Before directing and producing movies including Invictus, Million Dollar Baby, Sully and American Sniper, Clint Eastwood was a Hollywood star and Oscar nominee in his own right. In his 1971 film Dirty Harry, where he plays Harry Callahan, a cop who doesn’t follow the rules, he has a bad guy on the ground and has…

South African brands are boxing above their weight everywhere and it’s apparent from mails I have received from many of you.   With his permission I have published an extract from UK-based Ryno Strydom to emphasise the point…   “After I recently, very nostalgically, read Tony Jackman from the Daily Maverick’s “Ode to the humble…

Never underestimate the power of a passion project to alter the trajectory of your life. Natasha Sideris started Tasha’s as a side hustle as she plotted to further her psychology studies.   Soon there were two, then three outlets and studying went out the window and raising capital for growth became a focus.   Natasha…

The average lifespan of a British boy band according to The Independent Newsletter is six years. That’s longer than many marriages and certainly most business relationships. Let’s face it, bands are generally built for a good time rather than a long time – except The Rolling Stones which have achieved both.   In business, the…