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1 Min. With A Superhero: James And Neil, Co-Founders of My Destination

1 Min. With A Superhero: James And Neil, Co-Founders of My Destination

James Street and Neil Waller are the Co-Founders of My Destination. I had the opportunity to chat to the two founders about their company, social media and the economic downturn.
Established in 2006, My Destination is a start-up business that’s grown on a shoe string budget, out of the university dorms of their two Co-Founders, [...]

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1min with a Superhero: Social Entrepreneur, Jock Odendaal

1min with a Superhero: Social Entrepreneur, Jock Odendaal

Meet 4th generation bucket reared Kalahari dwelling driller, Jock Odendaal. Jock is busy working on a project to improve service delivery by enhancing communication between municipalities and its people. We asked Jock a few questions about his new venture:
So Jock, in a few ‘man on the street’ words, what is it that you’re doing?

People who [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: David Dugmore from Pass Matric

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” [...]

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1 min. with a Superhero: Bruce Campbell, renegade whisky maker

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 [...]

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1 min. with a Superhero: Jason Brown, Editor of Men’s Health

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 [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: Jonty Acton

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 [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: Gina Levy from Supernews!

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 [...]

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1 min. with a Superhero: Bernadette Homor from MDA

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 [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Fruit & Veg, Brian Coppin

1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Fruit & Veg, Brian Coppin

Fruit & Veg City is an iconic brand within the  SA shopping landscape and we are very excited and honoured to talk to co-founder Brian Coppin. Brian is one of South Africa’s leading businessmen and is also a very successful entrepreneur. A classic story, Brian started his career in the retail industry as a cashier [...]

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1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, Claudia Katz

1 Min. with a Superhero: CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, Claudia Katz

Today we chat to Claudia Katz, CEO of Capsicum Culinary Studio, about what it takes to be a CEO and how the industry is effecting entrepreneurial growth.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social media, marketing, life and, of course, cars. We say “of course” because Yolandi is nuts about anything on 4 wheels and runs [...]

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