South Africa
Cycling the Wines2Whales Adventure MTB ride
Just less than two weeks ago I took part in a 3 day mountain bike stage race from Somerset West to Onrus through some of the most incredible countryside South Africa has to offer. Having done the Sani2c earlier in the year, I can say without a doubt that mountain bike stage races are things…
Why South Africa needs entrepreneurs
Last week I attended a number of seminars with a focus on the South African economy and the future that it holds. These particularly addressed the changes we might expect to see – and how the bright people can position themselves in such a way as to benefit from these changes on the business playing…
The key to starting a successful business in South Africa – shared
Normally I spend Mondays investigating some of the things I’ve thought about over the weekend – work and personally related. This last Monday I did a few searches for what I was looking for and sent off some email inquiries and made a few phone calls. They ranged from looking at internal microblogging platforms which…
“Teaching Betty” to say hello when you are in South Africa
Welcome to South Africa – if you’re coming over to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup 2010, or even just for a holiday, why not say hi with some South African flavour. In my last week at AIDC in Rosslyn, Rachel and Justin were so kind as to give us a quick 1-2 on…
South Africa does not have a skills shortage – It doesnt know how to manage those skills!
Having spent the year working on and in my and Dave’s startups, Penguin Tutoring, Silver Apple and Webmarketing – and now leaving them to take on a brilliant position in SA’s leading Bank, I have a few insights to share with fellow South African startups. We hear that there is a shortage of skills in…