You don’t have to be an aspiring young recruit to benefit from a mentor – we can all benefit from having someone to bounce ideas around, mak…

You don’t have to be an aspiring young recruit to benefit from a mentor – we can all benefit from having someone to bounce ideas around, mak…
Just had lunch with an entrepreneur who has been around the traps such a long time that he numbers the recessions he has been through. Anywa…
Will there be a recession that compares to, or is worse than, the Great Depression of 1930? Maybe there will not be 25% unemployment like …
One in three bosses place production efficiency ahead of safety or don’t care about work standards, according to a new survey commissioned b…
Dear Aunty B,
I have identified a niche in the takeaway food business market and am contemplating setting up my own small busi…
Few SmartCompany stories have prompted as much feedback as Friday’s Letter from a business owner to his employees. As we said last wee…
Dear Aunty B,
We have tried everything to keep our office kitchen clean. We have tried nice notes, nasty notes, threats, pleadi…
The pressure on business owners continues to build. The following letter is been emailed around among entrepreneur networks and has found it…
The release of the stimulus packages around the world are designed to refurbish jaded consumer confidence and kick start a surge of demand i…
Things are not as bad as they feel. Or so RBA Governor Glenn Stevens. For the business owners suffering, this news should be comf…
There is a very real reason why I call myself the chief experience officer (CEO) at RedBalloon. It is not because RedBalloon sells experi…
Dear Aunty B,
My problem is this. My competitors are aggressively discounting to boost their revenue from increasingly “discern…