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Procrastination is the thief of time; Start your business now

In a matter of months e-magination Infosolutions will celebrate it’s 10th anniversary! Although, we actually registered the website domain in 2002 – making it 15 years old. This means that we toyed with the idea of starting a business for 5 years before actually making it official and registering the business. We can only imagine […]

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Prepare and import your Excel workbook for Power BI

As we have covered many times before, Microsoft Excel remains one of the most widely used business applications in the world. Which makes it even easier for businesses to adopt Microsoft Power BI – as it is also one of the most common ways to get data into Power BI – so no need to […]

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What Microsoft Power BI apps could mean for your business

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The traits I look out for when making a hire

When we first started out, we weren’t so picky when it came to new hires. Basically, if they said ‘Yes’, we graciously hired them. But it didn’t always work out quite like we hoped. Like every young business (at the time) we were desperate for growth, and would do anything to get there. We hadn’t […]

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10 costly business mistakes you are most likely making

Starting and running your own business is an extremely risky undertaking, and not to be entered into lightly. Although entrepreneurship is a thriving concept in South Africa with more and more business men and women taking the plunge and going out on their own, unfortunately a lot of mistakes are made. Here is a list […]

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Why it makes perfect sense to invest in your employees

  The success of your business depends heavily on being able to reliably and consistently provide a service or product that is of highest quality, and in order to do that you need a team that is dedicated to working toward producing exactly that. But how do you know if you have found the right […]

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How to make financial reporting and analysis more efficient and transparent

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The CFO’s constant struggle with outdated technology and complex environments

  CFOs in businesses of all types and sizes suffer similar challenges which hinder them from working optimally, which in turn holds the business back from moving forward. Most of these challenges stem from technology, either the incorrect use thereof, the patchy fixes over time, or the lack of maintenance. Sometimes, they simply don’t have […]

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Too much technology to manage? Excel can help with that.

  The human race has always looked to new technology to simplify our processes and to solve our problems, from as early as the invention of the wheel. Today we have so much choice that we have become a culture where ‘there’s an app for that’ resonates with every one of us.   However, we […]

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Automate your Operational Reporting and fix problems before they negatively affect your business

  We often put a focus on financial reporting when it comes to the automation of data, however if there is any one sector where a business can really save both money and time in a big way it is in Operations. Tons of data is sent to Operations departments every month, and often the […]