Forget networking and business card exchanges. Brisbane businesswomen are aiming for wealth, business success, personal fulfillment and contribution, says business leadership expert Mia Munro. She cites a global entrepreneur research study that found the number of female entrepreneurs increased from 48 percent to 71 percent in 2008. Her organisation, Entrepreneurial Women in Action (EW), is […]
The increase in demand for web-based applications such as social media tools provides an opportunity for niche IT suppliers to lend their expertise to creative agencies looking to realise new revenue from digital projects. Web-based applications like twitter and Facebook are now becoming a boardroom conversation as clients look to embrace social media and integrate […]
Results from Australia’s first trial of contactless mobile phone payments show a strong appetite for the technology and give Telstra, National Australia Bank and Visa the impetus to continue to work towards commercialisation of the technology. The three-month trial at Melbourne’s Docklands saw consumers download the NAB Visa credit card software application to their Telstra […]
With thousands of businesses expected to collapse this year and thousands more under pressure, is life:work balance possible for business owners? Most research on life:work balance focuses on employees—but what about business owners? This question is at the heart of the New Norma.com study of women entrepreneurs and business owners, launched this week. The two […]
The issue of paid maternity leave (or lack thereof) has been back in the news this week and I have to say, as a woman without kids, I have only just looked into what all the fuss is about. Surely a civilised, developed country like Australia has adequate paid maternity leave provisions? (I should remind […]
I’m in a bit of a dilemma. I have just returned from the latest Business Chicks breakfast at the Westin in Sydney. Business Chicks is an Australia-wide organisation for women in business and a very successful one at that. As one of few female editors of a business magazine, I have always had a fundamental […]
Well, after my first blog I feared I would be disowned by the entire PR industry. I sat back and prepared myself for the backlash but what happened? The opposite! Phonecall after phonecall and email after email inviting me for coffee, lunch, and even beer (for future reference, I prefer wine). From the most senior […]
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All I want for 2009 is for PR people not to call me every time they send a press release to see if I received it. I mean, if I didn’t, it would have bounced back, right? If I was interested, I would have replied, and if I wasn’t, well, that’s why I didn’t get […]
A website that lets women recommend female-friendly businesses to other women is taking off in Australia with plans to go global. www.femalefriendly.com.au is a free to use, word-of-mouth directory, introduced to assist women to find businesses who will value their customers. All of its listed members are used and recommended by women. It also provides […]
