Tag: Business Growth

After watching his parents nearly lose their business in the recession Australia ‘had to have’ in the early 90s, Brett Birkill learned the keys to running a business.

Is business really stuck in the slow lane? Well, that all depends on who you talk to.

The prospect of expanding beyond a home or small office operation is something that quite often stirs at the heart of many small business owners.

Need to stop fighting fires and find time to think deeply? Here are four activities that can help even the busiest people make space in their schedule for big ideas.

Cashflow is essential to small business. But what do you do when the bank turns you down? Forget the bank – why not just lend yourself the money?

One of the challenges of running a business is to continue to grow and innovate once your business is established. Just maintaining your existing business can be all-consuming, and growth and innovation can go on the back burner.

As you develop an execution plan for your long-term growth strategy, you may have to disrupt the status quo.

Nearly every business is striving for growth and looking for the secret formula to help them achieve their objectives. However, the growth journey is often not a smooth one.

For most organisations that try to scale but fail, the bottleneck is usually the person at the top: the founder/owner or CEO.

It’s a dream come true (and a relief) when you start a business and it’s an instant success. When success comes quickly, fast-growing businesses end up juggling a lot at the same time: a flood of new business, growth in staff numbers, compliance matters and much more.