Brands matter. A recognized brand earns more revenue. This is due in large to the fact that once a brand is recognized, trusted and available, it’s so much easier to just pick it up and move on. No internal evaluation, no worrying about effectiveness, no decision tree – just pick it up and move on. […]
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“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” -Sun Tzu My failures mostly come in the form of a sucker punch I didn’t anticipate. It’s easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when everything is going well. Sailing as a young kid my […]
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I’m conflicted over this report. The percentage of adult South Africans involved in starting a business has plunged by 34%. On the one hand, I want to rail against the system that saddles entrepreneurs with unworkable tax burdens, restrictive employment & business practices. A bureaucracy that doesn’t do enough, but wastes money on window-dressing entrepreneurship. […]
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South Africa is full of homegrown heroes that have a profound impact on global business, technology and science. Elon Musk may be the poster boy is not the only brilliant SA born mind that left to find fortune, fame and glory overseas. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the son of Chinese immigrants to South Africa, is the world’s […]
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