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When you start a business, chances are you are thinking that you can handle everything that comes your way on your own. After all, if you want it done right you have to do it yourself, right? Not so fast – keep in mind that you are not a master of all trades. There’s a…
With that being said, collaboration marketing is an alternative way for brands both large and small to achieve their business goals by looking for smart ways to drive growth. That means, working with each other—and the key to this is looking for business synergy by creating win-win scenarios.
Furthermore, the fact that around one quarter of business owners don’t know where to start with their planning process is damning. A simple framework can be built around the basic premise of “Now, Where, How”
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This FREE INFOGRAPHIC will teach you how to effectively work through these restrictions to maximize the benefits of your business usage of Instagram.
Most founders who have worked hard to build highly successful businesses struggle with handing over ‘their baby’ to a new CEO when looking to step away from the day-to-day running of the company. Take note though that it’s most… not all. There is a company whose succession plant has gone so smoothly that in the…
![Growing up global: Meet Owen Kerr, CEO of Pepperstone [VIDEO]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vision.jpg)
I recently chatted to Owen Kerr, who is CEO of Australian forex broker Pepperstone. Pepperstone is a hot business in a fast growing space. To do the business justice I’m going to quote from a profile piece in The Age earlier this year: “Owen Kerr and Joe Davenport conceived a new kind of brokerage designed…
![How to rediscover fast business methods: Meet Tim Reed, CEO at MYOB [VIDEO]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bigstock-Takeoff-Plane-In-Airport-At-Su-9114884.jpg)
I recently interviewed Tim Reed, CEO at MYOB. As we talk about in this interview, MYOB has been through quite a journey over the past five years. Some of the topics that Tim and I cover in this interview: • How MYOB flipped the organisational structure to move decision making as close to the customer…
The only way to scale successfully is for your business to not be completely dependent on you. If your business relies on you 24/7, if you’re micromanaging everything or worse if you’re not outsourcing the stuff you’re bad at, it will take you a lot longer to reach your business’ growth goals… if you’re lucky…
For many businesses and business owners, change can feel both exciting and challenging. For some, it feels downright daunting. However, what is universally true is that business growth without change is very difficult to achieve and, for many businesses the most effective form of growth and change is expansion into new markets or geographies. So,…
Blackbird Venctures, the Sydney based venture capital firm, has raised a $25 million tranche of cash to invest into early stage startups. If you’re an ambitious startup with eyes on the global market, then your business may be what Blackbird Ventures is seeking. What’s early stage? The facts are, you’re going to need more than…
![Three reasons why growing your business is like creating a snowflake [VIDEO]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Snowflake.jpg)
Your business, whether it’s big or small, starting up or decades old, is like a snowflake. Why? 1. It’s unique There is no other business out there that is exactly like yours. This uniqueness is why you business is successful or, why it’s not. It’s not enough to know that your business is unique, an…
The question is probably not “would you?” but “could you?” Of course, the average SME owner can never achieve these crazy valuations. Instead, most lose out when it comes time to sell. “Most business owners sell based on a traditional formula where the key factor is the profit. And in times like these profits are…
How often at work do you hear, “that won’t be easy”, “that won’t be simple”, “this will be really complicated and hard”, “not sure we can juggle all the priority work”? It’s often the first line of defence from the folks at work who are being loaded up with more to do. Really quite a…
Did you know that there are over 600 government grants and other types of assistance available to your business? Or, that much of the allocated funds are not utilised each and every year? As business owners there are so many things we need to stay on top of: The latest tax changes, the latest moves…
So, you’re running member based sales site that is selling some of the best known brands in the world. What do you think will be the biggest selling item ever? A Chloe handbag perhaps? You’ll never guess…
Innovation unlocks the doors to growth, as we know. The latest data coming back from business people confirms the role of innovation in succeeding. A significant proportion of business managers surveyed for the report said innovation was a strategic priority for business. They also identified the need for further support in developing talented staff, collaboration and a stronger venture capital sector.
There are obvious differences between the local Australian market and those overseas, although on the surface things may look similar. Even if there is no language barrier, Australians doing business overseas usually find that what works in Australia does not work anywhere else, particularly in the marketing space.
What’s a 22 year old bloke doing selling diamonds online? Well, with a gap spotted in the market and, a local distribution deal for one of the leading online jewellers in the world, he’s taking on traditional retailers that seem to be uninterested in online customers.
We all know that small business is important to the overall economy of Australia, and a new figures show that the sector has seen remarkable growth in the two years since the height of the global financial crisis. According to the Minister for Small Business Brendan O’Connor, as well as the recent Australian Small Business: Key Statistics and Analysis report, 260,000 new small biz jobs have been generated over the past couple of years, nationwide.
Now, other than immersion in the athleticism, is there anything else we can take from the recently concluded London 2012 Olympics? Well, there’s plenty! The lessons our athletes have provided, some by having it the hard way on the world stage, are fully applicable in the business world. Some of the athletes will show you the right moves and others; well, they will show you exactly what you should avoid.
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