entrepreneurs
Stop! Thief! How to protect your business ideas (plus, your patents, trademarks and copyrights)
Poor, poor entrepreneurs. No sooner have they had the Best. Idea. Ever, then they start fretting that someone’s going to thieve it. Other than never telling another living, breathing soul about your plans, there are several ways to protect your business model, invention or confidential information.
Five startup and investment lessons from Entrepreneurs’ Night Out Sydney
Recently, I attended Anthill’s Entrepreneurs’ Night Out event in Sydney. The event featured four panelists — Domenic Carosa, Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin, Ian Lyons and Katey Shaw — and a room of enthusiastic entrepreneurs. Here are five lessons, in particular, that stood out.
Five common putdowns to aspiring entrepreneurs (and how to deflect them)
Seasoned entrepreneurs understand that they’re just a fact of life. For aspiring entrepreneurs, they might come as a shock. Some of them are well-meaning. Others are just plain mean. Of course, I’m talking about unsolicited put-downs. Here are five of the most common, and how to overcome them!
Business failures increase 23% in 2010, but entrepreneurs undeterred
A new report by analysts Dun & Bradstreet has found a 23% increase in business failure in 2010. The relative strength of the Australian economy was no match for rising costs and delayed payments, with many businesses folding despite Australia’s success weathering the global financial crisis, in comparison to other nations.
TEENtrepreneurs need to build business ideas that ignite their imagination
Although much can be learnt from failed companies, most teenage entrepreneurs are just starting out, and it can be demoralising to have your very first company fizzle. That is why it is very important that you try to start a business that intrigues you or is in a rapidly changing industry. Here, 18-year-old Aonghus Stevens offers some advice to fellow under-20 business builders and aspiring teenpreneurs.
Entrepreneurs: Stop and spare a thought for your oft-overlooked loved ones this Valentine’s Day
Most entrepreneurs, while surrounded with people, walk a lonely road.However, this Valentine’s Day, spare a thought for the wifes/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends of entrepreneurs, who oftenlive with even greater degrees of isolation and uncertainly than their partners.
Human dynamo Creel Price shares his secrets for starting and growing a business [VIDEO]
Inspiring, entrepreneurial dynamo Creel Price is in constant motion, whether it’s motivating fellow entrepreneurs, nurturing the next generation of capitalists or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. He sits down with Jack Delosa and talks about how to start a business and romance your clients.
RetailMeNot’s Guy King talks about the acquisition of his business for a reported US$90 million
RetailMeNot co-founder Guy King has much to be thankful for this holiday season. In early December, he and co-founder Bevan Clark sold the online coupon directory to WhaleShark Media for a reported US$90 million. The business was launched four years ago with only $30.00 in startup funding. Anthill’s James Tuckerman caught up with King in the studios of Media Saints shortly before the 2010 Christmas break.
Honourable Mentions from 5over50 2010
They narrowly missed out on a place in the Top 5 but are still hot in our books. Introducing Anthill’s 2010 5over50 Honourable Mentions.
Nick Byrne, 30under30, Intrapreneur of the Year
They don’t often feature in the 30under30 awards, but this young gun was impossible to ignore. Working within an existing organisation, he has exhibited the drive and vision required to expand the organisation’s reach and put his personal stamp on the world. Meet Nick Byrne, Anthill’s 30under30 Intrapreneur of the Year.
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