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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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Looking for inspiration
Facing a blank page and a lack of creativity and on deadline for a blog… I always ask myself the question what is going on for me now? Is it interesting for anyone else? What am I learning, discovering, being inspired by that could assist others?
The reality is that at the moment the number one [...]
Better out than in.
I was chatting with a friend this morning who said that he had three of his team resign in the last week. He asked ‘That’s not good is it?’
On the surface we look at the cost of replacing them and all the history and experience that they depart with, and of course we say - [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Secret Millionaire Also tagged Business Growth, Business Leadership, Female Entrepreneur, TV Television Program, Volunteers and Charity 1 Comment
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 [...]
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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. [...]
Posted in Secret Millionaire Also tagged Business Growth, Female Entrepreneur, TV Television Program, Volunteers and Charity 2 Comments
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 [...]
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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. [...]
Posted in Secret Millionaire Also tagged Business Growth, Female Entrepreneur, TV Television Program, Volunteers and Charity 1 Comment
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 [...]
Posted in Secret Millionaire Also tagged Business Growth, Female Entrepreneur, TV Television Program, Volunteers and Charity 7 Comments


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