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#BusinessSuccess – You need more than Business 101 principles to make it

If there ever was a need for proof that observing Business 101 principles isn’t enough to bring about business success, a visit to a large and busy mall in the festive season to observe customers and business interactions provides proof of such inadequacies.

For some businesses, maintaining flexibility and dual operational strategy might be the additional missing link needed to ensure success. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 December 2016. Continue reading

– Lessons We Could Learn From Tata And Geely based on BMW And Ford Failures

The success of Land Rover, a company originally spawned off and owned by British carmaker Rover Company, saw its successes in the 70s dwindling owing to the parent company, British Leyland Motor Corporation’s financial troubles. As declines caused one takeover after another, the brand was then bought by BMW in the mid-1990s. But that too didn’t save the carmaker from its troubles. It was given another lease on life when Ford acquired the brand as part of its then Premier Automotive Group (PAG) in 2000, which then also included Jaguar, Volvo and Aston Martin.

The car manufacturer soon experienced financial performance troubles under Ford. The troubles compelled Ford to offload Jaguar and Land Rover to the Indian owned Tata Motors, and the Volvo brand to Geely Automobile of China.

Why couldn’t such previously successful brands be rescued by more successful and formidable carmakers like BMW and Ford? And why have the initially much “deplored” Chinese and Indian carmakers such as Geely and Tata, do the unbelievable and turn these companies around so quickly?

What lessons can we, as owners of small companies, learn from the history of Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo to ensure our growth and development isn’t stunted by the same challenges they experienced? By Nimroth Gwetsa, 31 October 2016. Continue reading

– The Joy and Pain of Entrepreneurship

By Nimroth Gwetsa, 15 December 2015.

Summer holidays are upon us. Whether one is on vacation elsewhere or is enjoying the tranquility of the local environment, summertime is the season expected to bring good fortune. It’s as if living things are doing their best to show off their appreciation of summer: with flowers blossoming, birds singing their early morning glorious melodies, succulent fruits falling-off trees, people getting together and strengthening their relationships. Continue reading