Posted on July 31st, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
David Cannington of Traction USA shared the following article with me. It was published in a couple of Australian newspapers including the Melbourne Age. It provides a great deal of information to Australian companies trying to enter the US market. I think most of it would apply to South African companies as well.
Any comments?
Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
Recently I blogged regarding the difference between US and South African business terms. In this post I will give you some every day words that are different. For instance, in South Africa you walk on the sidewalk and drive with your manual car on the pavement and stop when the robot is red… Btw, have […]
Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
This post is a continuation of the guest lecture I gave at GSU. A group of MBA students are planning to visit South Africa to meet with South African companies. I gave them this introduction to business terms used in South Africa.
In South Africa revenue or sales is called turnover. I’ve been in a […]
Posted on June 18th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under South Africa
This post includes a part of the presentation I gave at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business on June 13, 2007.
South Africa by Numbers:
6: The number of time zones during day light savings that South Africa is ahead of ET. 7 time zones during the winter.
11: The number of official languages in South Africa: […]
Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Leadership, South Africa
I’m giving a guest lecture to MBA students at the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University in Atlanta on June 13, 2007. The topic will be the difference between doing business in South Africa and America. I will add an outline of the presentation to this blog in the next couple of weeks.
If you […]
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 October 17th, 2006 by Carel
Filed under Apple, Business, Charity, South Africa
Apple’s recent launch of the iPod Nano (PRODUCT) RED triggered this blog entry. Technology makes our lives much easier and more productive, but technology can also make a huge difference in less advantaged people’s lives in the rest of the world. In the follow paragraphs I list a number of interesting and worthwhile projects aimed […]
