On the very first day that I went to university, one senior lecturer gave a pearl of wisdom to all of us fresh faced students: “if there is a simple…
read moreBy: Shaun McGowan, Lend Getting a new business off the ground takes a lot of planning, hard work – and money. Unless you have savings you can use as seed…
read moreBusiness plan or business failure. Are these really the only two, mutually exclusive outcomes? So many coaches and consultants use this tactic to scare the bejesus out of business owners,…
read moreAnyone with a business wants their business to have rock star appeal. You know those businesses where customers queue for hours around the corner to buy their products, love to…
read moreMoney in small business feels like Australian weather, either drought or flood, always unpredictable and not knowing when the season will change. It’s is a juggling act, and can be…
read moreRecently, The Business Plan Company completed a research project on Guzman y Gomez, the highly successful taqueria chain that is steadily growing across Australia. Starting in Sydney’s Newtown in 2006,…
read moreBuying a business involves a number of important legal, financial and commercial considerations. If you are looking to buy a business, this article sets out three key steps in the…
read moreTime for a quiz. To what organisations can we attribute the following statements, components of the published statements about themselves: “Integrity. Saying and doing what’s right.” “We are committed to…
read moreWorking ‘on’ your business is one of those things that we know we should all be doing, but it’s so easy to put off in the day-to-day hubbub of running…
read moreThe most common perception of a business plan is a formal, structured, professional document that describes all parts of a business, ordered in a sequential and predictable format. We have…
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