3 crucial considerations before starting a business from home
Starting a business from home is becoming a more and more viable prospect for many Australians as the barriers continue to erode. With the internet becoming quicker, cheaper and more reliable and the availability of information, communication and software at your fingertips, the door of opportunity…
3 small business blogs to help you get the job done
Running a small business is a hectic undertaking, often involving the acquisition of new skills and knowledge you would be otherwise unfamiliar with. With the rapid expansion of online content, however, we now have almost all the information we need at our fingertips. Although, with…
4 unusual and iconic Australian inventions
Australia has a disproportionate amount of inventors for a country of our size. Punching above our weight we have given birth to some truly iconic and important advancements. Many of us know about the Hills Hoist, Aerogard and Vegemite, but that’s the tip of the…
Is Australia’s brain being drained?
How can Australia and its business community combat the loss of local talent to overseas jobs? Is Australia really still an innovation nation? Is it our brain being drained? To be frank, the brain drain in Australia is a less significant phenomenon compared to the…
Hiring for growth: a specialist or a generalist?
The right employee is indispensable to your business’ success, so picking a winner is paramount to growth. It has always been this way. But what style of employee best suits your role and business? The Generalist or the Specialist? The Swiss army knife or the…
Strange uses for Artificial Intelligence
The bots are here, the bots are there, the bots are everywhere. AI has now been conjured from the depths of mid century sci-fi novels and is having a real impact on our businesses, products and the way we live our lives. Like it or…
3 tech trends set to influence business in 2018
The technology snowball keeps growing, the demand keeps skyrocketing, the capacity keeps expanding and technology’s impact on business will not soon abate. Since the industrial revolution and indeed eons beforehand, technology and human civilisation have moved in lockstep. As we continue to create and define…
Ancient Egyptians: the original bookkeepers!
Accounting, commerce and writing are commonly known to have the combined effect of giving birth to organised civilisation as we know it. Without the benefits of an advanced system of financial record keeping, modern and organised society would be simply unable to function. King Scorpion…