Colin Timmis Says 'Position Yourself For Success By Starting With The Numbers'People pay first who they feel pressure from, so people will pay you when they feel pressure from you.

ByDaniel Newman

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Entrepreneur Colin Timmis founded South Africa's first cloud accounting practice in 2011,Real Time Accounting. Then, a few years after being appointed as South Africa's first Xero partner Colin became Xero Country Manager South Africa. Xero is the emerging global leader of online accounting software that connects small businesses to their advisors and other services.

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Daniel Newman

CEO of Druff Interactive, Creator of CEOwise

Daniel Newman interviews leading entrepreneurs and finds out what the secret to their success is on his platformCEOwise. After running his design agencyDruff Interactivefor over 15 years he realised he should have been in a different place with his business after so many years. Determined to become a better entrepreneur Daniel is on a mission to learn from the best in the business. CEOwise documents his journey of learning.

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