Sustainability and Growth
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High-growth firms are driving Australia’s economy
Emmanuel Njuguna | December 8, 2017Innovation is a key driver of firm growth, according to new evidence presented in the recently released Australian Innovation System Report.
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A glass half full?
First 5000 | December 8, 2017Almost half of Australia’s businesses are innovating in every industrial sector, but the Government’s drive to create a national ‘ideas boom’ may have stalled.
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SMB confidence hits a 4 year high
First 5000 | October 30, 2017Mid-sized business confidence reaches levels matched only once since March 2010 with the ACT and NSW leading the way.
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Shifting the dial on Australian productivity
First 5000 | October 26, 2017The Productivity Commission’s latest report calls for concerted action on competition, education, health, planning and government services to boost Australia’s productivity.
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Barriers to growth – challenges for midsize business
Su-Ming Wong | September 9, 2017Australia’s midsize businesses are facing their own unique barriers to growth. Champ Ventures Chief Executive Officer, Su-Ming Wong, outlines the five biggest challenges effecting the midsize business sector.
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Expanding: 4 simple marketing questions to ask
Kathy Rhodes | July 5, 2017When you are looking to expand your business it’s important to understand what your point of differences are in order to stand out. Kathy Rhodes, strategy director at Step Change explains what questions you should be asking.
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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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5 online shopping stuff-ups driving your customers away
Matt Ware | August 19, 2016Did you know that as of January 2016, the average rate of e-commerce cart abandonment is 69 per cent.
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Why you need to get better at conveying value to win business
Robyn Haydon | August 10, 2016Have you ever missed out on an opportunity you really deserved to win? Struggled to explain what you offer to people who just don’t seem to understand? Maybe you’ve watched by helplessly as a prospective customer made a decision that you knew was not right for them.
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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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Australian business failing to innovate
Megan Boehm | July 4, 2016Despite 80 per cent of mid-sized Australian business CFOs claiming innovation is a priority for their business, an alarming 32 per cent have not allocated any funding to innovation over the next 12 months.
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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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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 purpose leads to profits
David Siegel | May 30, 2016“65% of the economy will face digital disruption by 2017 (Deloitte).”
Disruption will merge sectors and make others redundant. New entrants are now challenging business norms and making huge profits riding the wave. In order to compete, a simple, solid, strategy can be a mid-sized business’s winning battle plan for sustainable success.