Posted by Bruce Wade on Friday, December 30, 2011,
In :
Entrepreneurship
Check this young lad, he is only 8 and already he possesses a lot of what we have been trying to instill into our clients for years. What is this X-Factor that people have that makes them able to so easily be networkers of note? Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Friday, December 9, 2011,
In :
National Pride
Over the last three months, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth has run
a national competition to challenge young entrepreneurs to develop business
plans for small enterprises.National
Youth Director, Aimee Franklin says: “We believe that by encouraging young South Africans to take control of their futures and
become job creators, that we are making a positive contribution to addressing
the escalating youth unemployment crisis.”The competition itself forms part of
a broader campaign being ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, December 8, 2011,
In :
National Pride
We follow Jon Cherry on his blog Cherryflava to keep up with the inside to marketing and trends. Yesterday on Cape Talk Jon was asked to predict a trend for 2012. His reply got me all excited about next year, read what he said, take from his blog:
We made a trend prediction for 2012 on Cape Talk this morning, which is more of a ‘holding thumbs’ prediction than one based on any kind of analysis. The hope is – that as South African consumers, we become less seduced by big brands and their ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, December 8, 2011,
In :
Business Resources
This week we will take a short journey
through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past
year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The final part to this planning exercise is
to make a list from your outstanding issues that needs and can be addressed in
the remaining time this year. So many of us just write off December as down
time and spend far too much time playing Angry Birds and not getting the small
items off the list.
Posted by Bruce Wade on Wednesday, December 7, 2011,
In :
Business Resources
Want to do something different these
holidays and get to learn to earn some extra moola? The Entrepreneur Incubator
is offering a series of workshops that will teach you a skill that you can utilize
to make a number of items to sell or use as gifts.
Designed especially for Teens and Adults
these workshops are part craft, part business skill.
Seed
Bead Critters, these are the small beads that are
woven together to make a number of unique designer animals, people and sea creatures.
These can ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Wednesday, December 7, 2011,
In :
Business Resources
This week we will take a short journey
through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past
year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
Today we will begin to look ahead to 2012
and put pen to paper on what your BHAGs and WIGs are. Let’s start with goal
setting, this is preached at every business and personal development and time
management seminar you will ever go to and for good reason. Setting Goals do
actually work. Simply by writing out your goals and sh...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Tuesday, December 6, 2011,
In :
Entrepreneurship
Last week we, Entrepreneur Incubator and
Motivate Cape Town put together our first Teenage Animation School programme. Advertising
through the Home Schooled network and Teen Entrepreneur we were able to gather
a good bunch of keen young entrepreneurs into our training room.
Our first lesson consisted of the basics of
marketing, Sales Cycle and how video can play a role in this for small
businesses. We then did a once over of GoAnimate software in preparation of the
homework assignment. We d...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Tuesday, December 6, 2011,
In :
Business Resources
This week we will take a short journey
through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past
year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The next exercise is to rid yourself of any
guilt that you may carry into the festive season and holidays. Make a list of
all outstanding issues, programmes and not yet done tasks that you have been
well meaning to get to this year. This could include simple things, such as
replacing the kettle to your new website or office ren...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Monday, December 5, 2011,
In :
Business Resources
This week we will take a short journey
through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past
year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The first exercise is a simple one but so
many people neglect to do this each year let alone each day. Take time to pause
and reflect on your achievements. Make a list of all the highlights that both you
and your team have achieved throughout the year. Go through each month, pull
out old notes or your diary and make a celebrati...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Friday, December 2, 2011,
In :
Marketing
Isha Edwards from EPiC Measures was
interviewed on Inside the Winners Circle this week in Atlanta.
Marketing is both a verb and a noun, Isha
explains, it needs to be worked at consistently. EPiC Measures has assisted
many brands to gain the upper hand in the market place both in US and other countries.
They have also been able to launch a business network linking start up businesses
in Atlanta, Caribbean and South Africa. Isha is our Entrepreneur Ambassador to
the US for Entrepreneur Incuba...
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