20 Questions You Need to Ask Before Starting a Business – Part II

Your wages, your name and your marketing I’VE BEEN WRITING about some of the 20-or-so questions I always think you should ask before you start a business. Some of them we cover in our Small Business Management Courses, and others may require you to do a little...

Has the ATO been bankrolling your business?

There’s a lot to learn about people who pay their tax debts late The ATO announced the other day that they’re owed more than $35b in tax debts, mostly from businesses and individuals are late filing their returns or making payments. Even though big businesses...
Recruitment: Where Will You Find Your Next Employee?

Recruitment: Where Will You Find Your Next Employee?

Are Seek and CareerOne now less relevant? In a past Sydney meet-up, we were discussing recruitment and the ways business owners find and attract quality talent to their firms, which revealed an interesting shift away from the traditional methods of recruitment. When...

Current unemployment rate highest in Australia than peak of GFC

Is there security in being an employee? The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently announced that the unemployment rate had fallen to 6 percent; news that was probably met with a collective mopping of eyebrows and sighs of relief from the Abbott government which has...

What Makes a Great Work Café?

Is There a Formula? In a post I wrote recently, I mentioned that working from a café every now and then is great for your productivity, particularly if you’re the kind of person who finds working from home too distracting. The key, though, is finding the right café,...

Does The Government Even Care About Small Businesses?

Pay a Success-Based Tax If you’ve ever owned an investment property, you know about capital gains tax (CGT). It’s that nasty little tax you pay on any gain you make when you sell or dispose of capital. There are exceptions, of course. If the property is your primary...