Like most Australians, I’ve spent the last few weeks in awe of the talent and determination of our elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Apparently exercise rates soar every four years — according to Del […]

Why do we hurt the ones we love? That age-old question never rings more true than when working with relatives. About 70% of Australian businesses are family affairs and employ half the private workforce, but the […]

I want you to get onto my cloud… and I promise it’ll rid your small business of all sorts of IT and communications bugs! Nerida Gill, creator of Admin Bandit, shows you how Cloud computing can take away the risk […]

For some strange reason, known only to my unconscious, the name Pinterest makes me think of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. The more I think it about it, though, the more this comparison makes sense — just like the c […]

You know what annoys me? Text book customer service. It comes across as fake, as if the person serving has been told to go through the motions or is being “nice” just to make me come back and buy more. Now tha […]

Small business so often comprises highs and lows. Sometimes I’m rushed with adrenaline and feel invincible, yet other times, well, I wonder why I bother. The hardest thing is that slow times, officially called “ […]

At four years old, Lizzie Randerson fondly remembers being “let loose” on the sewing machine for the first time while her mum sipped coffee with friends — “I just whipped up a little creation,” she laughs wi […]

If social networking is the new frontier of small business, then Facebook must surely be the wagon that gets us there. However, showing up and staking a claim isn’t enough; you’ve got to work that claim to une […]

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The recent passing of Steve Jobs, the inventor and entrepreneur behind Apple and Pixar, at the tender age of 56 reminds us not just how young computer technology, but also how much an i […]

I’m not normally a fan of reality TV, but Keeping Up with the Kardashians intrigues me — this family embodies the luxury Californian dream… A-list parties, private jets and shoes worth the average monthly mortg […]

The Gillard government’s recent carbon tax has tossed corporate social responsibility (CSR) under a glaring spotlight, forcing big business to be accountable for any environmental damage their industrial p […]

Andy Warhol changed overnight. One day he was just like any other 1950s man — white business shirt, high-waisted pants and too much Brylcreem in his hair — and the next he was dressed in a black leather jac […]

Do you have time to fail?
Twenty one percent of small business owners obviously do, claiming they don’t have time to write a business plan, yet one third of small businesses fail because they lack one, a […]

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain but death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend in 1789. If I may be so bold, I’d like to add an extra certainty to this list, one that, as one of the m […]

You’ve probably seen the Youtube video… schoolboy Ritchard Gale prances around Casey Heynes, punching his face while other kids cheer. After eight years of almost daily bullying (by many children), Casey snaps and […]

Cash flow troubles cause 80 percent of business failures, according to Dun & Bradstreet, and are behind a recent surge in crash and burns. The company’s latest research links a 25 percent increase in business f […]

Some people use meetings to feel busy or get their own way, while others dread the boredom and bickering. Whichever the case, meetings are often a huge waste of time … yet, for some strange reason, the more s […]

Santa has packed up his sleigh and credit cards are bulging at their limits, which means just one thing for small business owners … the quietest time of the year. Sure, trade may be at a trickle, but that’s no exc […]

Advertising as we know it isn’t that old, especially when one considers running your own business is so ancient the Greeks dedicated a god, Hermes, to it. In fact, given the first paid radio and TV ads aired in 1 […]

The average Australian spends about 18 hours a week online, yet according to Research International, 66% of small businesses don’t have a website. Now, being an accounting type, I know I bombard you with nu […]