Co-Working Spaces Hit Cape Town at TheiPlex.co.za

Having designed the website for TheiPlex.co.za recently, and being a solo artist working from home, coffee shops etc, I decided to give their co-working spaces a bash out of desperation to find a space to concentrate better on work. TheiPlex is situated in the newly developed Boulevard Complex in Woodstock just outside of the CBD [...]

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Getting the most out of What We Do

Last night I had a highly insightful chat on gtalk with @naeem who runs a number of successful online businesses and interest sites out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Naeem is someone I admire for being able to see a business opportunity around almost every corner, you can tell he’s been doing what he does for [...]

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Heavy Chef does Rob Stokes on e-marketing

The Quirk e-marketing textbook has been doing it’s rounds locally and internationally. The textbook is jam packed with years of knowledge and experience and takes the reader through from the very beginning to more advanced strategies in online marketing. This month’s Heavy Chef session will see Rob Stokes, author of the e-marketing textbook and founder [...]

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What I learnt about networking from Shane Dryden

Shane the “Maven” of Ideate tipped us off on this excellent list of tips for surviving networking events. In fact I have first hand experience connected with Shane who recently rescued from feeling like the odd one out at a recent SA Bog Awards ceremony. Shane quickly introduced himself and started a conversation which sparked [...]

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VeloCITI session #3 – An introduction to Finance

Instalment 3 of the VeloCITI business incubation program dealt with Finance, an area many entrepreneurs need lots of help with. Knowing that we might all be intimidated with this session looming ahead of us, Tony Mallam of cape Venture Partners assured us he’d ease us into the subject. The Finance module is an optional one, [...]

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The benefits of a free wordpress.com website for startups

Whether you are a small business just starting out, or an organisation which does not currently have the funds to develop or host your own website, you’re probably still investigating ways of getting online in some way or another. It’s a fact of life for most businesses in this modern age, that being online is [...]

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VeloCITI session 2 – the value of Value Propositions

After investigating our values in VeloCITI session 1, we’ve moved on to crafting our Unique Selling Proposition or Value Proposition so we have a clear and impactful way of conveying the essence of what our businesses are all about. It’s sometimes referred to as the elevator pitch, you only have a few seconds to convey [...]

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What does the communications agency of the future look like?

When companies, organisations and even individuals want to get a message out to the public or some specific target audience, they approach a number of different types of companies & professionals to assist them in doing so. These range from PR consultancies to advertising agencies, branding agencies, media companies, new media, event managers, design studios [...]

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VeloCITI Session #1: Getting our Values in order

For the 15 start-up businesses chosen to be on the VeloCITI 2008 program, today, March 18, was a truly inspirational and profoundly introspective day. See more about What VeloCITI is? We started off at 9 waking up to cups of coffee and a round of congratulating each other for making it onto the program. It [...]

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My ethically focused agency idea gathers momentum

found on http://www.theethicalagency.co.uk No this is not my business, of course not, not yet that is. I’ve come across quite a few UK based agencies of this nature in the last few years and it’s been my mission for a while to start one here in South Africa. TEA – The Ethical Agency, is a [...]

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Yesterday was one Great day to remember- Open Coffee and all

Whfew! What a day, been getting birthday wishes(I’ve just turned 30) from all sides, messages of congratulations related to so many great things that have been happening lately and business looks set to boom in the coming months. I have to say thanks to all of you out there who have been keeping in touch [...]

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Care to join me on a Journey of Self Discovery and Creative Development

Like most professionals who also blog, I’ve wondered what steps to take to make what I do really rock so to speak; take it to the next level if you know what I mean. This post kicks off my nomadic blogumentary, a journey through the world of the web, creative thinking, social networking, business strategy, personal brand building and self discovery.

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