A new national business names registration system will commence on 28 May 2012. (I have cut & paste this information from the Office of Fair Trading email I have recently received.) Currently, business names are registered in the state or territory where the business is located and each state and territory keeps its own register. The [...]
Dr Edward de Bono teaches a thinking tool, known as “Six Hats” ™ or “Thinking Hats” which can be used to assist you brainstorming. It is a constructive methodical and organised method of doing something that is quite abstract: thinking. Small business owners are used to wearing many hats, so I think this method of [...]
My fellow ACCA colleague Irene Ho has recently become president of the Brisbane chapter of the Australia-Singapore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The organisation is devoted to Australia-Singapore bi-lateral trade, and plans to run monthly networking events in Brisbane. Sounds like evenings of yummy Singapore food and great networking. You can find out more information [...]
Louise Stuart of iSewAcademy with her copy of Learn MYOB in 7 Days Update: sadly this product is no longer available. Have you ever dreamed of creating an iPad app that can be downloaded and used by thousands of people across the world? Brisbane mum Louise Stuart had that dream, and with [...]
I have recently started to receive WiseStamp http://www.wisestamp.com/ email signatures from colleagues. I think it is essential if you are in business to maintain contact details on your email at all time, both the original email, and the follow up emails. Wisestamp is a free app you can use in your email signature to promote the various sites [...]
Hello, I notice that since my book, Learn MYOB in 7 Days release I have had a dramatic increase in visitors to my websites however I have seen relatively minimal sign-up to my newsletter. I don't auto add people to my lists, they must choose to opt in themselves, I think this is important to [...]
I thought you might be interested in the exciting partnership ANZ recently launched with Innvoyz. The ANZ Innovyz START Program is designed to accelerate the growth of start up or initial growth stage businesses ( http://www.innovyzstart.com ) who have innovative, market changing technologies and need access to funding and expertise to grow rapidly. ANZ customers [...]
I recently had some billing issues with TELSTRA. They sorted it all out, but to cut a long story short, I paid a bill that was less than a normal month, which then messed up the cycle of paying my TELSTRA bills. When I received the last bill I thought it was larger than it [...]
Wow what a huge week. A huge week in politics, Angie’s leg attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars publicity and we sadly lost Davy Jones of the Monkees. When I was at school, I went to see Davy Jones and the Monkees, a timeless boy band creation. One thing that struck me about the Monkees, [...]
The other day, I was surprised to receive a call from Kris Crane a journalist at the Courier Mail. He was doing an article on “jobs that were not around 10 years ago” and asked if I was available for an interview. What I do, consulting remotely into small businesses certainly was not around 10 [...]
