Taking the Gap on MaudeStreet.com with Simon Brown

Taking the Gap 25 - Best of 2012

www.MaudeStreet.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:01:55 PST

Barrie Brameley - Chief imagination officer at BarrieBramely.com

How to find and retain talented staff. Staffing is a vexing issue and maybe more so with smaller businesses due to typically smaller staff size. Barrie gives some ideas on how to spot great potential staff and also how to work with them so that they stay and benefit your business. My thinking is that small companies can have an edge on the larger corporate but we need to use that edge to our advantage

Samantha Willan - Gender HIV/Aids Consultant

5 Tips (+ a bonus) on productive meetings. For most everybody meetings are at best a total waste of time at worst they are killing our brain. So how do we make sure meetings are productive with real tangible out comes and not a waste of everybody's time? Samantha has five tips plus one bonus tip on ensuring super productive meetings.

Colette Symanowitz - MD and Founder of MBAconnect.net

The power of thank you. A simple deserved thank you. We were all taught please and thank you as children, but are we still using thank you in our personal and professional life? Bottom line in this hectic and busy world it is a simple tool that if well used can make you stand out from the crowd.

Andy Hadfield - founder RealTimeWine.com

Apps for business; the world is going app crazy. We have them on our smart phone, tablet and soon our TV. But does every businesses need an app? What do they cost? What's the process? What format? Are there alternatives?

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Taking the Gap 24 - Consumer trends for 2013

www.MaudeStreet.com — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:42:06 PST

David Mattin Lead Strategist at TrendWatching.com

The major consumer trends for 2013 which ultimately are empowering the consumer of the over arching mega trend playing out. David helps us understand not only what they are but we delve into details around some of the trends. Link to the article is here.

Link for the week

Five Blog Business Models That’ll Make You Money

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Taking the Gap 23 - The CPA and your business

www.MaudeStreet.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:32:29 PST

Eric Levenstein - Director Werksmans Attorneys

Keeping on the right side of the Consumer Protection Act CPA. It is an important piece of legislation, but does business know what the implications are? Are you fully compliant and do your staff know the rules?

Link for the week

Let’s Face it: Most Social Media Marketing Is a Waste of Time

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Taking the Gap 22 - Protecting your business from fraud

www.MaudeStreet.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:53:45 PST

Dave Loxton director at Werksmans Attorneys

Dave is a specialist in the white collar crime and forensics practice and we talk about spotting potential risks for fraud within your company as well as being proactive to reduce the potential for fraud. Importantly he also suggests leaders set the right example to staff.

Thought for the week

Have policies in place, Sure we want to be a fun foot loose sort of company but policies are critical in setting the standards and ensuring that everybody knows where they stand. They also protect not only to company but also the individual and certainly policies can be designed in conjunction with staff - making them fair and ensuring everybody understands why they are in place.

Link for the week

The Entrepreneur's Creed

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Taking the Gap 21 - Say thank you and be noticed

www.MaudeStreet.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:26:42 PST

Colette Symanowitz - MD and Founder of MBAconnect.net

Link for the week

5 Essential Legal Tips for Tech Companies

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Taking the Gap 20 - Raising start-up capital in SA and rewarding staff

www.MaudeStreet.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:43:12 PST

Andy Hadfield, Andyhadfield.com & RealTimeWine (@AndyHadfield)

Andy is not an expert on raising capita but he has real world experience as he raised money for what was essentially a blog and an idea - RealTimeWine. What is the state of angel and venture capital raising in South Africa, it seems bleak but maybe it is just early days?

Simon's thought

How do you reward staff? Money is great but is it everything? What about time off? Get your team to select the best member every month and give the winner a Monday or Friday off? A lazy day at home is a real reward.

Link for the week

The 40-Year-Old Intern - returnship

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Taking the Gap 19 - Don't sell past the close

www.MaudeStreet.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:48:00 PST

David Lewis CEO of Retail Capital www.retailcapital.co.za

They recently concluded a Small Business Barometer asking those in the hospitality industry about their experience of borrowing money; how who and what for.

Timeless advice

Don't sell past the close; when they say yes - stop selling and talk about the weather

Link for the week

8 Steps to Practicing a Presentation

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Taking the Gap 18 - Global Ambition Survey

www.MaudeStreet.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:11:32 PDT

Russell Fox, BDO Business Development Director for South Africa

BDO Global Ambition Survey covers responses from CFO's around the world asking where they are looking to invest and what challenges and opportunities they expect. The biggest insight is perhaps that quality staffing remains the biggest challenge while India and China are the two countries that are nost interested in new investments into South Africa. (You'll find the survey info graphic here).

Link for the week

9 Secrets of Highly Successful Hiring

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Taking the Gap 17 - Making meetings work

www.MaudeStreet.com — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:20:54 PDT

Samantha Willan

Gender HIV/Aids Consultant

5 Tips (+ a bonus) on productive meetings

For most everybody meetings are at best a total wste of time at worst they are killing our brain. So how do we make sure meetings are productive with real tangiable out comes and not a waste of everybodies time? Samantha has five tips plus one bonus tip on ensuring super productive meetings.

Link for the week

24 Ways To Be Uncommonly Productive Today

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Taking the Gap 16 - Social entrepreneurship

www.MaudeStreet.com — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:05:08 PDT

Jannie Rossouw Head of Sanlam Business Market

Opportunities abound for social entrepreneurs in South Africa abound and can be profitable as well as a transfer of knowledge and skills. Importantly zeal to do good is not enough, business savvy is still vital for social entrepreneurs.

Myles Rennie - Richland Investment Club

Everybody wants to be rich but how much is our thinking hindering our ability to create wealth? We need to make a conscious decision to essentially reprogram our thinking around money in order that we have the right mind set for wealth creation.

Link for the week

How do I leave my day job? the pre-flight check list

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