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Fast Company Showcasing innovative businesses that are changing their industries. Providing you with listings of businesses, business tips and recommended business resources.Most Creative People in Business: In talks with Remi Dada, Founder of innovative workspace solutions company Spacefinish
With a mission to transform the notion of office space as we know it, Spacefinish provides agile workspace solutions across Africa that boosts productivity, innovation and collaboration. From Fortune 500s to startups, the company’s human-centric […]
A Lawyer’s Perspective on Startup Growth
Over the past five years of providing legal services to startups, Legalese has seen hundreds of entrepreneurs walk through our doors – some have succeeded, a few have failed and many are yet to be determined.
It’s Time to Embrace New Business Paradigms
Sustained business growth is more difficult than ever. Traditional business growth formulas are lacking, barriers to entry are disappearing, new players are breaking the rules, channels are proliferating and evolving, disruptors are being disrupted, markets […]
Glenfiddich Gives Out-of-Home Advertising New Meaning with the Challengers Club
Glenfiddich, the world’s most awarded single malt whisky, has launched a first of its kind; the first ever functional billboard, complete with all the trimmings that one would expect of a plush whisky bar and audio equipped […]
Can creativity create value?
Today’s challenges require creative solutions from people who are unafraid to think differently. Glenn Gillis is the CEO of Sea Monster, a company which uses animation, games and immersion technologies – like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) – to shift business and social outcomes at scale.
Hey Startup Founders, Try One of These 15 Innovative Cities
Amsterdam used to be the place where recent grads would spend a gap-year adventure biking between Red Light district tours and coffee-shop visits. Now it’s where entrepreneurs turn for venture capital funding, innovation infrastructure, and […]
Why Agile Leadership is Paramount in the Digital Age
The commercial environment has changed significantly thanks to technological innovation which is moving at an unprecedented pace and creating a lot of excitement in terms of infinite possibilities in modifying business models, improving efficiency in […]
The Best Incubators & Accelerators Share These Four Traits
South Africa is having something of an entrepreneurship boom. Last year startups in the country raised more than $250 million across 37 deals – a burst of capital that is sure to accelerate creative solutions to […]
The Human Factor Will Always Come First in Customer Experience
Worldwide, brands are under unprecedented pressure. Companies, from legacy to startup, multi-national to local, are all grappling with how to meet steeply rising customer experience (CX) expectations; how to keep up with consumer trends that […]
This Swiss Bank Found the Key to Employee Satisfaction
Two years ago, while poring over an otherwise positive independent survey of our company’s 65 000 employees worldwide, the HR leadership team was forced to confront an uncomfortable statistic: Only 57% of our employees in […]
I’ve Been a Freelancer For More Than 15 Years. Here’s What All Clients Should Know
For the past several years, there has been a steady stream of research indicating that companies are increasingly turning to freelance labour to fill talent gaps and create more flexible teams. Recent research from freelance […]
Global Tech and Social Media Leaders Confirmed for Africa-First Digital Summit
BigFive Summit, a platform to showcase digital solutions providers for SMEs in Africa and the Middle East (AME), has secured Gareth Murphy, General Manager of Online Channels at MTN, and Sifiso Mazibuko, Managing Director of Social Scope […]
You Don’t Need to Wait For Authority To Be a Leader at Your Company
It is tempting to look around the workplace and think about all the ways that you would do something differently if you were in charge. We quickly internalise the hierarchy within any organisation and assume […]
Here’s How to Improve The Relationship With Your Employees
As workers around the country spent time with their family this Worker’s Day, employers should consider investigating their relationships with their staff members. If there are any relationships in your office that are frayed, it […]
5 Productivity Hacks For CEOs Who Have to Work Remotely
Serving as a CEO can prove immensely rewarding. For many, it’s the pinnacle of their careers. It’s incredibly gratifying to know that you have had a direct impact on the company’s successes and breakthroughs. But […]
BigFive Announces Dynamic Speaker Line-Up for Africa-First Digital Summit
Details regarding the speaker line-up and agenda for BigFive Summit have been announced. Cape Town will play host to the Summit from 13 – 15 May 2019 where pioneers in the provision of digital media […]
9 industries being disrupted by cannabis and CBD
If you haven’t noticed, even in provinces where recreational marijuana hasn’t been legalised yet, cannabis and CBD are everywhere. The newly mainstream CBD is the go-to for wellness products, stepping in as a cure-all for relaxation, sleep loss, anxiety, muscle […]
Want to sound emotionally intelligent in interviews? Avoid these 6 expressions
You may be well versed in interview skills, but it’s easy to drop a phrase or a comment that inadvertently signals you may not “fit in”. Nobody will tell you that’s why you didn’t get […]
Event Season: 3 reasons to throw an event & 3 tips to throw it well
Events are important. Whether a brand wants to establish themselves, launch a new product, provide an educational series of talks or simply provide the opportunity to network. People will remember the event. Positive or negative […]
Most Innovative Company to Watch: Team QOLO
At the Toyota Mobility Festival, innovators from around the world competed to create the most ‘game-changing’ technologies to help those with lower limb paralysis. The five finalists received $500 000 each to turn their idea […]
For Building a Crowdfunding Enterprise Tackling Social Issues
A disturbing thought has continuously plagued Lauren Gillis’ mind. The prevalence of inequality in many societies still today was something she understood to be inevitable — however, very fixable. “I was frequently kept awake at […]
For Connecting Clients with Reliable, Quality Contractors
Since the age of 18, Joshua Cox has been passionate about improving our world. Founding a social enterprise however, was something unexpected. He studied nature conservation at Stellenbosch University and thereafter worked in the non-profit […]
For Saving Fuel and Optimising Engines
He was nearing completion of his (uncompleted) master’s degree in the early 80s when, during a coffee break, Norman Grant, Director of Technology and Engineering at MISER Hydraulic Hybrid Technologies, was challenged to find a […]
For Putting Security First
Warren Myers, Founder and innovator of safety technology app AURA, believes there’s a critical need for better access to security in South Africa. Upon this principle, Warren founded the AURA app in 2017 after him […]
