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Welcome to the new 2009 edition of the dynamic and informative BizSmarts Newsletter – South Africa's premier SME & Technology mailer.
It's free, comprehensive, informative and covers SME news, technology, innovation, product launches, industry events, seminars and more.
bizsmarts news 
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| Top 10 Business Tools to get now for 2009
It's a new year with many new resolutions that have been made to work for your business, right? Here's a good start. Check out these business tools that'll help clear the fog that settled on all our brains while we enjoyed the festive season.
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Survive and Thrive in 2009
Surviving and thriving in these tough economic times requires re-examination of both our extrinsic and intrinsic actions and values. It is not good enough just to be aggressive in the marketplace. As business owners, we have to be both tough and ethical.
Implementing Renewable Energy Solutions For Households and Businesses
Our future as a species, whether we like it or not, depends on renewable energy. Fossil fuel is of the age of the dinosaurs, and supports both dinosaur technology and cartels. Of course nuclear power is clean and efficient. But wait a minute! |
our editorial team
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Warwick Smith-Chandler [ Editor ]
Warwick Smith-Chandler has motivated and inspired entrepreneurs ever since he launched South Africa's first entrepreneurial magazine, ‘Your Own Business'. A pioneer in internet publishing, he launched Bizassist.co.za in 1998, which has become South Africa's most widely-read SME business portal.
Toby Bennett [ Author ]
Toby Bennett has a wealth of writing experience in various fields. With a degree in philosophy, a keen interest in IT and the experience of having setup and managed a small design company, Toby is able to draw on extensive experience in business and technology and pass it onto the reader. The author of four books to date, Toby manages to merge equal measures of wit and insight to produce articles that both inform and entertain. |
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Issue 69  21 January 2009 |
product reviews
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Mr Site Takeaway Website
The creative process begins immediately with this software. You select from the myriad colour and template options.
As ever with designing websites, the biggest danger is over-complication.
VAIO P Series
The Vaio P Series "lifestyle" personal computer is the size of a standard business envelope for mail and weighs a mere 1.4 pounds. Fits easily into a jacket pocket or handbag, has built-in Bluetooth and wireless internet connection hardware, along with global positioning satellite (GPS) technology. |
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