Tag Archives: Female Entrepreneur

Fit to be an entrepreneur.

By naomisimson | Published: September 1, 2010
Some people shudder just to read the word fitness; others instantly feel a dull sense of guilt in the pit of their stomach, others of course live for it. Wellness, fitness, nutrition – are not things that you would expect to hear about from me. Looking after myself though is one of my responsibilities. I [...]
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Questions…

By naomisimson | Published: August 31, 2010
Recently Business Chicks posted on its FaceBook page an open invitation 'what would you ask an entrepreneur if you had the chance?' Well that is para phrasing really... but I thought I would tak on answer the questions posed. Q: Sarah Louise What is the one piece of advice you were given as you were [...]
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Coming up this week.

By naomisimson | Published: August 27, 2010
I had a great time at the Business Chicks lunch this week.  The photo is of Janine Allis, myself, Kristina Karlson (Congratulations on her EY Entrepreneur of the Year Southern Region win) and Natalie Bloom – who popped in to support the conversation. One of the questions from the audience was on mentoring - and [...]
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The Election we had to have.

By naomisimson | Published: August 26, 2010
I usually keep my blogs to share things that I have learned and discovered in the pursuit of building a business. But as a business leader this week of course I have been left bewildered. Recently I wrote about the disgrace of both major parties advertising and promotional campaigns  And clearly I was not alone [...]
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Where is Naomi… this week

By naomisimson | Published: August 20, 2010
Speaking with my new RedBalloon colleague Philippa Lowe this week, she has joined the business to support the communications efforts. She asked me the obvious question ”What do you do in a week?” I mentioned what I get up to and she responded “well if I’m interested in what you are doing other people might [...]
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Who is Australia’s Dream (and Worst) Employer?

By naomisimson | Published: August 5, 2010
I’ve often blogged about how people talk about the business they work for – this century anyone and everyone can be a publisher – using twitter and facebook to talk about their work place. An employer brand is part of the powerful marketing mix in creating customer experience. If we think of company X favourably [...]
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One by One

By naomisimson | Published: July 29, 2010
One person at a time RedBalloon is changing gifting in Australia and New Zealand forever. It is a simple purpose that continues to drive me every day. I love knowing that people get to experience things that they have always wanted to do as a result of what our team does... and that a gift [...]
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Women at Work – Latte Magazine

By naomisimson | Published: July 20, 2010
I was asked recently my thoughts on parental leave by Valerie Khoo who was putting a piece together for the current issue of Latte Magazine - below are my comments - however she also got interesting comments from The Hon Tanya Plibersek and The Hon Julie Bishop... My comments: "I just wonder if we’re asking [...]
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Something to do on a Monday

By naomisimson | Published: July 19, 2010
Today was my first day back in the office after school holidays... I arrived early, to start sorting through the mail, and messages before the meeting rhythm started. Quite a few of my colleagues were gathering together excitedly - eight of the team were going Sky Diving - including Jemma GM. One of the delegates [...]
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Bucket List review time

By naomisimson | Published: July 13, 2010
Some years ago I wrote my first dream catcher list (bucket list) – A place to note all the things I wanted to do, be or even have during my life time. (Each RedBallooner is encouraged to share their dream catcher list with us too). Some of my dreams are more attainable than others (like [...]
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