This week we launched the first of our Live Q&A sessions and named it “Virtual Business Shower” You’ve heard of Baby Showers and Wedding Showers …. well this is a Business Shower and this one was Virtual. We’ll get to the live Business Showers one day … meanwhile here is the recording for the one […]
READ MOREIs YOUR competition driving YOU crazy?
Years ago when I first started working in the coffee industry I remember asking the owner of the business “What do you think about Starbucks coming to Australia?” For many people reading this it may be difficult to imagine the real threat Starbucks was pre-2000. Cafe owners across Sydney were very apprehensive about the arrival […]
READ MOREHow To Manage Business Money with Ingrid Thompson on Thriving Launch Podcast
Thank you to Luis Congdon and Kamala Chambers from Thriving Launch Podcast for the following: You can listen to the episode right here: When starting a new business, there are lots of things you have to consider and learning how to manage business money tops the list. In this episode, we are here with Ingrid […]
READ MOREWhat 300 mums taught me about influencers!
Have you ever attended a seminar or a conference and in the first hour you feel like you’ve already learned enough to make the whole day worthwhile? That was me last week. Despite the pouring rain here in Sydney last Monday more than 300 mums, many bringing with them their young babies and toddlers, made […]
READ MOREKeep on top of your business expenses!
Do you have a separate business bank account and/ or credit card? Some way of keeping all the expenses for your business separate from your personal expenses? I highly recommend this as standard practice. Let me tell you about Brenda. I met Brenda a few years ago when she and her husband came to me […]
READ MORE#LayerUpYourLogin – World Password Day
How many passwords do you have? Maybe you have 20? Or maybe you just have 3 passwords? … or do you have the same one password for everything!! If I had my way everything would be eye ball (retina) and finger print identification – for everything! My house, my car, my bank account, my phone … […]
READ MOREYou’re an accountant; you don’t belong in the training and development department
A while ago LinkedIn had a #ThankYouMentor campaign and this is what I wrote…. I love numbers. When I was at high school I thought I might be a Maths teacher. We had great maths teachers at my high school and one of my friends and I were often far ahead of the curriculum so we […]
READ MORESome Truths About MONEY $$$
Suncorp recently produced a report on the state of business as being experienced by SMEs in Australia right now and quite frankly some of the statistics are pretty scary. It states that 25% of businesses in Australia have not paid the business owner any money at all during the past 12 months. That’s staggering. There’s […]
READ MORECome on in and sit down………..
“We don’t just learn by doing, we also learn by reflecting on what we’ve done.” How true. This blog, I’d like to talk briefly about ‘taking stock’. July is the start of a new financial year and I really feel it’s important to schedule one of your most important meetings. No, not with your accountant. […]
READ MORE‘Just One Focus’ – and why it is SO important for your business.
Has this ever happened to you? You get the same message about 3 or 4 times from completely different people? One person says it and then you are reading an article and there is that same message, and then someone sends you a Ted Talk and there it is again, and then your mother tells […]
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