In this digital age, there are matching sites for almost anything. Whether it be for dating or for finding employment, Google will fetch back a raft of options – all vying for our attention. But despite their best efforts to distinguish themselves, most of them have one fundamental element in common: their charging model. Users are […]
The buzz of open discussion, continuous foot traffic between gatherings, and routine brainstorming sessions becoming overrun with passion and excitement; that’s how life goes at an advertising agency in 1960s New York according to the popular TV series, Mad Men. And anyone familiar with this series will have noticed this: while productivity is in no […]
The work is out there to be done and the skills are out there to do it; but tradies are struggling to find jobs and businesses are struggling to find labour. Why? This is what one-time electrician, Steve Daw, calls the ‘trade hole’: “I’ve experienced first-hand the struggle to find reliable workers at the last […]
Ben Hutt, CEO of careers matching website, JobAdvisor, told Dynamic Business that “building an attractive company culture is one of the most important things for a business owner to do.” According to Ben, businesses, whether a start-up or multi-national, will be held back if they don’t “nail culture.” After online design platform and start-up, Canva, was […]
Cybercrime is increasing at epidemic proportions and impacting everyone from consumers to Small to Medium Businesses (SMB’s) and large corporations, however you may not be aware that SMBs are becoming the cybercriminal’s “sweet spot”. SMBs have a number of unique characteristics which make them an attractive target which includes having sufficiently valuable information to make […]
Research released by ecommerce platform, Selz has revealed that six out of ten working adults are either running a side business or thinking about it. Titled “The Side Business Phenomena,” the research surveyed working-age adults in the U.S., Australia and the UK and found that an average of 16 per cent were actively engaged in […]
With 10 years’ experience in import and wholesale distribution, Australian entrepreneur, Peter Byrne, thought he was onto a winner when his distribution business, Combined Group of Companies, bought the Trolley Bags concept from inventor, Paul Doyle. Designed to eliminate the need for the 3.76 billion plastic bags dumped in Australia’s landfill sites each year, the […]
For four European entrepreneurs, an invite to Australia experiencing the best of Sydney and its hospitality had them thinking – “where do we sign?” But it was Australia’s inhospitable and stale mobile market that saw them put pen to paper and set up shop ‘down under.’ Dynamic Business speaks to Christian Magel, a founder of […]
What does a military air traffic controller and an ecommerce guru have in common? Probably nothing – and that’s exactly why Nathan Hartnett gave up his post with the Royal Australian Air Force in 2007. Described by Nathan as “hours of boredom mingled with moments of terror,” his career as an air traffic controller wasn’t […]
You either have it or you don’t – entrepreneurial drive is either etched in our genes or instilled at an early age according to a host of research. For some, it’s a gene that refuses to stop them from trying and for others, its absence is what holds them back. Selling his homemade sandwiches at […]
