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The ‘Frank Sinatra’ Test

When you run your own business, some days are sooooo much better than others. Most of us business owners seem to spend such an inordinate...

Magazine 2.0 Experiment: the cover

The most important thing to get right when producing a consumer magazine is also the hardest. I'm talking about the cover. Aside from pleasing subscribers, the...

Would you like to be Editor, Journalist, Photographer (whatever) of Anthill Magazine?

Not so long ago, we trialled an experiment in 'new economy' journalism that we dubbed Magazine 2.0. We asked you, our readers, to share your...

Magazine 2.0 Experiment (the beginning)

Here's our audacious goal... Over coming weeks, we intend to produce the world's first entirely reader-generated business magazine. We'll be asking you, our readers, to suggest...

Look who’s entered our Cool Company Awards

If you missed out on nominating your own organisation (or another 'cool' company) for Anthill's 3rd Annual Cool Company Awards, don't slap your forehead...

Look who's entered our Cool Company Awards

If you missed out on nominating your own organisation (or another 'cool' company) for Anthill's 3rd Annual Cool Company Awards, don't slap your forehead...

The Man Who ‘Souled’ the World

We have fifty 'R' rated DVDs to give away. But it's not what you think. ;-) 'The Man Who Souled the World' is an award-winning documentary...

The Man Who 'Souled' the World

We have fifty 'R' rated DVDs to give away. But it's not what you think. ;-) 'The Man Who Souled the World' is an award-winning documentary...

Too many ‘Qs’, not enough ‘007s’

I was part of an 'intimate' and 'confidential' dinner with Innovation Minister Kim Carr last Wednesday night. The topic was innovation (of course). And it...

Too many 'Qs', not enough '007s'

I was part of an 'intimate' and 'confidential' dinner with Innovation Minister Kim Carr last Wednesday night. The topic was innovation (of course). And it...

Is Google making us stoopid?

To celebrate the Atlantic's current issue with the thought provoking cover story, "Is Google Making Us Stoopid?", the publishers of Australian current affairs periodical The Monthly are sending their friends from across the pond an online gift subscription. This 'gift' includes access to the Monthly archive and Gideon Haigh's award-winning essay published in February 2006, "How Google is Making Us Stupid." Yes, it’s another fracas between magazine publishers.

30under30 – The finalists (YOUNG INNOVATORS)

YOUNG INNOVATORS Who says being different is a bad thing? These young innovators may not have made it into the Top 30 but their ingenuity...

30under30 – The finalists (BEHOLD, THE NEW ECONOMY)

BEHOLD, THE NEW ECONOMY! The internet has changed the face of business. For a start, the face of business is much younger. In fact, we...

30under30 – The finalists (part 5)

ENTREPRENEURS OF THE LAND Not every person who works in agriculture considers herself an entrepreneur. But some of Australia’s most inventive business people have come...

30under30 – The finalists (GLORIOUS GLORY HOUNDS)

GLORIOUS GLORY HOUNDS Among the seemingly endless pile of submissions that flowed into Anthill HQ were a select few ‘attention-grabbers’. While these may not have...

30under30 – The finalists (TEENAGE FANCLUB)

TEENAGE FANCLUB Remember the hormonal turmoil, the highs, the lows, the journey to self-discovery? No, I’m not talking about the entrepreneurial process. I’m talking about...

30under30 – The finalists (Thumbs Up)

THUMBS UP! Some ‘young guns’ did not qualify for the Top 30 but they did grab our attention nonetheless, due to their future potential. These...

Dick Pratt and other dumb decisions

We all make mistakes. In business, we often have to put our neck out to get a result. And things don't always go to plan. That's...

Anthill Activism Part #4: Tanner gets a ringing over budget cuts

I think that the next step in this fun form of activism should be for Anthill to send the nice receptionist in Minister Tanner's...

Anthill Activism Part #3: Commercial Ready scrapped

It's time to take action. First, a round up... Update#1: Wayne Fitzsimmons (Anthill reader and director of Melbourne-based M-Group, which invests in IT start-ups) has...
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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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