Eric Edelstein

One of the huge ingredients required for the success of any business is PASSION.
And the Sharks supporters showed their passion in full force today.
All you saw in the crowd was a mass of standing people wildly waving the black sharks flags with the Mr Price Logo.
So was I thinking about the victory of the Sharks [...]

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Almost time for the weekend, and just received this spam email which made me laugh, so thanks spammer, but unfortunately i’m still not going to transfer the money to you.
have a good weekend everyone!
hi there
hi you,first i want tell you im not a good man, im a Hacker, therefore when you saw this [...]

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If anyone wonders why I’m grouchy tomorrow, it’s not coz I’ve still got flu! It’s coz I’ve been learning the art of Twittering till 3.03am

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I can’t sleep!
Today starts day 1 of the eSquared 20 day sale. But this sale is totally different to anything I’ve ever seen both in South Africa and in my travels.
I’m experimenting, and if it works, it will get us a lot of sales and exposure. If it fails, it will cost us a lot [...]

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Date: Thursday 17th May
Time: 18:00 (6pm)
Venue: Extreme Hotel, Corner New Church and Bree Streets, CAPE TOWN, Western Cape, South Africa Tel: +2721 488 2555
Charge: Free
Register (optional - if you prefer to just show up on the night, that’s fine as well): entrepreneur.meetup.com/1144/
Facebook Group: OpenCoffeeClub Cape Town (250 members already in the group)
Want to meet other [...]

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So I get home from the Extreme Hotel party yesterday morning, and I facebooked my buddy Vinny Lingham to see if he wants to hang out.
We hadn’t spent time hanging out except for a couple quick coffee meetings over the last few months, and I thought it would be good to spend the day chilling.
Less [...]

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…well I don’t know what, but after watching the David Bullard videos via YouTube on Groogle, (UPDATE: or watch on David Bullard’s recently launched blog) I’ve got this gut feeling that it’s not just about David Bullard launching a blog….
it’s not just about a reaction from the blogosphere…
it’s not even the Sunday Times launching a [...]

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A few weeks ago, I briefly mentioned a new investment opportunity in the travel portal space in which I had taken an investment.
Justin Time have now announced the launch of their distress inventory business - 11th may according to the article on myBroadBand.co.za and 22nd May according to the Justin-Time website.
What is distress inventory? (from [...]

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