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Stingy bosses strangle company culture
Stingy bosses strangle company culture

Money 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…

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Use Guzmania to grow your business
Use Guzmania to grow your business

Recently, 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,…

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Buying a business – explained by a lawyer
Buying a business – explained by a lawyer

Buying 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…

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Missions, Visions: corporate flatulence or business doctrine
Missions, Visions: corporate flatulence or business doctrine

Time 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…

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On the lookout! Stop your business getting eaten alive.
On the lookout! Stop your business getting eaten alive.

Working ‘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…

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Suppliers: what to do when they don’t hold up their end of the deal
Suppliers: what to do when they don’t hold up their end of the deal

As a business owner, the relationship you have with your suppliers is vital to client satisfaction and ultimately, the success of your business. If you promise quick delivery turnarounds to…

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What is a business plan?
What is a business plan?

The 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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Being a jerk should not be profitable, but (for now) it still is.
Being a jerk should not be profitable, but (for now) it still is.

Every day we hear more allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying against high-profile business and entertainment figures. With every new instalment, one question keeps coming up in my mind:…

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Business Planning: What’s the point? How a plumbing business found the path to growth.
Business Planning: What’s the point? How a plumbing business found the path to growth.

Richard’s Plumbing is based in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, with a long history of more than 20 years and client base that includes builders, maintenance companies, body corporates, real estate agents…

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Partnerships: How To Avoid A Nasty Breakup
Partnerships: How To Avoid A Nasty Breakup

In the early stages of starting a business, you and your business partner work tirelessly to set-up the business to hit the ground running – brainstorming the business' name, setting…

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