Advice for forming strategic partnerships

By forming strategic partnerships, you can often leapfrog on progress. When Uber and Spotify teamed up a few years ago to give users custom...

When Should You Start Planning Your Year-End Corporate Gifts?

The short answer? Around the middle of the year.While many businesses only start thinking about corporate gifts in the final few months before the...

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Turning a business finance ‘No’ into a ‘Yes’

Recent data from the National Credit Regulator reveals that 54 percent of South Africans are rejected by banks or lenders when applying for credit...

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Growing pains are an actual thing – ask any toddler or teenager. In business, ‘growing pain’ describes the temporary challenges companies face when they...

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How to use lead and lag indicators

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Consistent Customer Experience Does Not Happen by Accident

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Women Entrepreneurs: Two Cape Town Stories of Determination

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Tips for strategic pricing

The importance of proper market research and making sure that goods and services are priced accurately and in line with a business’s strategic objectives...