The household services sector will present the most promising business opportunities in the coming decades as time-poor, cashed-up Australia…
The household services sector will present the most promising business opportunities in the coming decades as time-poor, cashed-up Australia…
As the impact of online shopping is now being measured and picked over, as opposed to anecdotally discussed, it’s good to look at some resea…
Fundamental to the strategic value exit is the identification of those assets or processes that the seller has which can solve an urgent pro…
I recently met a great little business (let’s call it Rouge) that had spent the best part of the last three years negotiating an alliance …
I looked back at the SmartCompany website last week, and revisited some of the calls, predictions and future-focused observations I made in …
There are two major types of acquisitions: strategic and financial. The strategic buyer seeks out businesses which have underlying assets or…
Group buying giant Groupon has continued its overseas expansion efforts, with the company acquiring three competitors in India, Israel and S…
Simple is easy to say, hard to do, but gets profitable results. What can you simplify today? Most often in business we focus on what w…
This article first appeared July 1, 2010. Last week I was honoured to attend the 30th anniversary celebration of a great Australian company….
VoIP market leader Skype has purchased video conferencing start-up Qik for a reported $US100 million, with the company intending to add vide…
Business owners can substantially increase the value of their businesses if they can demonstrate that future levels of profit are higher tha…
Seed funding initiative Startmate has selected five start-ups to support in its inaugural program, including an iPhone app developer, a soft…
