“My business was created out of a necessity to survive after the death of my first husband five years ago,” says Meredith Marshall, owner of makeUwell. “As a widow at age 33 with three boys to bring up on... read more
Danny Mazevski and Annalisa Holmes have participated in the Australian Businesswomen’s Network’s MentorNet Program. For more information on mentoring, please click here. The Mentor: Danny Mazevski Company: Amco Public Accountants Why did you become a mentor? A... read more
For the past two decades many SMEs have been advised to adopt a ‘client-service’ model to build their business. On the surface, this sounds reasonable, but in reality, it might be sending those same SMEs broke. Today, probably more... read more
The other night Jay Leno ended his interview with Barack Obama by saying: “This has been one of the best nights of my life.” No doubt, being the first host to have a sitting president on your show was... read more
Community guidelines create the context for participation. Just like the corporate culture in good organisations does. Makes sense. #sxsw # Is your community fun like Govt or like a party at your house? What happens when ppl offend is... read more
This weekend’s Weekend Australian newspaper includes a story titled: Viability Aside, New Enterprise is Vital to a Strong Economy HerBusiness member Cathy Cousins and CEO Director Suzi Dafnis participated in this interview a number of weeks ago. In fact, Cathy referred the... read more
Like most businesswomen, I’m extremely busy. I need to make the most of my time and the more that I can achieve from my desk, the better. So when I was invited (by Flying Solo‘s Robert Gerrish) to be... read more
I started ‘tweeting’ regularly in October 2008. Since then it’s become a major distraction/addiction/pastime and strategic tool for business. When people ask: “What is Twitter?” I often reply by saying “it’s a micro-blogging platform that allows you to share... read more
I’ve been at the preeminent technology festival, South by South West for the last three days. As you’d expect, much of the content in presentations is about, or touches on social media. We’re using multiple hash-tags, showing twitter-roll on... read more
“On the eve of the 98th International Women’s Day, the outlook for women is radically different to what it was a century ago. Huge strides have been made in the area of equality, choice and freedom of speech and... read more
The broadband issue is not a new one to Australians. We still have business connections slower than home connections in most countries and the delivery of a solution still seems a way off. BRW magazine interviewed Suzi Dafnis about... read more
Here are ten reasons to be active on Facebook: Meet your peers Facebook is not just for college kids anymore. Members are typically older and more mature than on other sites, and there are more white collar users. Find... read more
