When starting a business, capital is thin on the ground. It’s tempting to either cut corners or, on the other hand, to overspend to make a good impression on new customers. Before you get the credit card out, read these expert words of advice.
Dynamic Business editor Jen Bishop has been invited to sit down with NSW Small Business Minister Katrina Hodgkinson this week to discuss the future provision of small business services in the State.
Yesterday Dynamic Business broke the story that the NSW State Government is canning its small business mentoring programs as well as its popular small business events. This morning we received a statement from NSW Minister for Small Business the Hon Katrina Hodgkinson…
Dynamic Business has learned that NSW Trade & Investment has today confirmed it is cutting all of its small business event programs. These include Small Business September, MicroBiz Week, the Young Entrepreneurs program and, ironically on International Women’s Day, the Women in Business mentoring program.
We asked a variety of SME owners to tell us what they’ve learnt about their business this year and to share their resolutions for 2012. There’s some great food for thought for everyone here.
Changing market conditions mean small business owners need to be more adaptable, and a survey has found those that manage this are enjoying greater financial rewards.
Rick Mapperson blogs about tackling those big business decisions.
“Decisions involving money or long-term investments are always hard. For you that might mean increasing your business’ marketing budget, purchasing property, altering your budgeting or spending, agreeing to take out personal insurance, committing to an ongoing donation to a charity or taking on a new project.”
The Victorian Small Business Festival kicks off on 1 August, promising to celebrate the role of small business in the state with its month long program of dedicated small business events.
Rick Mapperson explores the danger rash decisions pose to your business.
“We need to understand our own emotions and how we operate so that we don’t make a decision that we will later regret.”
Australia’s number one online retailing group, CatchOfTheDay, which operates leading e-commerce sites CatchOfTheDay.com.au and Scoopon.com.au, has closed an investment for a minority stake in the company from New York-based Tiger Global Management and a group of leading Australian businessmen including James Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings…
