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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: 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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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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Five South African entrepreneurs tell us their dream cars

Five South African entrepreneurs tell us their dream cars

As a car enthusiast I have already picked out my dream car and colour for when I’ve made my millions. So I wondered what SA’s business folk were thinking about for their futures. So I asked the question: “When you’ve made your millions, and you’re going to celebrate with the purchase of your dream car, [...]

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Buy a party bus for your business

Buy a party bus for your business

We like Gareth Cotton. He’s young, smart and represents one of the growing breed of SA entrepreneurs with that ‘world-domination’ look in his eyes. He’s also a Brand Hooligan.
One of Gareth’s ventures is Chariot Limousines, and a spin off of this business is a party bus that he’s trying to flog. Gareth asked us to [...]

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Entrepreneurs can change South Africa

Check out this classic video about motivating entrepreneurs to drive innovation. Ok, it’s not about South Africa (it’s US-focused), but – day-am – isn’t it inspiring?

The video is for a start-up called Grasshopper in the States.
On a side note, from a designer’s perspective – how cool is the use of music and typography?
Fred Roed is [...]

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