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The purple berry that could: entrepreneur behind acai

In Aussie health food circles, acai is as mainstream as bread or butter. More than 15,000 kilometres away, for families in the Amazon, acai berries are precisely how they make a crust. Dwayne Martens,...

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Shopping for shoes is a minefield

This week I’ve been rattled by two separate, but related, shopping experiences. On Monday morning whilst out for some morning exercise, the sole of my trusty sports shoe finally gave way. With the...

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Australian law firms ill-prepared for the future

A new Australia-wide study has revealed Australian law firms are ill prepared for the challenges of the future – more than a third admit their business models are not fit for the demands of the years...

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SMEs: Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2014

Victoria’s sustainable business innovators have two weeks until entries close for the Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2014. CEO of Sustainability Victoria, Stan Krpan, encouraged all Victorians who...

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Does going green make small businesses see red?

No! And here’s my give tips as to how small business can go green (from start-up). 1.  Don’t be fooled by ‘green’ marketing. Many companies play the ‘green’ card at the moment to attract customers like...

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Kiwi entrepreneur taking on the chemical internationals

It’s odd that business owners who are committed to environmental values and minimising their impact are often branded hippies, in a dismissive sort of way. But if using entirely plant-based ingredients...

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Doing business with Africa: Potential and challenge

The other day I was chatting with one of my clients who just got back from Central Africa and he said to me: “I was just passing through Customs when the bloke in front of me was stopped because of his...

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Make sustainability count for your small business

With big businesses embracing sustainability as a fundamental business strategy, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are left to wonder if and how sustainability fits into their business model. Limited...

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How to reinvigorate your business in 2014-15

One of the keys to shake-up your business in the new financial year is to keep your records up to date. Doing this increases your business’ value, provides easier access to finance and allows a better...

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SMEs battered by energy prices

Small businesses in NSW are paying the highest electricity bills in Australia when compared with other states, despite operators spending more time searching for the best possible deal. A survey of 520...

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Repair cafés lead change to throwaway culture

We live in an age where it’s not common to repair things when they break. Thanks to mass production and offshore cheap manufacturing, it’s seemingly easier, quicker, and cheaper to just replace the...

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‘Doing the right thing’ – fringe to mainstream

Just 18 months separate my brother and me. He is a mathematician, and sees the world through a lens of unwavering logic. In fact, his co-workers have even nicknamed him ‘Rational Ricky’ – an...

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Social enterprise making a splash

Money may not grow on trees, but water certainly falls from the sky. Go back not all that long ago, and the concept of paying $3+ for a small plastic bottle of water would have prompted gasps at the...

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Disfigured food wastage staggeringly high

The figures are startling: some $10 billion of fresh Australian produce ends up in the bin because it is ‘too ugly’ to sell. Worldwide, the statistics are even more unfathomable: one third of all food...

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Tackling food wastage from the root

The NSW Government has awarded a grant to the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) in order to make food sustainability part of the curriculum for those entering the food industry. The...

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SMBs wasting $608 million per year on paper

A new survey has shown that despite the rise in the use of technology, with one out of three small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using connected tablets and four out of five using smartphones for...

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Citrix’s Small Business Bootcamp: The Golden Age for SMBs

Week 2 of Citrix’s Business Bootcamp will show you how to achieve significant business benefits by getting out of the office. Have you ever stopped to think what it was like being an SMB just a decade...

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Excess inventory? Take stock and strategise

When business inventory reaches the end of its product lifecycle or there’s no longer a demand for it, you need to find a way to get rid of it. Seems easy enough but companies that haven’t planned...

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Australian small businesses must innovate to win

Innovation: it’s a buzzword commonly heard in the realm of business, and for good reason. Entrepreneurs are encouraged by their mentors to innovate; the word appears in slogans and taglines across the...

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Federal Election is no Easter treat for Australia’s small business community

Australia’s small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are bracing for a double whammy of disruption from the back-to-back Easter/Anzac Day public holidays coupled with a Federal election. 59% of SMEs say...

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