Rick Ed

Business advisor, mentor and trainer

The unexpected

Could this be your story? Thu 13:00            Routine check-up with GP.  Suspected angina.  Cardiologist to investigate Fri 10:30              Cardiologist appointment.  Treadmill, ECG, bloods.  Schedule angiogram Mon 08:30           First business meeting of the year.  Presentation to prospective new client Tue 14:00             Angiogram with possible stenting.

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Sorry Ladies, you can’t have it AND eat it

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Much has been written about women in business and why there aren’t more.  According to a SAQA report, in 2011, “the majority of students enrolled in public higher education institutions are female”.  But the Grant Thornton 2015 report, Women in business, states that only 27% of senior management roles in South

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How not to get fired by your customers

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It’s not that difficult to do good business in South Africa. Just do what other businesses don’t do: give good service. So few businesses really embrace customer service that to give yourself the edge all you need to do is treat your customer with respect. How many businesses return your calls? How many respond to your

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Lean and mean start-up ladies

After almost an hour searching for their car in the shopping mall parking garage, Nandi and Mandy got a brainwave: Why isn’t there a Find-my-Car app? Why don’t we write it? Thousands of people who would thank us for it. Nandi had been teaching herself to code on codecademy and appinventor and believed she could whip up something in

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