By: Lucinda Lions What were the business tips and ideas that most resonated with Flying Solo readers in 2016? Lucinda Lions lays out the top six for you today. 1. Stop making business life more difficult than it needs to be Dave Gillen believes that smart people chronically underperform in business because they choose unnecessarily complex […]
By: Angus Parker In the romance of venture capital and startup land, relationship disharmony is rarely discussed and yet is very common in founding teams and investors. CB Insights’ list of 20 reasons why startups fail ranks disharmony in a founding team or between the founding team and investors as the 10th most common reason startups fail. […]
By: Marcus Turner Jones September 2016 was a mixed month for the Australian economy, and one that brought both incredible milestones and sudden, unexpected troughs. To begin with, the end of the month saw Australia complete its 100th consecutive quarter without a recession, continuing a 25-year growth streak that is the second highest in history. […]
By: Sarah Mateljan Over 15.8 million Australians are on social media, and 57% of them are active on social media at least once a day. Whether or not your business has a social media presence, it’s likely your employees do. With this in mind, it’s important you keep up to date with current trends and […]
By: Steve Burnham The ATO says that it has “listened to the concerns of small businesses, tax professionals, industry associations and software providers”, and is working towards reducing GST compliance costs for small businesses. “We are reducing the amount of GST information required for the business activity statement (BAS) to simplify GST bookkeeping and reporting […]
By: Dynamic Business As the war for staff talent heats up, companies are beginning to fund graduate management education for their brightest and most senior employees to reduce staff turnover rates, and provide a strategic investment that benefits both staff and company. Today, about one in ten students at some of the largest US business […]
By: Manish Bahl Hardly a week goes by without news of automation displacing humans from the workforce. Automation is a disruptive force that is transforming every industry, raising questions about the work that people do and the future relationship between man and machine. The recent study, ‘The Future of Businesses and Jobs in Asia Pacific’s […]
By: Pip Spibey-dodd Business travel can be the best way for your burgeoning business to network and make the most of opportunities both within and outside of your home market, and it appears that many businesses plan to grow their business through international travel this year. The recently released Amex Global Business Travel Forecast 2017 […]
By: Ryan Bonnici As 2017 begins to unfold there is one message for SMEs: it’s time to innovate marketing strategies to compete with bigger businesses. Gaining consumer attention is becoming an increasingly difficult task, as competition increases for SMEs and the channels with which to reach audiences continue to fragment. How can a small business […]
By: Dinushi Dias At the start of a new year, many of us promise to pick up good habits, lead healthier lifestyles and kick bigger and bolder goals. But on the road to success, it’s also important to drop certain behaviours that inhibit people with great ambition. From removing toxic people from your life to giving […]
