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Funding | Investment

Look past the gimmicks and exercise resource parsimony, strategy experts warns startups

Startups that fail to exercise resource parsimony or understand the job their customers want to get done will not survive against larger companies and risk falling afoul of investors, a prominent strategy expert has warned. In Sydney last month to participate in the World Business Forum (25 to 26 May), Rita McGrath, a professor at […]

James Harkness · 2 min
Locked

Twitter acquires Niche: Creatives could earn big

Twitter has acquired Niche, an ad network that aims to provide the creative community with opportunities to earn cash by connecting them with advertisers.

Guillermo Troncoso · 2 min
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Is saying no part of your strategy?

Strategy is a difficult thing for small business. We always believe that we have found the perfect niche in the market and that we will make the most of it. But sales don’t always come as quickly as you hope and you start to spread the service offering to get more customers through the door.

Emma Petroulas · 2 min
Advice

Top tips for finding your niche

Finding and building a niche – a special area of demand for a product or service – could prove to be both rewarding and profitable for your business. This tactic for growth can be especially useful if you work in a competitive industry.

Kristy Sheppard · 2 min
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Growth | Import | Export

Importing Goods & Services

Importing can give a business a unique niche at home, and can also be necessary to manufacturing products for export. Adeline Teoh looks at the crucial steps for setting up for import, and where you can find specific answers to particular questions. Importing can be a rewarding way to sell to the Australian market, but […]

Adeline Teoh · 2 min
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Entrepreneur

Mia Klitsas: Product packaging makes Moxie stand out

Creative product packaging may be all you need to stand out on the shelf. But coming up with a product package design that screams ‘Buy me!’ isn’t simple. Mia Klitsas tells us how innovative packaging made Moxie a success. In the retail world, the general rule is: create a product, then package it. But when […]

Cameron B · 2 min