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1 Min. With A Superhero: Pastel Founder Steven Cohen On Entrepreneurship, SA Tech, And Expansion To Cloud Computing
Today, we’re talking to a somewhat unsung hero in the SA tech scene. Steven Cohen is the founder of Softline Pastel, the company behind the ubiquitous accounting and ERP software. Steven talks to Ideate about his challenges in building the company, entrepreneurship in SA, his expansion plans and some advice for budding tech entrepreneurs in [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: 36Boutiques.com CEO, Gadjia Gamieldien
Today, being Woman’s Day n’ all, is a good day to chat to one of the spectacularly smart South African women in business – and one such woman is Gadjia Gamieldien, CEO of 36boutiques.com, a relatively new online store, from the MIH stable (the same group that brings you Kalahari and Pricecheck.co.za). Gadija – 36Boutiques is focusing [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Co-Founder Of 21 Tanks, Don Packett
We welcome back entrepreneur, raconteur, business consultant, stand-up comedian and (phew!) co-founder of 21Tanks, Don Packett, to chat to us about his new book, Do Ideas – a book on, um, ‘doing ideas’. The book features contributions from a range of South African experts from a variety of industries, including digital marketing, aviation and entertainment. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
