Build your own support network

The business support landscape in South Africa for young entrepreneurs is like the business world itself: it is teeming with opportunities, but you will have to seek them out yourself and build your own support network. Nobody is going to hand it to you on a silver platter. For decades, various spheres of government, corporates […]

A slogan defines the core of your Unique Selling Proposition

Article written by Jannie Rossouw, Head: Sanlam Business Market A unique selling proposition is defined as the factor or consideration presented by a seller as the reason that one product or service is different from and better than that of the competition. It positions your value proposition. It also helps your clients remember what you […]

Raising the bar

Grant Greeff is giving the hospitality industry a well-needed shake-up, with a cocktail of one-part innovation, one-part sound business practice, and two-parts genuine and attentive service, writes Jane Steinacker-Keys At a party on New Year’s Eve in 2010, Grant Greeff was dancing with close friend Annalize Buchanan, a caterer in Cape Town, who had just […]