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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. |
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| 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! Where is all the nuclear waste going, and are we happy to leave that problem for our children to solve because it's convenient for us now?
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Axing the Weakest Link
One of the worst nightmares for any business owner is hiring someone only to discover a few months down the line that they are not living up to your expectations.
The easiest step would be to fire them. But many business owners fear that should they do so, they'd be dragged before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Dynamite comes in small packages: Don't let it blow a hole in your pocket
Everybody is scaling down worldwide, and it's showing in the technology industry where mini versions of pc notebooks are taking the market by storm. But what is in this ‘small-sizing' for the SME? Technology Journalist, Toby Bennett, examines the pros and cons of owning a mini notebook these days. |
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 70  29 January 2009 |
product reviews
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Lacie Little Disk by Sam Hecht 250GB Firewire and USB2
Get stylish, compact, portable storage with the Little Disk, Design by Sam Hecht. Easily carry your photos, music, videos and files on this petite mobile solution.
Designed exclusively for LaCie by Sam Hecht, it has a high-gloss, black elegance with clean, simple lines and comes with a removable protective cap.
The MacBook Mini – A Full Box Of Chocolates?
It may look like a box of chocolates from the outside but how does the MacBook Mini's ‘sweet' features compare to that of other mini notebooks you may have read about or even bought? |
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