but is working within a company or organisation.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, Claudia Katz

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 and runs [...]

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Is the internet magic?

Is the internet magic?

I was sent a brilliant presentation the other day that echoed a thought on my mind over the last few months. In a post titled ‘harbouring a healthy skeptism for the internet‘ I speak about the need to stop seeing the internet as a quick solution for you to make money. This is the mindset [...]

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A Great Business Idea suited for South Africa 2010 – Bandee

A Great Business Idea suited for South Africa 2010 – Bandee

Once in a while we come across an idea that someone has captured else where in the world that we could use in South Africa. This one from Germany called the Bandee has huge possibilities for the World Cup and in general for South Africa.
Bruce Wade is a survivor of the corporate [...]

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