Rival Pioneers

Howdy entrepreneurs

For those who missed the story last week, Ad Dynamo has just won exclusive rights to promote Arsenal in a number of African countries including SA, Nigeria and Kenya. Just stop for a moment and let that sink in…. Arsenal the team you watch on TV is giving part of their marketing budget to a local start-up – we really do produce some phenomenal entrepreneurs and Sean and his team should serve as an inspiration to the rest of the country.

Busy week in terms of different initiatives that are on the go so let’s jump right in to it.

1. Books. There are some cracking books out at the moment including the new book from Ronnie Apteker and Gus Silber called Funny Business: The Secrets of an Accidental Entrepreneur. There’s also “Secrets of the MoneyLab: How Understanding People Will Increase Your Profits”. We have profiles of these on the blog

2. Global Trader have again kicked off their What’s Stopping You? challenge and I have been asked to be a celebrity blogger and trader for them. I love this concept because it empowers south Africans to take control of their finances and give themselves an opportunity to grow their personal wealth. They have a nice tool on their site which assesses your risk profile and gives you some indication about how you would fare from a psychological perspective when it comes to the market. Check it out – it’s a great way to take that first step to consider the first step toward investing in the stockmarket or day-trading.

3. Rival Tenders – Adrian hit on a good point over the weekend. Part of the concept behind Rival Pioneers was to help them see opportunities when they came up and basically bridge the gap between themselves and potential customers. With that in mind, we’ve put together a blog at – http://rivaltenders.bundublog.com/ – with a couple of opportunities for small business owners. We’ll keep updating it. If you have an opportunity and you are looking to engage a service provider then send Adrian an e-mail – adrian@rivalmoney.co.za

4. Matoto Technologies is an established black owned company that provides integrated business and ICT solutions to Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises in Southern Africa. They are your complete, affordable outsourced IT department. For more info please visit http://www.matoto.co.za/

· IT Solutions for Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises
· IT Support & Consulting
· Hardware & Software Sales
· Website design & Hosting, Content Filtering
· Email Servers, Email & Web
· Virus & Spyware Removal filtering, Anti-virus installation & monitoring
· Computer laptop and PC Repair
· Firewall & Security

5. RivalMoney.co.za has some new content and products listed online. This includes the new Monopoly – what better way to take control of your finances than by playing one of the most famous board games ever, on your PC or Playstation?

6. Bluestreak Site Services – Operating in both Gauteng and the Western Cape, the company offers Contract Cleaning, Deep Cleaning, Site Sanitation, General / Corporate Maintenance, Landscaping / Garden Service. For more info check out their website.

7. We have an event and podcast ad-space on the Bundublog landing page. If you have an event or podcast that you want to promote through to our community and gain exposure to over 100 bloggers then give us a shout – R275 excl. VAT for the month. Please e-mail adrian@rivalmoney.co.za

8. A couple of entrepreneurs have approached me asking about how they can monetise their websites or blogs. If you would like to be walked through some potential ways then please add me to your Skype (rivalpirate) and we can try and make some suggestions.

Happy hunting entrepreneurs!

Regards
Marc Ashton

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