This week we give you the lowdown on digital influence, particularly the challenges of getting it, guiding it and growing it in today's hyper connected world, especially as it is one of the biggest issues facing marketing teams in 2015. If you've decided to follow your entrepreneurial dreams and get going with the start-up you've long envisioned, you'd do well to read through the trials and tribulations faced by two of the country's most prominent voices on start-ups, Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo and Ernst Hertzog, the angel investor and entrepreneur behind Action Hero Ventures, both in conversation with Warren Harding, host of 2Oceansvibe's Biz Takeouts show. Still on the topic of self-improvement, read through Erik du Plessis and Neil Higgs' research that shows 'all South Africans are living better than before', and let them know your thoughts. We round off with our weekly [Loeries 2015] build up, this week exploring what it is that Y&R ECD Rui Alves is most looking forward to from Loeries Creative Week, which is just around the corner, as well as his predictions for this year's big wins.
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