Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Business, Technology
I attended SoCon07 last year and really enjoyed it. SoCon08 will be held at the University of Kennesaw, just North of Atlanta from February 8-9, 2008. You can register here. It’s not free like ‘07 — this year it’s $43 for the full 1.5 days (including a Networking Dinner) or $15 for the Saturday. It’s […]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Technology
Skype is not the only game in town anymore for free or cheap local and international calls. I use Skype a lot for making international calls when I’m connected to the Internet with my MacBook Pro. When I only have my Blackberry, I use VIP’s local and toll free access numbers to make international calls. […]
Posted on December 10th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Recently Vinny Lingham stepped down from his post as chief strategy officer of IncuBeta, the online marketing company he co-founded, to concentrate on the interests of his venture capital company, Lingham Capital and more specifically on Synthasite. Lingham, along with his wife, Charlene, and […]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The Sunday Times of South Africa recently announced South Africa’s billionaire’s club (In South African Rand, divide by ~7 to get to USD). You can find the article here (You may have to register to get to the list).
Here is the top ten list:
1. Lakshmi Mittal of Mittel Steel SA - ZAR27bn ($4bn),
2. Nicky Oppenheimer […]
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital
Laurence (Laurie) Olivier, an Atlanta VC and ex-South African, was recently profiled in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Laurie is a partner in Veritas Venture Partners. Veritas has investments in the following Atlanta based companies: Clickfox, CytoDome, and Asankya. Laurie serves on the board of these companies. He is the Chairman of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce […]
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
Have you ever wanted to work in Africa? The Careers in Africa recruitment summit in Houston is a great place to meet and interview with senior delegates from South Africa’s leading companies. Participating South African companies include:
Africon,
Anglo Platinum,
Barloworld,
Eskom, and
Sasol.
Participating US multi-nationals include: Chevron, GE Oil&Gas, and Cameron.
Other prominent companies include: Lafarge, Toyota, and Orascom.
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Apple, Business, Entrepreneurship, SAP, Technology
I think that the exponential increase of on-demand video (youtube.com, Yahoo! video) will allow entrepreneurs to learn on-the-fly from some incredible sources. The problem with Youtube is that it takes time to find quality videos, like this Sellingpower interview of SAP Americas CEO, Bill McDermont.The Stanford’s Educations Corner is an entrepreneur’s best friend. It contains […]
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The Corporate Council on Africa’s sixth US-Africa Business Summit, taking place in Cape Town in November, will see some of the world’s top business leaders discussing trade and investment opportunities in Africa, best practices, and how best to grow business in ways that will promote sustainable growth on the continent.
Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, HCM, Leadership
Pat said that this was the first time that he will give this keynote on his new book: “The Three signs of a Miserable Job.” He is also the author of “The 5 dysfunctions of a team”.
I think work is under-focused on in our lives. Work is thought of that other thing we do. Popular […]
Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Leadership
[Note: ok I couldn’t do the real live blogging thing. The WiFi connection wasn’t strong enough, sorry…]
Andy Stanley started off with a confession - I’m nervous talking @ Catalyst. He said, “We are like peers. You guys are like the leaders. What am I going to talk about next year?”
Then he started his talk on […]
