Given the growing severity of the floods across the south-east in particular, employers must be quick to consider plans for employee safety and their business recovery, according to Paula Maidens, Managing Director of Recruitment Coach, a people management coaching and consulting firm for small-medium businesses.
Many start-ups do not initially have the capital to spend on compliance requirements and complicated legal structures. But there are some essentials you can’t afford to ignore. Here is Dynamic Business’ Legal 101 guide for start-ups!
Ten Australian-led startups are among the Guidewire Group’s 2010 Innovate!100 list released this week. The list is the result of a year-long Innovate! program of pitch slam and workshop events designed to identify and promote young companies and the entrepreneurs who drive them from idea to sustainability.
Thirty seconds is not a lot of time to ‘pitch’ yourself, so it’s a great test of how good your elevator statement is. It’s also a timely reminder that you need to practice your networking, just like anything else you want to do well. Here are my tips for improving your networking…
We asked our expert blogger Adrian Raftery (aka Mr Taxman) for his top tips on strategies to implement before the end of this month to reduce your tax. Whether you’re a business owner or an employee, there’s something for everyone.
We asked our expert blogger Adrian Raftery (aka Mr Taxman) for his top tips on strategies to implement to reduce your tax. Whether you’re a business owner or an employee, there’s something for everyone.
There’s no special formula that will guarantee you success. It’s mostly a determined belief in your product that will see you through. However, my three tips for entrepreneurs are:
As a nation of innovators, we are very good at coming up with great business ideas. Transforming those ideas into a successful business – and raising funds to get that business off the ground – is where the challenge lies.
I always think viral marketing sounds a bit sinister, especially when you consider it involves computers, but really it can be an important tool for your business. Viral marketing is a marketing campaign that spreads like a virus, passed on from user to user because of its unique appeal and originality.
That same independent spirit that gets us started in business can also be a bit of a hindrance when reaching success. A little like asking for directions when you’re lost, asking for help when you are starting your business takes a change in mindset – but the effort will be worth it.
