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1 Min. With A Superhero: Gareth Cliff
After last week’s review of his book “On Everything” we managed to corner 5fm morning show host Gareth Cliff in between his jam-packed schedule of deejaying, tweeting, idol-judging and general hooliganism for a quick interview.
Gareth, at Ideate we’ve seen firsthand your ability to generate attention. For example, when we published your ‘letter to government’ [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Direct Marketing Expert Warren Moss
I managed to catch up with Warren Moss, the founder of South African direct marketing firm Dermographica. Having set up numerous database-driven campaigns through my own agency, I knew that direct marketing has come in for a bit of flack over the years. Despite the fact that it is a highly effective means of communication, [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Scott Hayes from SACarFan
Many of you are avid car fans. After all, the primary reason you’re sweating blood, sweat and tears in your entrepreneurial ventures each day, is the fact that you want to afford that gleaming sports car you’ve always dreamed of. Scott Hayes is a BIG car fan. So much so that he’s created an online [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Luvuyo Rani from Silulo Ulutho Technologies
Go on any given day to the Future Growth shopping centre in Khayalitsha and you’ll notice a queue of patrons outside the Silulo shop in the corner. The store, one of two in the centre, is sandwiched between the familiar anchor tenants you’d expect to dominate the area. The shop is one of a chain [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: David Dugmore from Pass Matric
This morning, we’re chatting to the founder of Passmatric.co.za and Tee2Pin.co.za, David Dugmore, who has become an Internet Entrepreneur. We ask him more about his two companies and working in the online business sphere.
David, please tell us about the two businesses you’ve started online.
The first, www.tee2pin.co.za, is a site which markets discounted golf membership. We offer a “no-frills” [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Bruce Campbell, renegade whisky maker
This morning, we had a surprise guest from Scotland pop into Ideate HQ. Brandishing barrels of Bruce Campbell merchandise, the great man himself waltzed around the studio, signing autographs and taking numbers. I took a minute to ask him a few questions.
The ‘Bruce Campbell way’ favours a number of new whisky-making methods including using plastic [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Jason Brown, Editor of Men’s Health
Today we’re chatting to the editorial director of Men’s Health magazine, Jason Brown, about one of SA’s biggest and most popular publications. We ask him about his own health, entrepreneurship in SA and the future of magazine titles in a digital economy.
Jason, we’re huge fans of your mag. In fact, I think I’d make a [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: Jonty Acton
We were very excited to chat to documentary maker, Jonty Acton, about his new venture called Animal Doctor. Jonty has been in the film industry for many years and has produced 8 short films and several feature screenplays. His latest project, Animal Doctor, is one we are looking forward to see so, we asked Jonty [...]
1 Min. with a Superhero: Gina Levy from Supernews!
We’re chatting to Gina Levy from Supernews and we find the concept of changing the content of the news as we know it – one compelling news story at a time, one BIG idea at a time – which will increase awareness, change systems, influence new ways of thinking, raise our expectations of ourselves and South [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Bernadette Homor from MDA
Today we’re yakking away with Bernadette Homor, who heads up a company called MediaDigitalAgency (MDA), with offices in Malta, Cape Town and London. Bernadette, give us a short overview of MediaDigitalAgency and what it is that you do?
Through monetising your website and driving traffic as well as giving your brand an online [...]
