The newly listed Twitter has had an exciting first day out on the market. The Twitter IPO was priced at $26 a share, but opened at over $45 on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. After a volatile day of trading, the share closed at $44.90 – an impressive performance overall. But what is … Read more
Executive coach Dale Williams loves to play with words as a way to drive home important business lessons. Take “assume”. Do this in business and you could make *an-ass-of-u-and-me*, he says in his latest blog published on Biznewz.com. Dale explains how making assumptions is the reason for many business failures. He offers up the cautionary … Read more
Ann Nurock’s first contribution was well read by the Biznewz community. This one is also sure to hit the mark. She has applied her mind to the growing wave of businesses which follow the free-mium model – or work on ways of encouraging sharing to eliminate waste. An enlightening read. – AH By Ann Nurock* … Read more
Is your company behaving like an old person, too scared to make big changes and try out new ideas? Or, the flipside of this coin: are you changing products and systems so often for your customers that you have left them behind? Constant innovation can be very good but it also has its problems if … Read more
It’s well known in Johannesburg that the smartest kids have a straight choice between joining Discovery, the locally-based financial services group, or Glencore, the global resources giant run by Joburger Ivan Glasenberg. Both groups put a premium on intellect and an ability to embrace complexity. But while Glencore is already established in its field as … Read more
IT entrepreneur Sean O’Connell and I have corresponded over the years. As Sean prepares for the future a year after selling his business to JSE hot stock EOH, I asked him to share his throughts as he reflects on lessons learnt and the way ahead. His response is inspirational, a masterclass for any would-be entrepreneur.
Walter Isaacson’s book on Apple’s Steve Jobs gets one feeling it’s a pity biographies begin, as they must, with the subject’s early years. After the first 200 pages, many will be tempted to throw away the tome, tiring of a brattish Jobs who typifies much of what the rest of the world dislikes about American businessmen.
By Alec Hogg Some books are meant to be savoured. Consumed slowly. Every page cherished. Enjoyed at leisure. For me, Walter Isaacson’s long awaited biography on Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs is one such book. It’s like that last juicy mouthful, kept one side as an incentive to clear the bedside table of half-read orphans. ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ … Read more