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From a very serious corporate career in marketing to creating a business based on fun RedBalloon, this is my journey. In this blog I share what it takes to be an entrepreneur and what I have learned - warts and all. I am also the author of I want what she is having which chronicles the first five years of building of a fast growing business.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
I’m accused of leading a ‘Namby-Pamby’ management revolution
I received the email below yesterday, just after RedBalloon for Corporate hosted a Webinar on Employee Engagement for 250 people. I didn't receive the email until after the event. But I assume that this person was commenting on the session.
Alas the email was not signed and was sent from an unknown email... so I [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 14
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire '“ Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
To wake knowing that today would be a significant day in my life, one that I would never forget. There are only a handful of days in one's life like it. I consider myself to be [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 13
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire '“ Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
I don't do a lot in the afternoon but think about the people I have met in the last week. There is so much that can be done. From all of them I have heard the [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 12
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire '“ Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
Why am I so tired? Perhaps all this cloak and dagger is beginning to get to me. When I speak to people about myself, I just don't tell them everything. What I say is true, "I'm [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 11
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
Resilience and perseverance are both qualities that I understand. There have been times in the short eight year history of RedBalloon where I have felt that I am taking more steps backward than forward. Calamities that, [...]
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Secret Millionaire Chapter 10
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
I had determined to go back and check in on Maddison. She'd had her first (of twenty) radiation treatments. The Childrens Cancer Support Centre is having its monthly barbeque - I can help out with that. [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 9
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
I need to start researching things. I have no idea how much things cost - how much do I need to provide for the beneficiaries to have enough to get what they need. What would a [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 8
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct 2009
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
5.30am is a good time to start the day. No one is around, the highway quiet, the neighbors still asleep. I grab an apple for breakfast as a head of to get myself to Brisbane again. [...]
Secret Millionaire Chapter 7
My life as an undercover volunteer
Secret Millionaire – Channel Nine 9.30pm 29 Oct.
Episode Four: Features Naomi Simson
I caught the train early to Brisbane, once at central I trekked out to the Children's Cancer Support unit (CCS) near the Children's Hospital. The CCS is an accommodation and support service for the families of children [...]
The final Secret Millionaire Chapter