Tag: tiisetso
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How I Overcame Being a Bad Networker
These points are extracted from my upcoming book The Anxious Entrepreneur. I’m just not a good networker. I envy guys who have the skill to speak to just anyone, like my good friend Paseka Kalaku. I suck at introducing myself to lots of people at an event. What is to follow is how a mediocre…
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To South African Brandpreneurs: ‘Support local’ is a weak ammunition
Let’s be honest, do you support local than what you love (which is mostly international stuff)? If you do, you are an uncelebrated hero. Even the unions’ (Cosatu, Num, Numsa etc.) investment arms do not invest in local young start-ups. I do not know these for a fact – I am an ars… I used…
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South Africans do actually save, and the needs for economic growth
Whenever the economy is not going so well, I often observe the blame being laid on consumers. To the contrary, I believe we South African consumers do save. I understand the reserve bank has to curb things or encourage them, by stepping in now and then. To farce a bit, my cousin is still waiting…
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A magician’s model VS. a business model
This is an extract from this article here Wikipedia says: “A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value (economic, social, cultural, or other forms of value).” Therefore a business model is primary for entrepreneurs to understand. As it’s the magic of creating and/or innovating value in products, turning revenue (profit) on the value and growing…
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Are you un-networking?
Networking is supposed t be a maneuver wherein one links with people in one way or another; with the intention of deriving or attracting future value, through putting out information which might benefit them-people, even if you don’t directly gain. This is hard for me to explain, but I trust you get the gist of…