Entrepreneur Magazine South Africa

Entrepreneur Magazine South Africa
Managing Editor Nadine Todd
Categories Business
Publisher Andrew Honey
Year founded 2006
Country South Africa
Website www.entrepreneurmag.co.za

Published by Entrepreneur Media SA (Pty) Ltd, Entrepreneur magazine is a premium South African business magazine. Launched in 2006, it is published under license from Entrepreneur Media Inc.[1] US, America’s top-selling business magazine.

Targeted at business owners and key decision makers, the monthly South African publication is a ‘how to’ handbook for building companies.

Each issue of the magazine delivers relevant, incisive, high-quality content that not only inspires entrepreneurs to achieve their own business success, but delivers a ‘call to action’ as well. Each issue balances inspiring local success stories that readers can learn valuable business lessons from, with reference guide-like articles that offer actionable steps entrepreneurs can implement immediately.

Entrepreneurs who have been featured in the magazine include Vusi Thembekwayo, Vinny Lingham, Gil Oved, Ran Neu-Ner and Adrian Gore.

Background

The magazine was launched in South Africa in April 2006 by local publisher and founder of Smart Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Andrew Honey. Andrew Honey is the CEO of ThinkSales Corporation and Entrepreneur Media SA which published Entrepreneur Magazine, the number one selling consumer business magazine in South Africa. He is of a select group of entrepreneurs globally who have sold a business plan and raised traditional capital to launch a company. Today he owns 25% of two companies.

ThinkSales Corporation, a leading revenue growth consultancy and training company has worked with over 600 leading South African companies since 2010 and has hosted over 3 000 delegates at the annual Sales Leadership Conventions.

Editorial content

The editorial mix features mainly medium length "how-to" articles which are divided into the following main categories:

  • Information on how to start or buy a business with examples from local South African entrepreneurs as they launch their businesses
  • Information on how to improve an existing business. This section includes content that focuses on a number of key disciplines including leadership and management, sales and marketing, financial management and technology
  • Information on self-development, motivation and personal finance.

Each issue also carries a number of business case studies and profiles on successful local and international entrepreneurs. Many of the articles carried are written by leading experts in South Africa and the world, notably:

Awards

Entrepreneur has won a number of top industry awards since its launch in 2006:

African Corporate Excellence Awards:

  • Business Magazine of the Year – South Africa, 2016

Tabbie Awards:

Tabbies winners are selected from a pool of over 500 international entries and are judged by the USA-based TABPI Association (Trade Association Business Publications International):

  • Editorial Award: Best Profile Article, Honorable Mention[6], 2016
  • Top 25 for Best Single Issue[7], 2015
  • Editorial Award: Placed in Top 5 for Best Profile Article[8], 2015
  • Top 25 for Best Single Issue[9], 2014
  • Editorial Award: Bronze Award placing third for Best Profile Article[10], 2014

Sunday Times – Top Brands:

  • Entrepreneur Magazine was ranked in the Top 5 in the Business Print Media Category, 2011

Admag Awards:

  • Gold Award for Publishing Excellence: Business Category, 2009
  • Silver Award for Publishing Excellence: Business Category, 2008
  • Gold Award for Publishing Excellence: Business Category, 2007

Pica Awards:

  • Best International Special Interest Magazine, 2009
  • Best International Special Interest Magazine, 2008
  • Best International Special Interest Magazine, 2007
  • Philip Tyler Trophy for Best New Launch (local and international), 2007

References

  1. ↑ Entrepreneur.com
  2. ↑ Greg Fisher's blog
  3. ↑ Brian Tracy International
  4. ↑ Rich Dad
  5. ↑ Guy Kawasaki Website
  6. ↑ "Great Businesses Are Built With No Cash". Tabbie Awards. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Issue 104, November 2014". Tabbie Awards. Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Issue 104, November 2014". Tabbie Awards. Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "2014 Tabbie Awards". Tabbie Awards. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  10. ↑ 2014 Best Profile for Entrepreneur Magazine. South Africa: Tabbie Awards. 2014. pp. http://www.tabpi.org/2014/fpab.pdf.


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