How to navigate the tech startup world as a woman founder with a non-technical background
Many non-technical woman founders express reluctance to ask too many questions of their (predominantly male) tech teams and engineers. Their reasoning is it can trigger their imposter syndrome.
Why ‘Bare Minimum Mondays’ will kill your career
If you hate Mondays or only want to put the "bare minimum" into the day, you are in the wrong career. If you are living for the weekend, and you are counting down the days, you are in the wrong career
Culture eats growth for breakfast: Why startup leadership needs to pivot
Old leadership styles that prioritise profits ahead of culture are in freefall. The current war for talent means the best people want and demand the best workplaces that align clarity, values and purpose in their daily operations.
The AFR, a serial denier of profit-driven inflation, has raised its price by 25%
Those few people who duck into their newsagents and buy a copy of the AFR may have noticed the paper now costs $5, up from $4.50 in 2022, which had been increased after a long period of costing $4.
Federal budget 2023 is an opportunity to make SMEs cyber secure
As the 2023 federal budget time approaches, we’re calling on the federal government to make a change to enable easier access to key information relating to cybersecurity for small business owners.
A huge step forward for gender pay gap transparency in Australia
Australia has reached a landmark moment in the battle to close the gender pay gap by passing the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill in Senate.
Five key lessons young entrepreneurs need to know before starting a business
One of the most valuable lessons in business to learn is that there's no right or wrong in entrepreneurship,
How to do something about the 12 million days a year Aussie workplaces lose to poor mental health
Untreated mental health conditions cost Australian workplaces $10.9 billion per year — $4.7 billion in absenteeism, $6.1 billion in presenteeism and $146 million in compensation claims.
How to build customer loyalty in an inflationary economy
When it comes to tests of loyalty — it’s great products and great services that will hold up. This means listening to the needs and concerns of your customers, communicating openly, and being transparent about any changes or challenges your business may face.
Google’s advertising mistake cost it US$100 billion. Who’s to blame?
When an advertisement goes terribly wrong who’s to blame? That surely must have been the question at Google after the launch of its new AI tool Bard.
What a small tech company must not learn from big tech layoffs
The layoffs might seem to be running counter to these values, but they’re happening against an established track record. Smaller tech companies don’t have the luxury of a track record.
Why The Voice matters to Australia’s economic security and small businesses
What can ‘The Voice’ do for the economic security of Indigenous people and their communities? There are inherent differences between Indigenous Australians and the rest of us and the disparity in Indigenous life outcomes remains a blight on all of us.