Some of the lockdown regulations are easing, but for many business owners, survival remains uncertain. Will you make it through intact?
Douglas Kruger 27 May 2020
Many South African business owners, side-hustlers and freelancers know that it's more urgent than ever to accelerate their digital journey, to help stay active during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Selina Bieber 21 May 2020
The scale of the national Covid-19 lockdown is unprecedented in living memory and entrepreneurs need to be making the right decisions...
Allon Raiz 20 May 2020
Allon Raiz, CEO of Raizcorp, has been sharing his views and insights on weathering the Covid-19 storm and even thriving after it. This week he takes a look at extending ways in which you can provide value...
Allon Raiz 18 May 2020
In my previous article, Embrace your X, I discussed the importance for the leadership of entrepreneurial businesses to make comprehensive contingency plans...
Allon Raiz 8 May 2020
As a business strategist and startup coach, Sandras Phiri is well-known in the startup community. He shares some insight into how his latest project has had to adjust to lockdown life...
Evan-Lee Courie 6 May 2020
Businesses across the globe have transitioned to a remote workforce and working from home has become the new norm...
Doros Hadjizenonos 6 May 2020
Charmaine Lambert, manager at WorkInProgress, an Absa innovation lab, believes that the next six months will be a challenging time for the majority of the startup community...
Evan-Lee Courie 5 May 2020
As entrepreneurs, we need to be making the right decisions for right now to ensure that our businesses and our people's livelihoods do not become another casualty of the virus...
Allon Raiz 22 Apr 2020
#LockdownLessons: Eohan Lakey, founder of NOWNOW, a marketplace for local fashion designers and brands, shares his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 Apr 2020
As entrepreneurs, we need to be making the right decisions for right now to ensure that our businesses and our people's livelihoods do not become another casualty of the virus...
Allon Raiz 17 Apr 2020
It is the integrated strategy that defines what approach and tactics you are going to adopt in running your small business. In the absence of a well-defined and well-developed strategy, your small business is doomed...
Evan-Lee Courie 9 Apr 2020
This is an uncertain time for South African business owners, but it may offer an opportunity to focus on the factors that are within your control...
Selina Bieber 9 Apr 2020
The scale of the national Covid-19 lockdown is unprecedented. The repercussions - personal, professional, national and international - will reverberate for years to come...
Allon Raiz 8 Apr 2020
It has become increasingly important for organisations to make connections with their customers. WhatsApp provides the ability to infuse brand personality into B2C communication, enabling businesses to engage with their customers on a more personal level...
Matt Grobler 7 Apr 2020
According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Covid-19 coronavirus will definitely develop into a widespread pandemic...
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky 16 Mar 2020
In this series of articles, Allon Raiz, CEO of Raizcorp, shares 20 of some of the most important lessons he has learned using a sequence that mirrors the typical stages of any entrepreneurial journey...
Allon Raiz 13 Mar 2020
Companies of all natures, shapes, and sizes are at risk of cyber threats and crime. No organisation is immune to cyber-attacks...
Evan-Lee Courie 10 Feb 2020
Today, customers demand more than ever before from brands, including fast, personalised, reliable and free two-way communication...
Shaun van Rooyen 5 Feb 2020
Most businesses understand the impact that social media can have on their business and are keen to increase engagement, generate leads and increase brand awareness. But, are they winning?...
Jacqueline Raw 29 Jan 2020
There are three main forces that will fundamentally shape the world of PR and business communications in 2020 and beyond...
Kevin Welman 13 Jan 2020
2020 holds digital sway over the business, investment and innovation...
Chris Ogden 8 Jan 2020
Access to software skills is now critical for any growing company...
Stephen van der Heijden 3 Jan 2020
In the context of our increasingly disrupted, globalising, and multicultural world, leaders greatly appreciate the security and comfort of clear-cut strategic plans for the future...
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky 20 Dec 2019
We all know that the loss of a family member or friend isn't always easy. It is also a time to support your loved ones and we know that planning the catering for a funeral can be stressful activity...
Evan-Lee Courie 2 Dec 2019
You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that "failing to plan is planning to fail." That phrase is a misleading myth at best...
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky 24 Oct 2019
Teaching is one of the oldest and most respected professions and yet one of the most undervalued and underpaid. All this is changing, with the gig-economy and 4IR...
Nokwazi Mzobe 18 Oct 2019
The global food and beverage business is brimming with innovation. Competition is stiff between FMCG giants and startups racing to get their latest product onto retail shelves and into the hands of consumers...
Lauren Hartzenberg 30 Sep 2019
