Growth & Export
News, opinions and advice for fast growth businesses with an eye on the horizon.
Which markets matter most to Australian exporters?
While our trade data is dominated by swings in the commodity cycle, some new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) tells us a little bit more about the Australian exporter community and how its members have been affected by the GFC.
Global Growth by Design Seminar, Melbourne – Part 4 [VIDEO]
On 25 February 2010, Anthill Magazine hosted "Global Growth by Design", a panel event in Melbourne discussing business strategies for going global. The stellar panel featured Matt Tett (Enex TestLab), Mark Saba (Connect Language Services), Gerry Mussett (Sprocket Design) and Jarmal Richard (jdrlegal) and was hosted by Anthill founder James Tuckerman.
Global Growth by Design Seminar, Melbourne – Part 3 [VIDEO]
On 25 February 2010, Anthill Magazine hosted "Global Growth by Design", a panel event in Melbourne discussing business strategies for going global. The stellar panel featured Matt Tett (Enex TestLab), Mark Saba (Connect Language Services), Gerry Mussett (Sprocket Design) and Jarmal Richard (jdrlegal) and was hosted by Anthill founder James Tuckerman.
Global Growth by Design Seminar, Melbourne – Part 2 [VIDEO]
On 25 February 2010, Anthill Magazine hosted "Global Growth by Design", a panel event in Melbourne discussing business strategies for going global. The stellar panel featured Matt Tett (Enex TestLab), Mark Saba (Connect Language Services), Gerry Mussett (Sprocket Design) and Jarmal Richard (jdrlegal) and was hosted by Anthill founder James Tuckerman.
Global Growth by Design Seminar, Melbourne – Part 1 [VIDEO]
On 25 February 2010, Anthill Magazine hosted "Global Growth by Design", a panel event in Melbourne discussing business strategies for going global.
The stellar panel featured...
Latest top markets for Aussie exporters revealed
This week the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) released research into the activity of Australia's exporters with a key finding being that, despite the global finaincial crisis, Australia's export industry is healthy and volumes have continued to grow.
From Rio to Freo: are we going nuts for Brazil?
From soccer to samba and Carnival to Copacabana, Brazil is seen as an exotic country of liberal excess and partying. However, beyond the beaches and the tourist hedonism, Brazil’s most promising leader to date, President Lula da Silva, has been powering on with economic reform and international strategic alliances that have seen the country emerge relatively unscathed from the GFC. Tim Harcourt reports what this means for the future and where trade with Australia may fit into Brazil’s promising economic outlook.
The hottest market opportunities in Japan for entrepreneurs located elsewhere (part 2)
In my previous letter I looked at two trends in Japan that may turn into “hot’ opportunities for those outside the country. Here are two more trends that will provide opportunities for an entrepreneurial soul.
The hottest market opportunities in Japan for entrepreneurs located elsewhere (part 1)
Which trends in Japan will turn into hot opportunities for entrepreneurs located outside the country? I gave this some thought while sliding down Japan’s best powder ski slopes as Australia was sweltering over summer. Here are the first two of four “hot” sectors at the top of my list.
Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920
If you have 49 minutes to spare and would like to brush up on your economic theory, this presentation by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, not only summarises the events leading up the the Great Depression of the 1920s but offers salient points that are equally applicable to our current economic climes.
Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920
If you have 49 minutes to spare and would like to brush up on your economic theory, this presentation by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, not only summarises the events leading up the the Great Depression of the 1920s but offers salient points that are equally applicable to our current economic climes.
Macquarie’s shadow: International investment is Australia’s Achilles Heel
Foreign investment and domestic jobs have been inextricably linked since Australia’s convict days. Austrade’s Chief Economist Tim Harcourt explains.
Determine your global readiness in 10 minutes
The Australian Federal Government's Export, Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) is offering businesses the opportunity to asses their readiness to launch into the global market with an online 'Benchmark your Business' test.
The real reason why Domenic Carosa’s Future Capital Development Fund has launched a pre-IPO...
This week, Domenic Carosa's Future Capital Development Fund (FCDFL), Australia's only internet-focused Pooled Development Fund, announced its plans to raise a new round of capital in the lead up to an IPO. It's current portfolio consists of approximately 15 companies, including MP3.com.au, which he bought back from Destra last year.
The real reason why Domenic Carosa's Future Capital Development Fund has launched a pre-IPO...
This week, Domenic Carosa's Future Capital Development Fund (FCDFL), Australia's only internet-focused Pooled Development Fund, announced its plans to raise a new round of capital in the lead up to an IPO. It's current portfolio consists of approximately 15 companies, including MP3.com.au, which he bought back from Destra last year.
There’s actually only one way to build a business
Business is best defined as: “Creating wealth through profitable transactions.” I came to this definition many years ago after winning a job as General Manager of a medium-sized company and later boasting to a friend that revenue had increased threefold under my guidance. “Great,” he said, “but what about profit?”
This was a great question.
Optimism grows in Oz business trading market
Online business trading site BizExchange recently published its 2009 fourth quarter findings Index for Australian Private Business Values.
Overall market sentiment surged for the second quarter running – in contrast to the lows experienced nine months previously – and has reached its highest levels since the Index survey began in 2006.
A conversation about entrepreneurship with expat Australian Terrie Lloyd (part 2)
A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune to sit down with Terrie Lloyd, a 51-year dual-national of Australia and New Zealand,...
Can Canada capitalise on its Olympics achievement?
As Sydney 2000 illustrated, the Olympic Games present a wonderful opportunity for the host country to channel the attending global attention into commercial momentum. But with the global economy on the slow road to recovery, will Canada be able to parlay the triumph of Vancouver's recently concluded Winter Olympics into sustained business success?
Global Growth by Design
Want to break into Europe? Doing business in China? Is the USA your next stop?
