Operating Systems: The Method Behind Your Business
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- May 25, 2020
An operating system is a business’ game plan for achieving strategic goals. While a strategy outlines a business’ value promise and informs their choices, an operating system defines how their employees, operations, design choices and other resources will all align to bring this strategy to life. Operating systems cover every facet of a business’ activities, including all external and internal …
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In Good Times & Bad Times
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#collaboration, business, community, Creatives, Entrepreneur, SA Creatives, Start Ups, startup, strategy, strategy development, success
- April 17, 2020
A 6-minute read ☕☕… Back from a journey of learning and growth, our director’s first order of business was sharing this knowledge with our community. This article contains the experiences and topics that our members discussed in our inaugural (video) gathering since the beginning of the national lockdown. Guess who’s back? Our first talk was about the art of strategy …
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Monogamy vs. Polyamory in the 21st Century
Reading Time: 2 Minutes \ Some History In 1978, Legendary Afrobeat King Fela Anikulapo Kuti married 27 wives in a custom supported by the Yoruba tradition. In 1986 he would divorce them all, claiming no man should own a woman’s body – Image from: Afropunk.com \ Today Countless laws and cultures have tried to dictate how African people should love …
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I(m)bali Live: Helen Herimbi sits with Kiernan Forbes
Reading Time: 3 Minutes South Africa’s self-proclaimed Prince of Hip Hop visited the #imbaliLIVE couch to discuss his come-up, legendary career and the future of AKA. Two cents: AKA’s real name is pronounced “Kerr-nan” and not “Keenan” Kiernan aspired to become a video game programmer and then a soccer player before transitioning to music. With a come-up story so well-known …
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What The Podcast
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#BetterBlended, #LiveFromTheHive, #soundcloud, business, Creatives, Culture, hivejoburg, podcasting, podcasts, SA Creatives, success
- January 8, 2020
Podcasting: The Future of Content? And what you should know to make it work for your business. 3 minute read About 16 million South Africans actively listen to podcasts while commuting, working, exercising, or doing almost any imaginable activity. Podcasts are essentially talk-radio shows (like current affairs, drama or niche topics such as personal development and startups) that people can …
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Unemployment vs. Entrepreneurship:
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#BetterBlended, #BuildYourHive, #LiveFromTheHive, Branding, business, Creatives, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Johannesburg, SA Creatives, Start Ups
- December 19, 2019
How Young South Africans are Creating Their Own Means of Survival 3 Minute Read With all its freedoms and independence, adulting is no walk in the park. Most humans can only dream of the life they truly want. While poverty, homelessness and other socio-economic issues constantly remind them how grateful they should be, to at least be employed. It’s hard …
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Drinks and Things
‘Drinks and Things’ marked the fourth day of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It was a night of mixing cocktails and mingling, as we learned what it takes to run an events management business and what goes into our favourite colourful drinks. What Went Down? The air was filled by the sweet sounds of lounge jazz and the murmurs of the crowd …
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J&B Panel Discussion: Global Entrepreneurship Week
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#BetterBlended, #BuildYourHive, Branding, business, community, Creatives, Entrepreneur, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success, Women In Entrepreneurship
- November 29, 2019
We were out in Newtown Johannesburg at Soweto’s Finest Fitness Dance Studio – where J&B hosted the media, corporate thought-leaders and business innovators for a panel discussion to officially launch Global Entrepreneurship Week 2019. What’s The Problem South Africa is in a state of turmoil with the unemployment rate sitting at 29.1% in Q3 2019 – the highest it’s been …
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Digify Africa: How To Run a Successful Online Business
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#BetterBlended, #LiveFromTheHive, #NeverStop, Branding, Creatives, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Johannesburg, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success, Women In Entrepreneurship
- November 18, 2019
Facilitator Themba Jay Business as we know it has always existed in a state of change. From bartering economies, to colonialism and industrial revolutions – major shifts in human society have always been succeeded by changes in the way people do business. A History of Currency in East Africa (from the-star.co.ke) Today, with a digital revolution disrupting everything from the …
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Meets by YOCO
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#BetterBlended, #blogger, #BuildYourHive, #Networking, business, community, Creatives, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success
- November 18, 2019
Big business is about competition, whereas small business is about collaboration. A room full of Entrepreneurs gathered to share their experiences, and talk about this magical little thing called ‘Yoco’. YOCO? Yoco is an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, grow and run their business better. After seeing how hard it was …
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