Most startups will fail. It’s discouraging to say the least but true. In fact according to Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, if failure is defined as liquidating all assets and investors losing all their money then the failure rate is 30 to 40 percent.
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I’ve heard it many times before from many different people, “Sales is something you’re born with, you either have it or you don’t”. Is this really true?
Buying a water cooler for your office ensures that you always have water that is as fresh and as cold as can possibly be. A water cooler is a great investment that will last you a long time – provided that you buy a good one.
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This is the question most attorneys ask themselves when faced with a cost order or correctly billing a client. There are a number of different software packages out there that claim to be the answer to all your legal billing issues.
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A business card is one of the most important components of a company’s marketing toolkit. Yet all too many organisations get it wrong. Check out these ideas to put you on the right track. Continue reading “Picking the right business card” »
Small businesses are the bedrock on which most countries build their economy. And although the global downturn of the last few years has reduced banks’ appetite to lend money to new start-ups, Governments around the world are doing their best to ensure there is still plenty funding to be had for entrepreneurs with good ideas. Continue reading “Seven tips on building a compelling business plan.” »
Internet banking has evolved to the point where most of us simply can’t afford to live without it. Doing most of your banking online can make your routine financial tasks much faster and way easier than our parents did it.
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Based in the Franschhoek Valley of South Africa, Rhodes Food Group manages numerous highly successful agricultural businesses and processing operations around the country. This emphasis on controlling quality levels from ‘soil to shelf’ has inspired the growth of both divisions in the company: Rhodes Food which manufactures, markets and sells canned fruit and vegetables, along with their by-products such as jam, puree and the Fresh Foods division which includes pasta, ready meals, pies and a range of dairy products.
The Rhodes Food Group can trace its history right back to the late 19th century. At that point in time most of the fertile land in the regions around Cape Town was under vines but due to the phylloxera (vine-root disease) epidemic, thousands of these had to be removed. Cecil John Rhodes then began buying up these former grape producing farms in the Stellenbosch, Wellington and Groot Drakenstein areas in 1897 and together with his partners planted close on 200 000 fruit trees in place of the vines.
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In 1999 the Institute of medicine (IOM) released a report which highlighted the need to address patient safety as an issue. According to the report (To Err is Human) 44 000 to 98 000 people died each year as a result of medical errors that are considered preventable. In fact, less people died in car accidents and commercial aircraft accidents.
To ensure the safest possible healthcare environment and minimize the risk of errors a combined effort is needed from both the healthcare facility and the patient to arrive at the best possible health solution. Accrediting agencies continue to monitor and improve the quality of healthcare worldwide. As a patient you can do your part too - Here’s how:
Online stock trading’s a great leveller. Not so long ago you’d only get to work in the City or on Wall Street if you knew the right people or had gone to the right school. The advent of the internet changed all that.
Now it’s quite possible for anyone to open up an online stock trading account and start taking punts on market movements. But you still need to know how to pick your stocks. Continue reading “Online stock trading – where to start?” »
