Funding & Finance
News, opinions and advice on capital raising and finance strategy.
How to improve the value of your business
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As a business owner contemplating an exit, you need to be strategic but opportunistic.
While your levers of long–term business value are your people,...
Show me the money
Unless you have deep pockets, your new venture is not going to get very far without a capital injection. Of course, different investment opportunities...
Have we upset you lately?
Why do people keep asking me to be reasonable?
It was George Bernard Shaw who gave us the maxim, ‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’
As you know, we like to question common assumptions at Anthill, fight conventional wisdom, rally together to combat commercial stupidity.
What I have learnt (the hard way): Christopher Witt
Chicago-bred Christopher Witt spends plenty of time on faculty at the University of New South Wales, but he's quick to point out that he's no academic. Having spent his early career at big corporations such as AT&T, Telstra and Motorola, Witt is now doing his bit to help bridge the commercialisation gap as Director of the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Australian School of Business. He also puts his wisdom to good use at his investment practice, The Kalori Group.
Commercial Ready 'Flash' protest gathers steam
Thanks to everyone who emailed, posted comments on this blog and volunteered to participate in Anthill's imminent 'flash' protest against the federal government's axing...
Commercial Ready ‘Flash’ protest gathers steam
Thanks to everyone who emailed, posted comments on this blog and volunteered to participate in Anthill's imminent 'flash' protest against the federal government's axing...
Adrian Giles, co-founder, Hitwise
Spotting a niche for web traffic measurement, Adrian Giles co-founded Hitwise in 1997 and took it from a $5k start-up to $250 million trade...
Commercial Ready scrapped. Time for a ‘flash’ protest?
Have you ever heard of a 'flash protest'? It's similar to a 'flash mob,' where a group engages in seemingly spontaneous but actually synchronised...
Commercial Ready scrapped. Time for a 'flash' protest?
Have you ever heard of a 'flash protest'? It's similar to a 'flash mob,' where a group engages in seemingly spontaneous but actually synchronised...
Are you grant ready? Grant Writing
Grant Writing
Grant writing is a specialist art. Writing from the heart or what you think an assessor wants to hear is not usually the...
Systems = Sanity
A major challenge for any business owner is how to get others to help run the business, so that it doesn’t completely take over...
The art of simplicity
If the simplest ideas are often the best, it stands to reason that simplicity is the essence of successful business. Growing companies are confronted with complexity every day. We asked three busy professionals to weigh in on the art of simplicity.
DMG acquires 20% of Hippo.com.au
The rise and rise of 24-year-old Melbourne-based entrepreneur James Masini continues unabated.
The founder of youth-focussed jobs website Hippo.com.au informed Anthill yesterday afternoon that DMG,...
How to get IPO ready
Listing on the stock exchange is a complex and expensive process, often consuming up to 10 percent of the funds raised, so it’s important to get it right.
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...
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...
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...
How the money flies by
When will large corporations understand that stinging customers for every cent through gotcha technicalities is commercial idiocy? Ray Beatty wants to know. Now.
Last week...
Make borrowing go the extra stretch
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GUIDELINES TO SQUEEZE YOUR FINANCE COSTS
While equity, loans from shareholders, bank overdrafts and bank loans are the staple for day to-day company...
Bankruptcy: The B Word
If there is one word that scares entrepreneurs and businesspeople alike, it's the "B" word - bankruptcy.
For the individual concerned, it means the loss...