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Dissecting the numbers on labour prices and inflation
RMIT economist Jonathan Boymal talks about the low wage price increases and cost of living increases.
WANTED: Entrepreneurs for Channel 9 game show
Channel nine contacted Anthill’s Pitch Club partner in crime, Peter Christo, this week about a television program scheduled for November called The National IQ Test, hosted by Eddie McGuire. One of the teams will be ‘entrepreneurs’. Want to hang with Eddie and give entrepreneurs a good name?
Why create a program to support over 50s entrepreneurs? Isn’t that ageist?
Many baby-boomers might be nearing retirement but most are far from retired. Many members of this very driven (and notoriously outspoken) generation are embracing the freedom of an empty nest, turning their backs on once stable corporate careers and employing wisdom earned to serve their own ends.
Are you wasting your money on online marketing — on websites and campaigns that don’t deliver?
Does online marketing get you confused? Are you properly exploiting social media? Do you understand search engine optimisation? Is your website delivering you enough business? If you answered Yes to any of these questions, it might be time to get some help.
Is Corridor Combat affecting your workplace?
Corridor combat: when two people who are not getting on well at work – pass each other in the corridor – each smiles at the other while muttering silently “F… you”.
Does the iPad have what it takes to save the newspaper industry? Not yet.
Does the iPad have what it takes to save the newspaper industry? That’s what Matthew da Silva asked a number of leading experts in the fields of digital media and mobile technology. As he reports, expert opinion is so far mixed – but one thing is certain: it’s up to news companies to capitalise on innovation by understanding their readers’ rapidly evolving lifestyles.
What will government limbo do to small business’ already shaky confidence?
Confidence in the federal government’s polices hit its lowest point since August 2008 in the latest Sensis Business Index quarterly survey. What will the hung Parliament resulting from the election do to that already shaky confidence? The mind boggles.
Why the bad news on unemployment isn’t so bad after all
In this podcast, economist Sinclair Davidson looks at the latest unemployment figures. He says the rise to 5.3% is not as bad as it seems because it shows the job market is picking up with more people looking for work.
Snazzy Napper: Anthill’s search for the world’s most brainless innovation continues
The product developers describe the innovation as “the snazzy way to sleep while you travel”. What they don’t explain is how this innovation hasn’t yet caused race riots in a country already irrationally fearful of similar headware and community centres. Could this be the most brainless innovation ever?
Melbourne company turns customers into audio testimonials
My Customer Testimonals interviews people chosen from a business’ clientele, and turns those interviews into audio clips and transcripts that the business can use for marketing and advertising.
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5over50 Awards (2010)
5over5 is an Anthill initiative that was launched to encourage and promote game-changing (and often life changing) behaviours, by recognising Australian entrepreneurs, who are over the age of 50 and have started a new business in the past five years.
More>>30under30 Awards (2010)
30under30 was launched in early 2008 to encourage and promote entrepreneurship among young Australians. 30under30 provides recognition to 30 entrepreneurs under the age of 30.
More>>Cool Company Awards (2010)
The inaugural Cool Company Awards were launched in February 2006 as a way for Anthill Magazine to publicly acknowledge and celebrate Australian organisations that are doing things differently to bring about positive change.
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