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!
What 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 […]
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 You’re an accountant; you d...
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 […]
READ MORESeven reasons not to start your own business……
……and the flipside. I was working with a new client recently and after a few weeks he said to me “You know what Ingrid, I think I won’t actually start my own business.” I have to say I was actually a bit surprised because when he came to work with me he was super keen […]
READ MOREWhat’s a “Battler Pear” and who is “Guru Pear”
Last Saturday morning, I was listening to one of my favourite radio shows of the week and my ears pricked up at this story for 2 reasons; I love pears AND this is such a SMART idea: 80% of pears consumed in Australia come from the Goulburn Valley. Imagine! 80%! Two hailstorms have decimated this years’ pear crops […]
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