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What is the true common denominator of all successful people? In this short but insightful TED talk, Angela Lee Duckworth outlines her journey through the psychological realms of the talented and the driven to discover what makes people great. [Read more]
Job security? Jobs haven’t been a form of security in decades, writes Douglas Kruger
The new proposed racial demographic representation clause in the new draft BEE Codes will have a dramatic impact on the business world and the people most affected by this will be the Indian population, explains Dean Oberholzer. [Read more]
The intended Brics development bank must be located in Africa as there’s a greater need for financing on the continent, President Jacob Zuma said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa earlier today. [Read more]
More than 140 potential investors were introduced to eight tech ventures in Seed Engine’s Business Accelerator Programme at its first demo day at GIBS University in Johannesburg this past week.
Finweek correspondent Liesl Peyper takes a look at the 2013 Africa Competitiveness Report revealed at the World Economic Forum briefing in Cape Town today, and why Africa still has work to do. [Read more]
Small businesses, like any other business, often find themselves operating in a competitive environment. Business and executive coaching expert Greg Mason of Action Coach says encountering competition is not the time to give up, but rather to improve efficiencies within the business. [Read more]
Simon chats this week’s Finweek cover (‘The World of Luxury Repos’), managing the risk of low liquidity stocks, what to do when the bottom falls out of your share, and investing into venture capital.
Finweek editor Marc Ashton sets the record straight about Capitec [Read more]
After 41 years providing support for advertising people who fall on hard times, The Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) is itself facing a financial crisis, writes Tony Koenderman
