Australia has notched up a world record – 26 years without a recession. That’s the longest time between recessions for any developed country, since records began. During that time Australia has withstood the Asian economic crisis of 1997, the tech crash of 2000, 9/11, the global financial crisis of 2008 and a mining construction slowdown...Read More
Reverse psychology can be powerful. Be kind when friends stuff up and they’ll be shamed into doing better next time. Tell a family member “I’m fine!” through gritted teeth when clearing up and they’ll be honour bound to help. And so it goes with early stage (seed) capital raisings for startups. The best advice I was...Read More
When we were contemplating the best revenue model for aussiehome.com, the online real estate portal we established in 1999, we considered the following main alternatives: Subscriptions – real estates agents pay regular fees to list their properties Advertising – advertisers pay for display ads on the website eCommerce – home seekers can buy/rent directly off...Read More
“I could leave you, say good-bye. I could love you if I try, and I could, and left to my own devices I probably would,” sang The Pet Shop Boys in 1988. It’s not one of the best songs ever written, but the ‘left to my own devices’ stuck in my mind, and, these days we are often left...Read More
In an era of self-publishing, you might expect to find some local West Australians broadcasting their views via the channel of podcasting. I’ve been listening to, and in some cases have been a guest on, some of these pods. Some of the magnificent 7 highlighted here have been podcasting for years, some are relatively new...Read More
Everywhere you turn these days there seems to be another potential tech disruptor raising its head above the parapet. The topic for today is the bot. The rather cutesy name – bot – conjures up a sci-fi future of robotic machines doing everything for us lazy humans, who might be otherwise left to sojourn on...Read More
A few weeks ago, I gave the address at the UWA graduation, 18 years after I had graduated there in the same hall. Here’s my speech… and here’s a link to watch (from the 16 minute mark of the night) Well, what an occasion. For those of you graduating tonight, smile, take selfies in your...Read More
Smart leaders are no longer casting themselves as solo visionaries, but are rather rewriting the rules of innovation, so claims Harvard Business Professor Linda Hall. Together with a few other CEO-types, I was privileged to spend a half day with her recently in Perth courtesy of the RAC. She writes on leadership of innovation, and...Read More
Many of us can make business seem a little bit more complicated than it is. Setting up a business is really easy. I did it (for the 2nd time in my life) this week . I had thought of a name, which had an available web address, a line that encapsulated what I would do,...Read More
I’ve not posted for a while. In fact, last month was the first time I’d not posted anything since I started this blog over five years ago. There are extenuating circumstances. As some of you will know, I left my CEO job last month, and June was spent finishing off some important tasks as well...Read More
