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Generating endless referrals

Generating referrals for your business is one of the easiest methods to increase your profit margins effectively. However, few business owners understand the real...

Inventing money

Entrepreneurship is about building finances conceptually. Entrepreneurs don’t buy something and wait for it to appreciate. They invent the future. Inventing has never been...

Five reasons to say no to new business

It may appear counter-intuitive, but learning why and when to say ‘No’ to a new client or new revenue is an important skill for...

Marketing on a shoestring budget

You don’t need a huge budget to run a successful marketing campaign. In my experience, you just need a little creativity and an understanding...

Lighter-than-air furniture

It's probably fair to assume that when Lionel Richie sang "Dancing on the ceiling", he was on an altogether different trip to William A. Calderwood of Peoria, Arizona, author of US patent 4888836 (1989) - "Lighter-than-air furniture".

What are Carbon Credits anyway?

The very best way to reduce your emission of carbon into the atmosphere is to make appropriate behavioural and structural changes so that you physically cease to emit so much carbon. Sounds obvious, hey? But the devil is in the detail.

Can a successful business be moral?

G’day Anthillians! Is it really possible to be a successful business person and a paragon of moral virtue? Resident Antagonist Ray Beatty looks back...

Ant Bytes — AA25

CREATIVE ESPRESSO By Stephen Sammartino Click to image enlarge ************* ANT BYTES Scouta hits the tube Richard Giles, CEO, Scouta Remember Scouta, the Perth-based intuitive...

Meet the angel investors

It has been noted, somewhat dryly, that to accurately gauge business angel investment dealflow one would have to frequent every café and backstreet bar...

In case of emergency

strong>It’s true that most business owners live and die by their own risk-and-reward equation. Craig Scutt explores why so many Australian entrepreneurs forget the...

Life savers

Most of us agree that technology is great. It feeds us information, speeds things along, connects people scattered around the globe and means we...

The Dumb Report 2007

The Dumb Report 2007 Making mistakes is all part of growing a business. It’s just a pity that not all mistakes are created equal. As...
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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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