Starting a business can be intimidating and overwhelming. However, when done right, it can be an extremely rewarding and exhilarating experience. Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of startup businesses make the same mistakes when they’re just starting — and we want to help you avoid making these same mistakes. This article will cover […]
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Goal-setting is an essential part of leadership, and goal execution is at the heart of entrepreneurship. You must develop a mindset that allows you to set attainable business goals that will stretch you and help you live a better quality of life. If you’re like us, you’ve just reached your financial year-end. That means we’ve
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Background story *Shawn’s IT had been in business for over 14 years. He had experienced significant highs with contracts to provide IT services to High Schools in the neighbourhood he grew up in, in Mpumalanga. He swiftly began delivering the services, but soon after execution, things between him and his co-directors started taking a turn
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Its future focused scenario planning workshops. This is for businesses primarily who seek to move towards employing a particular type of technology (disruptive). They tend to be faced with many challenging critical paths, and what we do is help them find the path of less resistance and high impact for them. Related Links Scenario
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In 1999, Gogo Khumalo had an idea of selling fresh vetkoek (amagwinya) in the taxi rank. Gogo Khumalo would be on the street cooking her vetkoek with a little paraffin stove from 4:00 a.m. until 9:00 am and then again from 16:00 pm until 19:00 pm, taking advantage of the commuters rushing to and from
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Future readiness and scenario planning was an activity reserved for large corporations who had cast long forecasts on their business strategy. Some of the most successful businesses in the East have, for years, planned 50 years into the future and invested a significant amount of time reading future trends and interpreting them to see what
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“If you win, we all win” this is what a dear friend and colleague recently said to me, he said that I was one of them and there was no way that they’d let me go under without trying to help me. These words made a remarkable impression on me, and I started thinking about
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Like many others, I’ve had my fair share of bad service. What makes it frustrating is when a contract locks in so you’re attached to the bad service. On the other side of my frustration, I realised that its not so bad for me since I only pay once for the bad service, and keep
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Every one of us seeks to be in a position where we feel enriched in any relationship we invest our efforts in, such as those with colleagues, business partners, suppliers and customers. We want to feel that we play a meaningful part in them and then to be able to offer ourselves with an open
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This is taken from the book Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazi. Loyalty as he says is earned through making genuine connections with others.
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