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Small businesses are big business in Australia, with the vast majority of all companies coming into this category. While they may not have the resources and manpower of larger organisations when optimising efficiency, their small size and all-hands-on-deck ability means that they have the competitive advantage when comes to their most important asset: human capital. Tony Wilson explains.

For any sporting organisation to thrive in recent times, they have to have taken risks and driven a fan-first culture.

Yes, it's happened again. Facebook had an outage. So did Instagram and Tinder. Apparently. There are rumours of a DDOS attack being the cause, but it's...

The idea of permanently leaving the big end of town to work for a startup came to me when I was in India.

A unique merger between safety, comfort and design brilliance, the 100 per cent Australian designed and owned VOZZ Helmet was recently launched

New research, commissioned by money expert and author of ‘The Breakfast Club for 40-Somethings’ Vanessa Stoykov, reveals that only 43% of Australians are honest when they talk to their loved ones about their spending habits.

The world is getting much smaller, which is a particularly good thing for Australia, writes Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt.

Surely the commercialisation of our world-class R&D is in the public interest. So why do we circle warily around the intellectual property that is...

With emails filling our inboxes every day, why not try the traditional business letter to attract the attention of your reader? One of the most...

The Money Tree KA-CHING! What's that sound, you may ask? Well, it's the sound of money starting to flow. The 2008 Federal Budget demonstrated a...

PreneurCast is a business podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...

PreneurCast is a marketing + business podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet...

We all know that small business is important to the overall economy of Australia, and a new figures show that the sector has seen remarkable growth in the two years since the height of the global financial crisis. According to the Minister for Small Business Brendan O’Connor, as well as the recent Australian Small Business: Key Statistics and Analysis report, 260,000 new small biz jobs have been generated over the past couple of years, nationwide.

In the application for this august competition, people are asked to dream up an award category. Jack Delosa suggested "30under30 Veteran." Sold. Nice to see you again, Jack.

Australia plans to invest over $13 billion in clean energy projects. It also has launched a $200 million Renewable Energy Venture Capital Fund in order to tap private sector initiatives. Investors are keen to support new, clean energy technologies.

Design crowdsourcing platform DesignCrowd recently announced that it has closed a new $6 million Series B capital raising. The round has been led by new...

Marketing podcast, PreneurCast, is for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business,...

Throughout my time in sales, I have come across a lot of salespeople who are absolutely great at building rapport, and getting the client to the point of wanting to buy — but for some reason they feel uncomfortable about closing the sale. It might sound silly, but I guarantee you there are salespeople out there with what I call Sales Phobia. Are you afflicted?

Who should we blame when we find out that we’ve missed the boat on hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed government R&D funding? Ourselves? The Government? Or our Accountant? In other words, who has the responsibility and duty of care to ensure we make our R&D tax claim at tax time?

Wake up, gents. 'Lift and separate' is no longer just for the ladies. Sydney-based business, aussieBum, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of men's underwear, swimwear...