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This week’s Secret Soloist is answered by Jason Rose:   If you read any book on starting your own business, the key message is to plan, p…

I was participating in one of my favourite past-times recently – browsing the magazine stand at my local newsagent. I know, I know. It’s…

As entrepreneurs, we spend a massive amount of time planning and thinking about our marketing.   We produce documents and spreadsheets and …

I have recently been playing the role of an accountant.   No, I haven’t been wearing a brown suit with elbow patches. I’ve been knee-de…

We’ve all read the story about the born entrepreneur.   They are the super successful who showed signs of their future business brillianc…

This is not something I want to write. But I feel I must.   I think that creativity – the desire to come up with new and novel solutions …

I’m currently sporting a pretty nasty gash over my right eye.   I was accidentally head-butted in the face during a jiu jitsu tournament …

I had lunch last week with a guy who had previously run a start-up.   He had a decent idea but it just couldn’t find a market and after a…

I attended a business lunch yesterday where Kim Williams, the head of News Limited in Australia, was the keynote speaker.   The speech w…

I’ve been working on a side project recently in the investment management area.   Probably the biggest topic in the industry at the mo…

I was disappointed to read recently that the Israeli electric car innovator Better Place has massively scaled back its operations and ambiti…

I was reading recently that Telstra is setting up a specialist arm that will focus exclusively on developing new mobile apps.   The thin…