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The Entrepreneurial Lessons of a CEO

Softline boss shares his insights in support of Global Entrepreneurship Week

This is the world's most innovative week, Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 (November 16 to 22), and entrepreneurs around the world are being encouraged to think big and to turn their ideas into reality. A firm champion of such initiatives is Ivan Epstein, CEO of Softline, who recently shared insights gained on his entrepreneurial path with the 2009 Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur finalists, in Johannesburg.
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Online and Offline Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses

Young Entrepreneurs Dreams Kick Started

book review

How to make One Hell of a Profit
and still get to Heaven


John Demartini aims to assist readers make dreams come true while offering an entirely new way of looking at, understanding, and appreciating the true nature of earthly profits and heavenly wealth.

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ABOUT THE IDC
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a self-financing, national Development Finance Institution (DFI). It was established in 1940 to promote economic growth and industrial development in South Africa. Our mandate includes the rest of the Africa , and we operate in a broad spectrum of industries. With our specialized knowledge and experience, can offer financial assistance to a wide variety of individuals and companies. We maintain financial independence and apply sound business principles to everything we do. As a self-financing, state-owned national DFI, the IDC provides financing to entrepreneurs engaged in competitive industries. Web: www.idc.co.za, E-mail: callcentre@idc.co.za, Tel: 086 069 3888.
Issue 87 24 November 2009
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Closing Date: 1 December 2009

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tech review

GPS Trip Logging System

The Active Vision BT- 335 data logging system is a self-contained, portable GPS and data storage system that combines the latest in international GPS (Global Positioning System) systems with the advanced Active Vision software and mapping system.

who are we
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 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.