How do you know when is best to exit your business? Kerrie Richards Founder of Merino Country has been manufacturing and marketing merino products for more than a quarter of a century. In this first episode of Handpicked podcast, Kerrie (who considers herself a small...
Handpicked the Podcast Having written blog posts for many years (and I will continue to do so), I thought perhaps it is time to do a podcast for business owners. I am committed to sharing what I am learning to support other business owners. I enjoy a podcast, in fact...
Mothers day – she wants your time. With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching, one thing my children and my mother will know is that it is a day for making time for each other .More than anything, I know that what I want from my two young adults is to hear from...
New Sydney CBD Headquarters for BRG For more than a year I have been sharing our thoughts on the ‘future of work’. RedBalloon for Business commissioned a white paper on the experience of work – to support leaders in asking the right questions for their own...
Carla Zampatti – Tribute The vivid conversation I had with Carla about colour as part of the judging process for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year will always stay with me. It was 2011, I was 10 years into my RedBalloon entrepreneurial journey and whilst the other...
The ‘Future of Work’ is an opportunity for inclusion. Diversity and inclusion conversation on ABC The Drum When invited to participant in the conversation on the ABC The Drum, I’m always a little curious as to how the story will evolve. Panellists of...
Let’s make 2021 ‘label’ free Most of us don’t realise how often we do it, adding a ‘label’ to the description. I am a ‘Female’ entrepreneur; it is obvious – surely this is the year when I am just ‘entrepreneur’. No more labels. I recently watched Mrs America, I was...
I was so thrilled to hear the news that my leadership cohort from BRG successfully completed their mission to ascend Mount Kosciuszko as part of Team Oscar in the Krazy Kosci Klimb. In doing so, they assisted in raising much needed funds for Cerebral Palsy...
Social media advertising can be challenging There is a lot of talk in the press about Google and Facebook right now. And as business owners over the years how much we spend on these platforms to ‘find customers’ seems to go up and up. Gone are the days when we would...
Goal setting is about getting what you want… Sometimes (especially in times of significant change) goal setting seems rather pointless. We often say to ourselves ‘there is so much we cannot control – it is too hard to plan.’ But if you don’t plan – and set...
