Regulations and Standards
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ASX lifting IPOs out of innovators’ reach
Rene Sugo | September 19, 2016Every few months another Australian city is branded ‘the next Silicon Valley’. The hype is usually short-lived, before another aspiring candidate steps up to stake its claim.
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How your business can tap the lucrative ASEAN region
Peter McKenna | August 1, 2016The Australia-ASEAN region is undergoing historic changes that impact businesses, especially SMEs, domestically and internationally.
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Australian mid-sized businesses leaving banks behind
Megan Boehm | July 19, 2016Businesses are ditching Australia’s big banks and turning to non-bank lenders for finance in droves.
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Northern Australia -– utopia or disaster zone?
Gulshan Singh | June 27, 2016Development of Northern Australia has implications for the entire nation -– bringing both potential benefits and also enormous risks.
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Why creating a diverse team really matters
Karen Gately | June 24, 2016Personal attributes irrelevant to a person’s capacity to deliver in a role should never play a part in determining the opportunities and benefits they receive, and yet all too often they do.
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Succession planning: beginning with the end in mind
Craig West | June 15, 2016Most entrepreneurs start their businesses with a vision of creating a product or service offering that others value – and making a profit from it.
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How jellyfish can stop meetings veering off course
Nina Sochon | May 27, 2016Have you ever been in a meeting when one of your colleagues began to drift off course?
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What now? How to cope with change in business
Christine Khor | May 2, 2016They say the only thing that is constant is change, and nothing changes more than our globalised economy. For managers, being on the forefront of change and accepting it with open arms can be the key element that separates the wheat from the chaff.
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Why business owners should care about process improvement
Lisa Brink | April 19, 2016As a business owner you may be thinking ‘why should I care about process improvement’ and for that matter, ‘why should I care about processes at all’? In truth, you may be leaving significant dollars on the table if you fail to adequately define, measure and improve your core business processes.
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Want to have a say on innovation in NSW?
Editor | March 31, 2016The NSW Government is seeking your input to further support the dynamic innovation eco-system in NSW.
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Making your net-work in 2016
Phil Caleno | March 31, 2016With 2016 well and truly underway, mid-sized businesses around the country have stopped strategising and started executing.
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Australia on the cusp of fintech greatness
Jost Stollmann | March 24, 2016AUSTRALIA could become the fintech hub of Asia within years if the Federal Government proceeds with its range of reforms announced by the Treasurer Scott Morrison.
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Looking beyond start-ups to scale-ups
Tony Surtees | March 13, 2016There is great excitement across Australia about start-ups. There is much to be applauded about the job-creation impact — and other economic benefits — of building successful Australian-based start-up companies.
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Juggling work and family: what it costs Australian business
David James | February 26, 2016Over the past three decades, there has been a fundamental shift in the structure of our workforce in Australia.
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How the sharing economy can be applied to existing business models
Chris Noone | February 24, 2016Around the world, a new wave of peer-to-peer businesses are shaking up established industries. Whether it’s borrowing goods, renting homes, cars, caravans or providing micro-skills in exchange for money, consumers are showing a robust appetite for the sharing economy. Australia is no different.