Tag Archives: entrepreneurship
Heyneke Meyer: Can He Fix South African Rugby?
Regular readers will know that the authors of Ideate are sports fans. The big rugby news of the weekend was that Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) ratified his proposed appointment in Cape Town on Friday. Why’s this such big news? [...]
Book Review: Richard Branson ‘Screw Business As Usual’
Before I start on this review it’s worthwhile to mention that Sir Richard is a client of the digital marketing agency that I own so there may be a *small* bias. I read Branson’s new book ‘Screw Business As Usual‘ in two days, and am currently rereading certain chapters of it. I will aim to [...]
The “What You Gonna Do With Your Life?” Summer Road Trip
Five-city coastal tour ‘fishing’ for SA’s next generation of entrepreneurs. While the holidays are a time for most of us to relax, there are thousands of young people across South Africa hoping to enjoy a break of a different sort: the chance to start a career.
From December 20 to January 14, a unique five-ton [...]
Africa Awards For Entrepreneurship: All The Winners
Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, today announced that SECURICO has won the US $100,000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, SECURICO provides guarding services and electronic security solutions, and is the first security company in Zimbabwe to be ISO [...]
Sir Richard Branson’s Eight Ideas To ‘Screw Business As Usual’
Saturday night saw the South African launch of Sir Richard Branson’s new book ‘Screw Business As Usual’, in Randlords Johannesburg. I attended with fellow Ideate reporter Yolandi Janse van Rensburg and managed to chat to the great man himself. He was his usual effervescent self, clearly loving the challenges of turning traditional business models on [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 4
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The final part to this planning exercise is to make a list from your outstanding issues that needs and can be addressed in the [...]
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 [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 3
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
Today we will begin to look ahead to 2012 and put pen to paper on what your BHAGs and WIGs are.
Let’s start with [...]
How HR Is Influencing Business Success In A Changing Environment
Human resource management (HRM) has been a misunderstood and under utilised business resource for many years – but modern organisations are waking up to the potential and competitive advantage that a strong HR team can offer.
HR staff used to be seen as the administrative enforcers of the business’ management team – executive-centric and reactive, [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 2
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The next exercise is to rid yourself of any guilt that you may carry into the festive season and holidays.
Make a list of [...]
