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Networking: Schmooze or lose
BOOST YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESS WITH BUSINESS NETWORKING
“Oh my god, not another bloody networking event!” I hear you say. All of that schmoozing is enough...
Start-ups: Copy Cat
We’re taught from a very young age that copying lacks virtue and deserves some form of punishment. You could say it is viewed as...
Strategy: Managing the numbers
There is an old adage in management circles that “what gets measured gets managed.” For all its apparent simplicity, this maxim is actually very...
Marketing: New media marketing
With business spending more of its marketing budget on the internet, online marketing is becoming an important part of the marketing mix. In fact,...
Book reviews
50 GREAT E-BUSINESSES AND THE MINDS BEHIND THEM
By Emily Ross and Angus Holland
(Random House Australia)
As far as business marketplaces go, the internet is undoubtedly...
Hacks and trolls
You have to feel for print journalists. (OK, well let’s just say that you do.) They study hard, chisel their research and writing skills,...
Silent boom: Mining minds out west
You have a life decision to make. You could settle in a small town with well-tended lawns, BBQ suppers and life on a human...
Cane and able (to party!)
BI-GOODNESS is a bi-monthly column dedicated to the quirky, generally funny and often dangerously impractical inventions and business concepts that occasionally come our way....
Maccas goes down the drain
G’day Anthillians! Crafting a compelling advertising message is hard enough without the bleeding-heart regulators tut-tutting over your shoulder. But as Antagoniser extraordinaire Ray Beatty...
Tame the email beast – get control, get opened, get actioned
If you’re not careful, half your day can vanish down your inbox’s throat.
A survey of almost 600 professionals showed two thirds of them spent...
The Entrepreneur vs. Venture Capitalist
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, just one-tenth of one percent of business pitches secure venture capital investment. Yet despite the odds, many...
Jennifer Goddard – Memory maven
Jennifer Goddard may be dyslexic, but that doesn’t stop her reading 800 words a minute. Her personal success in using mental literacy techniques to...
Victorian Technology Profiles Aug/Sep 07
Climate control reptile style
In the race to find environmentally-friendly ways to cool and heat our homes, sometimes it pays to go back to basics....
DIARY OF A START-UP (TRICKY TIX)
DIARY OF A START-UP
www.TrickyTix.com.au
A little while back, a young Melbourne businessman by the name of Scott Handsaker contacted us with an intriguing offer....
Legal: Joint development
THE FINE PRINT
Joint development: covering all bases
Are you working with another company, consultant or research body to develop new or improved products or...
Employment: Are you a good employer?
With employment regulation shaping up as a defining issue in the upcoming federal election campaign, it’s worth looking at exactly what is required of...
Journalling: Work it out with a pencil
“The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer.” -- Thomas J. Watson, President of IBM...
Cashflow: Why profitable businesses go bust
If business is selling products or services and buying labour and parts at the right price, why do so many go bust?
Cash is often...
Talent: How to earn more money and perks – and love your job!
Have you ever worked hard at a sport, study, job or other activity, only to be told how “lucky” you are that you are...
