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 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 September 27th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Even though Lyndon Rive is the architect and builder of a successful IT company and now serves as CEO of a growing solar power operation, the most interesting thing about this 30-year-old South African may be that he plays mid-mid position on the (and I’m not making this up) U.S. Men’s Underwater Hockey Team. The […]
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Mark Shuttleworth is a young, South African multi-millionaire who places himself in the category of people who are both privileged and lucky and want to do something positive with their good fortune. His Ubuntu Project, HBD enterprise, and the Shuttleworth Foundation all serve as reflections of that thought.
Born in Welkom, South Africa in 1973, Shuttleworth […]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, South Africa
I’m finally getting round to blogging about successful South African businesspeople.
At 36 and with a net worth of over $300 million, Elon Musk is one of America’s richest people under the age of 40. After two extremely successful ventures in the dot-com world, he is now focusing on space exploration and earth-friendly technology. Musk was […]
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, South Africa
As a South African businessman living in the US, I’m always interested to find and research other successful South African businesspeople in America. This is the start of a series that will continue until I run out of people to profile.
South Africa is known for a number of famous people. Nelson Mandela, Ernie Els, Gary […]
Posted on November 9th, 2006 by Carel
Filed under Business, Charity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Technology
On October 26, 2006 I had the privilege of presenting a guest lecture to the students at the College of IT at Georgia Southern University (GSU). I would like to thank Dr. Sonny Butler for inviting me. Below are the 10 main points I presented. My purpose was not to promote any specific technology […]
Posted on October 4th, 2006 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
I started reading “Now, discover your strengths” by Marcus Buckingham and so far I’m really enjoying this book. I also look forward to seeing Marcus at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta this week.
Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki
I finished reading/studying Art of the Start — Wow! what a read. I highly recommend this book […]
Posted on September 19th, 2006 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
I recently had the privilege to hear Joe Rogers, Jr (CEO of Waffle House) speak at a luncheon. He had a number of interesting things to say about growing a company. First, a couple of interesting facts about Waffle House. It is the second largest 24 hour (McD is #1) fast food chain in […]
Posted on September 11th, 2006 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
I am studying The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki instead of just reading it and it is taking me much longer than usual to finish this book. I can HIGHLY recommend this book.
Let me give you a couple of teasers to get you interested. If you plan on starting anything you should think […]
