In any M&A transaction there is an exchange of value, commonly known as ‘the price’. The seller is after a stellar premium and the buyer wishes to get a bargain. How does this work? The answer is: the seller and buyer can have common ground as they often look at the business differently.
After reading the first two parts of this series, your website should now be providing you with a torrent of enquiries and sales. Website traffic is up and the conversion of this traffic is working. However, can your internal processes manage and react quickly to this change? The key to building on your website success…
We all want free exposure and new clients at low cost. That’s nothing new. But just how do we get others talking about our business and spreading word-of-mouth on our behalf? Here are some basic principles using a combination of networking and marketing techniques that will help you see results within a three-month period. Stimulating…
Physics and business are more closely related than one would imagine. In fact, physics and start-ups have a ridiculously close relationship, which you should pay attention to. Some of the best lessons for any aspiring start-up can be taken from successful businesses. But in the very early days of your start-up, possibly the most value…
You should treat networking as an extension of your current marketing and business development efforts. Below are a few tips for making it as painless and productive as possible:
Richard Branson, Madonna, Tiger Woods … branding is not just for business. These celebrities know that personal branding is just as critical as the brand of a product or service. Whether you own a business or work for someone else, it’s important to promote the brand that is you. Personal branding is about the individual….
Yes, the combination of bugs, electricity and the Australian way has always brought pleasure and pain to the Christmas season. That’s why we have chosen to honour US patent 5107620, the electrified table-cloth as our Bi-Goodness this February, as we meander back to work, with fond memories of backyards, BBQs and buzzing flies.
Previously, I covered how cap and trade schemes provide economic incentives for businesses to gradually reduce their carbon emissions in a cost-optimal manner. I didn’t however, discuss the different kinds of carbon credit schemes or how they really serve to physically reduce atmospheric carbon levels. Carbon credits are simply a receipt for service; that service…
Walk through your local shopping centre and you will be accosted by countless near-naked ladies showing off their underwear or their fancy perfume from large, backlit metrolites. Open most magazines and a pair of frolicking naked oldies will confront you. On late night TV, seductive ladies will invite you to “call me now”….
COMPANY NAME: SwapAce.com FOUNDER: Joseph Renzi ORIGINS: Founded in 2004, with two years of R&D for patent protected IP. MARKET: Any individual or organisation who wants to buy, sell or swap something (or get something for free) is a potential customer. CAPITAL: Raised approximately $1m privately and through government grants – looking to raise $3m…
An entertaining experience will become a good story, just as surely as a colourful moment will evolve into a compelling anecdote. Successful people understand the power of words to seize attention and convey their messages. They realise that emotions sway reason whenever a complex decision is at hand. We spoke with three entrepreneurs who understand…
During 2007, it became apparent that climate change – and I am including clean energy and water as part of the mix – was the topic everyone wanted to talk about. It continually topped surveys as the public’s leading concern. It was raised at workshops during conferences on totally unrelated topics. And, of course, during…
It’s 8.45am. I sit at my desk, check my Facebook profile and laugh at my friends’ shenanigans over the weekend. I answer a poll “Do you know if Volkswagen runs diesel engine cars?” and join the group “People against Doilies” (I can’t believe there are others who think like me!). I poke a couple of…
There’s never been a better time to consider a career in politics. The change of Federal government following the 2007 election has resulted in over 600 new jobs, now available for newly elected MPs, ministers and staff. So what’s stopping you? Other than a silver tongue and a moral beyond most people, there’s no…
Small is still beautiful…. when it comes to exporting, that is. That’s the word from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which estimates that almost 90 percent of Australian exporters are either small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This confirms previous research by the Bureau, which showed SMEs to be the ‘engine room’ of the…
Coming up with a good idea for a product or service is hard. Getting it into market is harder still. But perhaps hardest of all is being able to replicate the first two tasks over and over again. Because once you have taken advantage of most of the sales opportunities in a market, you then…
When UCMS CEO Denise Pitt decided to list this national CRM provider in less than nine weeks, her advisers thought she was joking. One year later, with a market capitalisation of around $63 million and a share price that’s increased 15 percent since the IPO, it’s Pitt who is having the last laugh. By Darren…
“Of all the trade marks on all the brands in all the world, she had to copy mine.” – not spoken by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca In the cut-throat world of intellectual property protection, there’s only one thing you can rely on. Rights. Registered rights. Don’t take no short cuts. Don’t stick your neck…
“Of all the trade marks on all the brands in all the world, she had to copy mine.” – not spoken by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca In the cut-throat world of intellectual property protection, there’s only one thing you can rely on. Rights. Registered rights. Don’t take no short cuts. Don’t stick your neck…
AUDITING MADE EASY Auditing company procedures can be an onerous task, but when those procedures involve the health and safety of your employees and the environment, compliance is crucial. Melbourne-based company iComply offers a flexible auditing software solution to streamline the audit process, using mobile communications to collect data in the field in real…
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