Anthill Magazine

The next time you feel the urge to complain about your economy class seat, spare a thought for British Airways staff who may have...

Starting out in business can be one of the most trying times anyone can experience and even more so if you lack a supportive...

Asking for money is probably one of the least enjoyable jobs in business. If it isn't handled right, it can have a massive impact...

Conventional wisdom states that entrepreneurs are unmanageable and, thus, make poor employees. While it's true that salaried entrepreneurs can prove a handful, the most...

If so, you could soon suffer the fate of little Billy.

Shareholders around the world have seen extravagant expenditures of their wealth squandered by CEOs with their arm-waving and talmudic reading of balance-sheets and P&Ls, like the obsessive, pre-scientific study of entrails. Less than one CEO in a hundred could give an intelligent, educated account of what strategy it would take for their business to survive in the rapidly evolving environment of the next decade.

With increasing pressure from external regulatory bodies and savvy consumers looking to make smarter and more responsible purchasing decisions, it is more important now...

For all the sober analysis and prognostication being offered about the troubles facing the newspaper industry, often the most revealing truths surface through satire....

My dad once asked me: "How do you eat an elephant?" The answer: "One small piece at a time." This week, Anthill launched the first version...

Earlier today, I received a bunch of tweets, simply featuring the Twitter names of other users. For example... nanachtorontoRT @ixplora: RT @jenbishopsydney: Follow friday @marissatree...

Getting your advertising under the noses of new customers can be a difficult task - so how about getting it under their palms? ...

I'm one of few people still sympathetic to the recent laments of newspaper publishers. And why wouldn't I be, as a passionate supporter and proprietor...

I'm one of few people still sympathetic to the recent laments of newspaper publishers. And why wouldn't I be, as a passionate supporter and proprietor...

Every business owner knows the importance of running a profitable and lean team, but when was the last time you took the pulse of...

The current global financial crisis has been described as a “once in a lifetime recession”. However savvy business owners, entrepreneurs and investors recognise it as a once in a lifetime opportunity to make money.

Earlier this morning, we pinged out a sponsored message promoting a capital raising workshop. It reminded me of a 'rant' we published in the second...

What do your logo colours secretly say about your business?

What do your logo colours secretly say about your business?

Ben Kaufman, who also founded mophie and kluster, is back with a new variation on NameThis: quirky. The premise is this: entrepreneurs and creative people in general are bubbling with far more product ideas than they can possibly pursue. Consequently, these ideas end up dormant or exploited by someone else. Described by Kaulfman as a "social product development company", quirky invites users to submit their product ideas for US$99 each - this ensures that only the best ideas are lodged. The quirky community selects one product from the pool of submitted ideas every seven days. From there, the community (known as "influencers") weigh in by voting, rating and influencing other people's product ideas.

Do you like receiving marketing via text message? I don’t. When my BlackBerry rings like a bicycle bell, I get a warm feeling inside...