UNITED STATES
California the innovation capital of the nation has the highest rate of startup companies in the United States. They also hold the highest percentage of the best one year survival rate of new businesses...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 16 Oct 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
CEO of Simulpass, Michael Kramer explains how he's working on resetting expectations for digital privacy through this new app...
Juanita Pienaar 3 Jul 2020
GLOBAL
We speak to VP of business programming for World Expo 2020 (one of the biggest event on the planet), South African, Shaun Vorster about the opportunities that this event will afford businesses in South Africa and across the rest of Africa...
Juanita Pienaar 19 Aug 2019
RWANDA
How an American and Rwandan partnership brought the mythical 'Wakanda' to life by harnessing drone technology to deliver life-saving medical supplies...
Louise Burgers 1 Mar 2019
SOUTH AFRICA
The Grey Group's Grey Adventures startup incubator is now operational in its Johannesburg office as it continues to roll out across the global network. Here, an interview with Francois du Preez, chief digital officer at Grey Africa, to find out more about this open culture of collaboration from a local perspective...
Jessica Tennant 20 Jul 2018
UNITED STATES
Launching a new business can be a daunting endeavor, especially if you are a sole proprietor going it alone...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 12 Jul 2018
SOUTH AFRICA
New York-based Fashion Institute of Technology graduate and biomaterials research company AlgiKnit co-founder and COO Aleksandra Gosiewski gave a thought-provoking presentation at Design Indaba on Wednesday on why they, at AlgiKnit, believe that biology is the future of fashion and their revolutionary work in their search for a sustainable product...
Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2018
SOUTH AFRICA
The basis of many a great business is a great invention. New product ideas are fairly easy to conceive, but it takes something else to bring it to market. That's why it's so hard to be a successful inventor. It's not just one job...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 11 Aug 2017
UNITED STATES
Perhaps the hardest part about being a small startup is that, from the very beginning, you have to compete on the same level as all of the big fish. How do you make a name for yourself when you can't spend as much as your competitors?
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 13 Jul 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
Last week saw Jonathan Lun win the judges' vote at the final pitch event for the 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge...
Jessica Tennant 16 May 2017
UNITED STATES
The art of negotiation will improve and develop the output of micro and macro projects, help with coming to proposal and budget agreements with prospective clients, and provide confidence when requesting a pay rise...
Boris Dzhingarov, Monetary Library 15 May 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
Mann Made Media is the in-kind sponsor of the PR, content and event production for the upcoming 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge for the second consecutive year. Here, owner and local amassador Mic Mann shares more about the event and the Silicon Valley-like culture such an opportunity presents to Africa's innovators...
Jessica Tennant 7 Apr 2017
UNITED STATES
Yes, I know, we all say that our businesses are family friendly, but the PR team at Hooters probably won't get much from this piece. This is for businesses that rely on a squeaky clean, family-friendly image to keep their doors open...
Hicks Crawford 24 Feb 2016
UNITED STATES
The post-oil economy is here to stay for a while. Why wouldn't governments and major trade associations of any exporting nation embrace national mandates to all out campaigns...
Naseem Javed 21 Dec 2015
UNITED STATES
Running a small business creates the potential for many setbacks, failures, and hazardous situations. Though you can't always prevent these, you can protect yourself from them by building the right safety nets...
Boris Dzhingarov 6 Aug 2015
UNITED STATES
When you take a look at the statistics, you instantly notice that most people out there in the USA will fail as entrepreneurs...
Boris Dzhingarov 19 Jan 2015
