Small Business Community One of the best things about what I get to do is the people that I meet. I had some wonderful conversations this week – I guess if there is an overall theme – the people I meet are curious, interested and working hard. No one...
Coworking Space Sydney I have just been appointed ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ at Gravity co-working space in Sydney – which is a very new experience for me. Since leaving the daily operations of RedBalloon some three years ago I have been very busy in the start-up...
Habits for happiness Habits for long term happiness, Yes please! I suspect that this is the goal for many of us. Over a ‘lunch n learn’ session with the Redii team, we re-watched Shawn Achor’s TEDx talk, about habits for happiness, and it reminded us...
Your Closet – For Millennials young women who want to wear designers formal dresses (and then send them back for another one). – the allure of “no ownership” is moving beyond housing and cars and has transformed retail shopping entirely. Gone...
RedBalloon has always been about ‘good times’ it might just as well be about the ‘bucket list’ or ‘dream catcher’… Maybe your family or friends might give you something from your list – or maybe you will choose something...
We are going nowhere fast if we do not surround ourselves with instrumental, successful, wise, courageous and inspiring people. How can we expect to challenge ourselves to greatness if we are only seeking advice from ourselves? (And maybe having some fun as we do.) At...
It is all hands on deck at RedBalloon now – Christmas is fast approaching and there are hundreds of thousands of red envelopes to make it under the tree in the next few weeks. Christmas for me is always a time for reflection and review – before I get on...
I’m on the road a lot. In fact, as I write this, I’m about 2,500kms away from home sharing what I have learned for the Northern Territory October Business Month. And, as anyone who has to travel for work knows, you often feel isolated and not part of the team. I’ve...
