I like to think of myself as a generous employer, but when employees leave after I’ve just paid to have their skills upgraded, it does mak…
I like to think of myself as a generous employer, but when employees leave after I’ve just paid to have their skills upgraded, it does mak…
Dear Aunty B,
I am on to my second venture, which is now three years old, and while it is going well, it’s a hard slog. I have more tha…
Hey Aunty B,
Well, I’m 12 months into a new business (my first true attempt, though I have worked for myself before, contract…
See the video of Tom O’Toole at Beechworth Bakery: Beechworth The back of the bakery that Tom O’Toole (right) took over in 1984 was so…
Like it or not, your present managers will be heavily involved in a successful sales process. By TOM McKASKILL. By Tom McKaskill Selling …
Costello has tinkered with personal tax rates, but has he failed to make the real reform business is crying out for? It’s great to see th…
Entrepreneurs, especially those who are after some capital, tell lies. Here are the top 10. Raising capital is tough. The success rate in…
Dear Aunty B
I am devastated. Watching Steve Bracks (Victorian Premier) resign this morning I felt so guilty! For the past 10 years I hav…
Paid maternity leave: who should pay? As an employer I try to offer flexibility. But regulators may have another, less inviting, option. …
Web 2.0 is shaping up as the internet’s Next Big Thing, but who are the entrepreneurs blazing the trail? We went looking. By MIKE PRESTON …
Aunty B,
You were very unhelpful the other day when I asked how to get venture capital.
I wrote: “I run a successful wholesale busines…
How lucky am I to be doing what I love?? I’m so happy I can laugh at whatever life throws up at me. Out of the mouths of babesThis morn…
