Let’s talk about advertising on ‘The Facebook’
- Business Basics, Business Workshop, Chats at The Hive, Entrepreneurship, How To Start, Marketing, Skillshare
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#BuildYourHive, business, Creatives, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success, Workshop
- November 12, 2020
A Hive Network Knowledge Session Whether it’s “sponsored” posts or pages suggested for you, a lot of content we never sign up for has a way of ending up on our timelines. Some of this content may go as far as telling us which of our “friends” have already liked the brand or product being promoted. Photo by cottonbro from …
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Smart Business in the time of eCommerce
- Business Basics, Chats at The Hive, Entrepreneurship, How To Start, Marketing, The Hive Network Conversations
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#BuildYourHive, #collaboration, #NeverStop, business, community, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Johannesburg, Start Ups, success, Workshop
- October 22, 2020
A Hive Member Spotlight SmartSentials offers you everyday essential items and food products that promote healthy living. “There’s a lot of money in the streets.” – Lebohang Likhojane, Founder SmartSentials began as a Fresh Produce stall aside a busy road somewhere in the Free State. Using some of his savings, Lebo Likhojane established the business with a group of friends. While wrapping …
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A love letter to accountants everywhere
- Business Basics, Business Workshop, Chats at The Hive, Entrepreneurship, The Hive Network Conversations
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business, community, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success, Women In Entrepreneurship, Workshop
- September 16, 2020
Sonke we love money, plus we all understand how important making money is to our sense of value and overall well being (ever heard of “net worth”?). In business especially, our finances essentially define our company’s performance over any given period. “ When it comes to our financials; we shouldn’t be putting out fires. Ideally, our books should help us …
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Disruptive Innovation
- Business Basics, Business Workshop, Chats at The Hive, Entrepreneurship, The Hive Network Conversations
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Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success, Women In Entrepreneurship
- July 17, 2020
Most of us have probably heard how many “small businesses” fail in South Africa. What we don’t hear as much, is how startups are in the best position to change entire markets and overthrow their biggest competitors. read ‘The Kodak Story’ again As much as every entrepreneur should know the rules of their industry, they should also know how quickly …
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Kombonation: An Ode To Us
- Chats at The Hive, Culture, Entrepreneurship
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#collaboration, business, community, Creatives, Culture, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Meet The Artists, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success
- July 9, 2020
A Hive Creative Entrepreneur Spotlight A few weeks ago, we spoke to Mpumelelo Zulu about lockdown business, making coffee and some of the things he enjoys with a good cup. This time, we met two creatives who have the interesting challenge, of trying to tell a story everyone thinks they know everything about. Where do we come from? A …
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Marketing & Sales For Startups
- Business Basics, Business Workshop, J&B Hive Conversations, Skillshare
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#collaboration, business, Creatives, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Johannesburg, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success
- June 11, 2020
While traditional media has amplified the communications of businesses since the 15th century, today’s marketing efforts reach millions of potential customers without the physical and financial constraints of old mediums. Technological advances have increased the size of almost every market and made many industries more accessible to smaller businesses. For creative entrepreneurs, effectively using digital tools and methods is one …
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“Man Loves Coffee”
A Hive Creative Entrepreneur Spotlight Although we’re serious about putting on and showcasing our member businesses, the growing (physical) space between us has called for a special kind of closeness. We reached out to our community to find out how their personal and entrepreneurial selves were doing. Mpumelelo Zulu is a Barista and the go-to-guy at Hive Member Business, Cafe’naited …
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Operating Systems: The Method Behind Your Business
- Business Basics, J&B Hive Conversations, Skillshare
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#collaboration, business, Creatives, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success
- 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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With Great Power: The importance of responsible business
- Business Basics, How To Start, J&B Hive Conversations
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#collaboration, business, community, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, SA Creatives, Start Ups, success
- May 12, 2020
A 4-minute Read: With the wealth of business knowledge available on the internet and the libraries of the world, one of the most overlooked topics is business ethics. Particularly in the stages when small businesses are eager to grow, doing good business is usually a priority that will be handled ‘as it comes’. If someone says, “Here is 5 million.” …
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In Good Times & Bad Times
- Business Basics, J&B Hive Conversations, Skillshare
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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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