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When I started working at Google in 2006 the internet was just beginning to have a significant impact on businesses and industries. Working with many of Australia’s prominent retailers over the next 5 years I witnessed the shift in consumer behaviour and how businesses responded.  While I watched many new online retailers capitalise on the opportunity and achieve rapid growth ...

For all my advocacy of digital communications and social strategy, sometimes you just can’t beat events and public speaking to attract a new client or to develop awareness of your business and your brand. While social technologies have made it easier to find people with similar interests and experiences, there is in real life meetings, an opportunity to share so ...

Working capital management tips that will help you build a business worth $3m+   Mike Boorn Plener, Business Connector with Dinesh Bhatia, CFO Advisory, Perth Working capital management is critical in any business. The goal of working capital management is to ensure that the business is able to continue its operations and has sufficient cash flow to satisfy both operational ...

Depending on what your business does, vastly different skill sets are required for success, but a couple of skills are always required to create a great outcome: Sales: Unless you’re selling online only you need sales. And even if you’re an online business, who will look after joint ventures, partner relations, etc? That’s still a sales function. Marketing: Marketing makes ...

Nine key factors that grow business worth to $3m+ Many businesses set out to grow to become a big businesses. The reality is that most businesses grow and enjoy a reasonable level of success due to the technical expertise of the founder(s). However, over a period of time they find it hard to maintain that level of success year on ...

Just three days to go till we finally see the back of those endless health insurance advertisements on commercial television.  I can’t wait.  But that won’t be the limit of the End of Financial Year Bliss I’ll be experiencing thanks to the Business Connector networking evening on 17 June.  Thanks to David Harvie’s presentation on the night, I’ll be focusing ...

Most business owners find creating a valuable business elusive. Six proven growth strategies that will help you build a business worth $3m+ Contrary to a lot of talk out there most businesses enjoy a reasonable level of success. This is largely because the owner is good at what they do. However this only gets you to a certain point, usually ...

[This article was originally published on www.meteorical.com] For some people networking seems to come very easily. They enter a room and start talking to people and walk out with a bunch of useful embryonic relationships. Why? Over a period of time they have learnt how to network and they improve their performance each time they go to any event – ...

I’m sure you’ve heard of the 4 P’s of Marketing: Price, Promotion, Place, Product.  And you may have heard of the 7 P’s: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. So if the 5th P isn’t Piss, what is it? On the 13th March I attended the Growth Facility’s National Business Summit in Sydney. They had some good speakers who brought ...

Author: Mick Liubinskas (Mike’s note: I spotted this on Mick’s web site – http://www.liubinskas.com/2014/05/startups-say-no/) and felt it was so good we should ‘re-print’ it here) “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything.” [Warren Buffett] More startups die from doing too much than from lack of opportunity. Think about this ...