Open communication can turn family into a valuable business asset

In a sense, almost all owner-managed businesses are family businesses. The fortunes of even those run by a single entrepreneur without the direct involvement of other family members are heavily influenced by what goes on at home. Such lone-operating business owners can turn their families into one of their greatest assets – a refuge of […]

Technology can be a business enabler

Article written by Jannie Rossouw, Head: Sanlam Business Market The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. Bill Gates Whenever I think about the application of technology […]

Creative recruiting gains momentum for 2015 EOY entrant

Many find it challenging to balance both a career and family life, but when you are a mother of a young family with the goal of expanding your business into Africa while simultaneously increasing your local market and financial wellbeing, it sounds like an impossible task. Yet that is precisely what Laura Reynolds – business […]