The Entrepreneurial Alphabet

Towards the end of 2017, we did a series of Facebook Live videos that covered the letters of the alphabet with a slant to Entrepreneurship. With each letter, we looked at a different aspect of what it takes to become a successful business owner.

We have listed each video below for your viewing. Take time to watch each one and comment on the Facebook Page. For more information on what we have to offer or for new items on our programme this year, please consult our website: www.em-solutions.co.za

A: Attitude – attitude is important for business (watch video)

B: Balance – Balance is critical in finding time to invest in work, self and family time (watch video)

C: Collaboration – team and being able to work together is one key to success.  (watch video)

D: Do + Don’t Do – every successful entrepreneur should know what they are good and do nothing else (watch video)

E: Engage – participate or become involved in. ( watch video)

F: Facts – We need to know the facts about business, your business and others to be a better leader (watch video)

G: Goals – Setting goals needs to be one of the most productive tools any entrepreneur uses in order to drive the business forward.  (watch video)

H: Health – being healthy mentally and physically, leads to a healthy business (watch video)

I: Integrity – not a value, but the way values are applied (watch video)

J: Jail – Don’t be caught in your emotional jail. (watch video)

K: Kick Ass –be extremely good or impressive, excellent. (watch video)

L: Love – love what you do and do nothing else (watch video)

M: Money is one of the purposes of your business (watch video)

N: No – No, the positive answer (watch video)

O: Opportunity – always be on the lookout for new opportunities (watch video)

P: Problem – Defining a problem is the beginning of a successful business  (watch video)

Q: Quality – not just for a good wine, quality needs to be a part of your values (watch video)

R: Rest – Take time to rest, relax and rejuvenate on a regular cycle to be ready for any new opportunities (watch video)

S: Strategy – every successful business has a working strategy developed by management.  (watch video)

T: Team – team is about us and what we can do for the whole together (watch video)

U: Understand – seek first to understand before trying to be understood: stop and listen (watch video)

V: Validate – check, check and recheck everything: we call it validation (watch video)

W: Win-Win – always strive for a win-win or no deal scenario in business. It is an investment attitude (watch video)

Y: Yolo – You only live once – lit it with confidence and courage(watch video)

Z: Zero – is where we end up after all our lives plans and activities – but what type of legacy are you building to leave behind (watch video)

 

By |2018-01-08T12:53:31+02:00January 8th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Formula for success in 2018

With the start of a new year we have started with a new burst of energy and focus for the coming 12 months. We have also developed a new formula for success that will see our clients engaging with to ensure a solid strategic plan to give them the unfair advantage in the market space.

The formula focuses on and unpacks three critical areas of business. This used together with our Business Strategy planner that each client will get in January will no doubt become the focus of all future discussions and strategy into the future.

The formula 2018 Success = RI2 gives us the three critical areas of focus:

  1. Relationships
  2. Innovation
  3. Information

Each of these is broken down into a further three points to establish our mission and plan.

We have derived this formula through input from different sources, talks and books. We believe that the future is going to become more automated and processed driven through AI and AR. This leaves us to focus on the one pillar of business that can never be replaced by computers: Relationships. This is going to separate the successes from the failures in the future: those who can keep real relationships with their customers, staff and suppliers by offering one-on-one consultations and taking time to hear, no actually listen and understand people will gain loyalty and trust. This amounts to long-term relationships and business longevity.

Added to this is the requirement for information flowing into a business. The new book Outside Insights by Meltwater’s Jorn Lyseggen has been of huge inspiration in this area. He unpacks the difference between having information and being able to use this information to drive business expansion and market domination. A book worth getting and reading, twice.

The final focus area of the formula is Innovation. Innovation is and will continue to be a survivalist essential tool in business today. We love to play a little ahead of the curve and learn and lead our clients. Through the Cape Chamber’s Innovation Initiative we will be taking big steps in mapping out the Innovation Ecosystem in the greater Cape Town areas over the next few months.

Welcome to the future. It is going to be a great ride. Please join us at one of the following upcoming events:

Innovation Information session – 24 January

Game Changers Business Workshop – 22 February

 

 

 

By |2018-01-02T10:38:44+02:00January 3rd, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Action Model 5 Action

This video is about action. The word “action” means exerting pressure or force upon an object or one’s environment with the aim of getting the desired outcome. 

Watch the video and learn more.

By |2017-12-19T15:34:12+02:00December 27th, 2017|General, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Action Model 4 Fear

This video speaks about fear. Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behaviour, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.

The different kind of fears that we have learnt and adopted are fear of height, the dark,  snakes, spiders, etc. What are you afraid of?

 

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By |2017-12-15T12:08:03+02:00December 20th, 2017|General, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Action Model 2 Confidence

This video is about  Confidence, Education and Experience.

Confidence -belief system,  knowing with certainty that we can do something, a belief in self-ability. Education -learning from any school -formal school, informal, self-study or mentorship/apprenticeship. Experience -skill honed through practice over a significant period of time.

By |2017-12-06T12:14:30+02:00December 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Watch our YouTube Video on YouTube on YouTube

YouTube has to be one of most underutilised platforms for small businesses. Yet it is said to be the 2nd most used search engine used by potential customers. Why do most small business owners ignore this fact and not even have a business YouTube account?

We unpack some of the ins and outs of online video in this recorded webinar on YouTube.

Take some time to go through the video (30 min) take notes and get some of these things done to help improve your online footprint in the marketplace.

If you need help, give us a shout on email or call and we will assist you with some of the difficult things.

If you have missed some of the videos in the series then pop by our Expertise community page and catch up on your Social Media learning.

From next week in October, we start a new series on Business Growth Strategies. Join us for tips, tools and techniques that will help accelerate your business before the end of the year.

By |2017-09-28T10:29:08+02:00September 28th, 2017|Social Media, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Blogging Master-Class for Entrepreneurs

Blogging is not as hard as you may think. Just get started, that’s how most experts today got it done. In this week’s master-class, we unpack some of the issues around blogging and share some secrets to get this working well for your online brand footprint.

Watch the video below for the full lesson (30 minutes). Next week we chat about FaceBook and how to leverage your page to grow your businesses. Register HERE

 

 
By |2017-09-14T12:33:51+02:00September 14th, 2017|Social Media, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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