Week 3, 2012
New goal – speak in terms of weeks the way “parent’s-to-be” do.
Why?
It seems to make the accomplishments of each week seem more significant as well as keep track of time rather efficiently.
Week 1 was predominantly filled with planning of projects for work as well as self.
Week 2 delved into more detail in preparation for week [...]
Week 19-24 September 2011, what a week …
Meetings, product launches, conducting interviews, running around in an office which looks like a construction site, dinner with partner’s family, dinner with friends and let’s throw in a photo shoot for Cosmo (Fun Fearless Female: December 2011 Edition), what a week it has been.
Its easy to slip back into the madness that is everyday, but a [...]
Month of July review ….
Well another month has come and go and what a month of July it has been. Two new experiences happened this weekend, these included:
Midas Historic Tour – Zwartkops | Times Racing
Watershed Family Day
St. Andrews School for Girls
Some of the other exciting happenings in July were that one of my best friends moved to Joburg and [...]
Sunday, 24th July 2011
It’s been an insane week, then again the past month has flown by in an instant. Today however, the love of my life returns after a two-week stint in the USA. Now two weeks is not a long time, however the time difference made it challenging to have a decent conversation since either I was [...]
Blink, and it all changes ……
Rewind 12 months. I was living in Cape Town, my partner living in Greyton and we were running our business. Our friends where there, we socialised but worked and played hard. Fast forward to present tense, what has changed?
Everything.
I now LIVE in Johannesburg
have moved in with my partner
experienced putting our cat down :/
have someone else [...]
Why there are very few true innovators?
A few months ago I read an article by one of my peers which made be think about the concept of innovation. In his day and age, I find true innovation lacking.
Entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg may have been accused of stealing the Harvard twins idea, but did he really?
The twins may have sparked the [...]
Young entrepreneurs and the catch-22 they face
I’ve been an entrepreneur for a while, although in my mind, I’ve started too late. I look at entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Eduardo Saverin (Facebook), Chad Hurley (YouTube), Pete Cashmore (Mashable) and Mark Shuttleworth (Thawte) and apart from very few women 30 and below as role models, these young entrepeneurs are leaps and [...]
Some shocking stats via parent24.com
I don’t have children but most of my friends either are starting families or have kids. Discovering some of these stats was most certainly eye-opening. The most surprising to me was that:
49 636 pupils fell pregnant in 2007
32% proportion of sexually active youth who have had four or more partners
Can you guess the rest? View the [...]
Why it pays to be no. 2 in your industry and other great articles making the news!
Love these articles – and we could learn from them too. Top articles catching my eye this week:
Why it pays to be no.2 in your industry- Inc.com
How to create an effective company Facebook page – Inc.com
6 Questions to ask before starting a business – Inc.com
7 Tips for effective E-Commerce – Inc.com
An infographic on the optimistic outlook for entrepreneurs in 2011
This infographic may relate to American entrepreneurs, but certain trends affect all entrepreneurs, globally. Entrepreneurs will always be affected by:
economic changes
climate changes
staff churn
technology trends
funding when expanding
introducing new products
competition etc.
The infographic does refer to South Africa, when comparing countries intending to hire and fire people and the indication that we plan to hire 10% more staff [...]
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