HAPPY entrepreneurial MOTHERS DAY to YOU…
Congratulations on another fabulous year! (If it hasn’t been so fabulous, then lets talk.) I love this time of year. Daughter and I have our tradition now where we sit down and mindmap our goals/dreams for the coming 12 months. Exhibit A (to the left) is last years offering. I can’t wait to dig into it and see what we “asked” for, and what we got! Then we do the same thing... [Read more of this post]
With Ecommerce being Hotter than Ever, be part of the (R)etail (R)evolution…
Exactly as predicted by e-gurus 15 years ago, e-commerce is hotter than ever. Whether in mature markets, where consumer spending is shifting online, or in growth markets where rapid urbanization and increasing (mobile) internet penetration are unlocking new shopping habits, shoppers are ‘e-commercing’ it up. Some obligatory stats: US e-commerce sales will grow 62% by 2016, to USD 327 billion... [Read more of this post]
‘Follow the Money’ Business Lessons from the Apollo Bay Music Festival…
The Apollo Bay Music Festival seems to reinvent itself every year, and this year was no exception. Whilst I could spend time discussing the pros and cons of such a move, the 2 key “Follow the Money” lessons revealed to me were far more pedestrian than that. To explain… 1. A talented, young, dread-locked, guitar-playing busker was doing his thing in the main street. He had captured... [Read more of this post]
The Unasked Question: How Do You Run a Company?
“Just ask someone today this simple question: ‘How do you run a company?’ Invariably, you’ll be met with a blank stare. Because nobody ever asks that question. Because no one expects that there’s an answer. Yet it may be the most important question we need to answer if we want to grow our businesses and fix our economy.” By Dick Cross for ChangeThis.com Read More →


