Videos have become one of the quickest ways to deliver content using a multitude of social media platforms whilst also serving the purpose of branding you and your company. Whether you are creating educational tutorials, promotional content or just moving motivational recordings – you can learn how to speak on camera. Objective and timing You…
South African research shows that between 70% and 80% of small businesses fail. In fact, less than 50% survive beyond five years. Research overseas indicates that 50% of enterprises fail within the first year and 95% within the first five years. Being an entrepreneur is exhilarating. Everyone dreams of being the next Shuttleworth, Branson or…
In this ever-changing world, we need to keep up with how fast things change around us. To this end, Honda keeps building new vehicles to keep up with the unique needs of its clients The latest of Honda’s new vehicles to hit our shores is the all-new BR-V. The vehicle is part of Honda’s RV…
8 Lessons for entrepreneurs who want to conquer the world Innovate or die Risk versus reward Turning failure into a successful business The courier in your pocket The transformer Economic empowerer The cool class Success strategist 8 LESSONS FOR ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANT TO CONQUER THE WORLD Ivan Epstein recently had the honour of speaking to…
Salary increase time is a great time. I am not talking about the mandatory annual inflationary increase, but those other performance or promotion based increases. While we probably always had an idea of what we would like to do if any additional income came our way, for some reason, after one month of increased earnings,…
It is crucial that those given stewardship over fiscal resources be accountable on effective execution of their mandates for government programmes to have a positive impact. Performance auditing is one weapon that can achieve this Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the three-year budget (2016/17 to 2018/19) on 24 February 2016 of which approximately R485 billion…
THE NEXT WAVE OF EMPLOYEES In South Africa we have witnessed the challenges facing our education sector, in particular the tertiary institutions, in the last few years. Students have shown how resolute the next wave of employees are and will be. The different ways of how students communicated and how resolute they were will test…
Andile Khumalo CA(SA) isn’t easy to categorise; he wears so many hats. A highly ebullient individual, he likes to gloss over his day job(s) and get to where his real passion is – helping black entrepreneurs While words like ‘dynamic, ‘enthusiastic’ and ‘energetic’ are often over-used, especially in individuals’ own CVs, Andile Khumalo tends to…
Once upon a time Interlaken mesmerised the Victorians with mountain scenes from the chandelier-lit precincts of all the grand hotels; it’s still doing that today, but for adventurers and daredevils, this is also a playground for any adventure that’s loaded with adrenaline The town takes its name from its location between two lakes. It overlaps…
Picture a typical entrepreneur. What springs to mind? Probably a hybrid of Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and a millennial doing something mysterious with social media in a trendy co-working space. And what link all three of these are innovation and risk: they notice problems in the world and want to fix them, and they commit…