by Mongezi Mtati | Aug 24, 2010 | 100 list, Business, Business Development, Entrepreneur, Events, Ideas, Marketing, small business, Word of mouth
It is not often that you get appreciated for the hard work you do. The sleepless nights. The pitches you don’t get called back for. But lucky for you, someone out there is watching. This morning in the mail, I got something that might excite you. At least I thought it...
by Mongezi Mtati | Aug 13, 2010 | Authors, Business Development, Business show, Ideas, Marketing, NetwebTV, Reads, small business, Small Business News
This episode of NetwebTV was probably the most debated. The concept of Viral Marketing is seemingly dying out in its most organic form. At least for me it seems it is. The way I thought about it was – someone records a video of some or other mishap and it...
by Mongezi Mtati | Jul 15, 2010 | Business Development, Events, Gadgets and Tech stuff, Small Business News
In the third episode of NetWebTV, I was fortunate to interview Gareth Knight. His views on building a business, I have followed since (with a bit of tweaking for context). Now, any opportunity available to hear him speak I cease every time. The episode is more about...
by Mongezi Mtati | Jun 17, 2010 | Business Development, Ideas, small business
It seems to me that, though small business develops exponentially in South Africa. And small has become quite huge lately. We still get into business with twisted intentions, and by twisted I’m referring to the intent for funding without a solid business model. Vinny...
by Mongezi Mtati | May 3, 2010 | Authors, Ideas, NetwebTV, Reads, This month's give-away, Word of mouth
It seems 2010 brought with it a downpour of work and little distractions that just keep me away from writing. But there will be more reading this winter. If you have been here before, you would know I had an interview with Seth Godin about his book Linchpin. (If you...
by Mongezi Mtati | Mar 18, 2010 | Business Development, Ideas
“What problem are you trying to solve?” counts as one of the most important questions I was ever asked by a business mentor. We tend to have great ideals for starting companies, as we should, but end up losing the plot. I would imagine every business has one thing in...
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