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,...
View ArticleShopping 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...
View ArticleAustralian 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...
View ArticleSMEs: 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...
View ArticleDoes 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...
View ArticleKiwi 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...
View ArticleDoing 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...
View ArticleMake 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleSMEs 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...
View ArticleRepair 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleSocial 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...
View ArticleDisfigured 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...
View ArticleTackling 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...
View ArticleSMBs 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...
View ArticleCitrix’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...
View ArticleExcess 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...
View ArticleAustralian 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...
View ArticleFederal 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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