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Fox’s Earth


Watch out for the little guy


The big news of 2008 was the crashing of the big guys in business and money hitting the forest floor. They were falling out of the trees like monkeys drunk on over-ripe maroela berries.

These were the cultural icons of the last century, like Woolworths, General Motors and the Halifax Building Society in its reincarnation as HBOS. Plus, of course, many natio… Continue

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For any of you who don't subscribe to Marketingweb (and I don't know why not) here is the text for my article on freelancers and finance from November 6, 2008.


Fox’s Earth


The costs of creative accounting


I recently attended a get together of freelancers and advertising entrepreneurs called the Flying Solo Unconference. Apart from being a lot of fun with a whole bunch of interesting and entertaining people, it was massively instructive.

We all shared many of the same problems exper… Continue

To all the UnCon people who heard me talk about Exempt Micro Enterprise BEE accreditation, a caveat.
The legislation about who exactly can issue accreditation hasn't been finalised yet, so there's a lot of chancers and fly-by-nights out there. I used a big name - Empowerdex - for security. It cost me around the average - R850 to R1200 - in fact R1 083, but it's a name that commands respect and will be there after the dust has settled. In the meantime, be careful who you use.

Bless us all,

Nige… Continue