Tag Archives: finance
New Generation Money Management Service 22seven Launches To Both Fanfare And Criticism
Independent online personal financial service, 22seven, launched last week into a world grappling with its fifth consecutive year of economic volatility. For consumers it’s tough and the question we are all asking ourselves, apart from how long is this recession going to last, is “how do we make ends meet?”
22seven was unveiled in Johannesburg last [...]
BRICS Africa Export Import Forum: Another ‘First’ For Saitex
The vast, largely untapped potential for BRICS intra Africa trade is to receive a major boost, through the newly-launched BRICS Africa Export Import Forum, which will run alongside the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), taking place from 15 to 17July 2012 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand.
The BRICS Africa Export Import Forum is the only [...]
Holiday Finance Tip: Protecting Your Valuables
This one’s more of a holiday checklist, but still super-important to ensure you don’t end up wasting your hard-earned money if something goes south this holiday season.
First-off, if you’re leaving home on holiday, make sure that you don’t make it an absolute giveaway that you’re not there – holiday time is peak season for [...]
The Ten Commandments For Economic Growth
For fifteen years, Mannie Hirsch, chairman of Gestalt Growth Strategies, based in Johannesburg, has wrestled with the challenges of bringing economic growth to marginalised communities in South Africa and across the continent. These, says Hirsch, are the ten lost commandments that Moses was not able to share with the world:
1. Thou shalt honour thy community
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Looking For Startup Venture Capital? 10 Things You Need To Know
During Global Entrepreneurship Week, I was fortunate to attend the Tech City UK Entrepreneurship Festival in London along with over 300 other startups and Venture Capitalists (VC’s) from around the globe. Apart from sharing insights about the kind of companies VC’s fund, they also let us in on what they look for.
Looking past the [...]
How To Succeed As An Entrepreneur: Get Other People’s Money And Advice
Entrepreneurs can’t do it all alone: research has verified that enlisting equity investors and talented advisors helps entrepreneurs overcome early risks to their business.
This has been a topic discussed in detail in amongst delegates attending the Endeavor Summit during Global Entrepreneur Week in South Africa. Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, [...]
5 things to avoid when seeking funding for your business
Agreed, funding is not always easy to find, but you should still think carefully before accepting the funding. Here are a few areas you should think about.
1. Type
Are you getting the type of funding you want? Perhaps you wanted an equity partner, and the only funding you can get is a bank loan. Are [...]
Finance Tip of the week: Utilities and Gadgets
Save electricity when charging your phone, and extend its battery life. All cellphones require a charger or adapter, which you would plug into an electrical outlet to charge the device. When done with charging your phone, make sure that you take the charger out of the plug socket, as it still draws a small charge [...]
How do you choose a good bookkeeper?
The starting point for choosing a bookkeeper is what you need out of them. Do you simply need someone to capture your day-to-day invoices and expenses? Do you want them to run month-end reports? Be able to do VAT and basic tax returns as well? Or do you want them to be able to critically [...]
5 reasons why EVERYONE should understand Financial Management
1. Understanding financial jargon
With the recent recession hitting everybody where it hurts, people have come to realise that they weren’t following what was going on around them. In a major part, this was because people didn’t understand the lingo being used, and couldn’t decipher the warning signs for themselves. Wrapping your head around the [...]
