A good colleague of mine who Steve Torso (Wholesale Investors) recently wrote an excellent article about how to ‘pitch’ to investors – article reproduced below. If you ever watch a past episode of ‘Dragons’ Den’ TV show you’ll quickly see what investors are looking for, especially using this article as reference. By: Steve Torso Below […]
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This Business Tip Cost Me $500…
A year ago I paid $500 for a short meeting with a local multi-millionaire. I’d like to share with you the best advice I received: "Acknowledge your Weaknesses but focus on your Strengths." How does that translate to you and your business? Say for example you are great at sales and crap at paperwork. Focus […]
Help – I Need A Big Business Client Fast!
Do have a business that has other businesses as clients (i.e. B2B), such as an accounting or law firm, printing, computer, wholesale or sign business, etc? If you do you’ll know that your company deals with a mix of smaller and bigger clients. Most likely 20% of your clients are larger – and most often […]
Half Of New Businesses In WA Fail
48% of all WA businesses close within four years of starting up, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We are all familiar with seeing businesses close down, however the actual number is staggering. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that of the 36,122 WA (new) businesses that began in 2007-08, only 17,554 […]
What Richard Branson Thinks About The Late Steve Jobs (Apple)
I was very sorry to hear about the recent passing of Steve Jobs (Pixar, Apple). Showing my age and confessing to be an early techie – I followed the rise of Apple and Microsoft in the early 1980s and was familiar with the intial Apple computers. Then, over the past three decades I read many […]