THIS CATEGORY IS ALL ABOUT
Entrepreneurship
I have been on this entrepreneurial journey for more than twenty years.
Entrepreneurship
So you think you want to be on an entrepreneurship journey? Or perhaps you are just curious about other people who are entprenreneurs.
Entrepreneurship is made to look glamorous and yet on the whole it is not. Most people if you were to ask them, as business owners they are likely you will be living on a very tight budget, rather than driving around in a Tesla.
As they say the road to Entrepreneurship is littered with the carcasses of the ‘hopeful’. It is a lot of hard work however it can be extremely rewarding both financially and emotionally. However, neither of those things is guaranteed. You get to run your own business, and make your own rules as well as build something special from the ground up. But for every Silicon Valley success story there are thousands of people that will never be a true ‘entrepreneur’.
I have found that the best way is to learn from others. I have run many successful entrepreneurial businesses. And I have made plenty of mistakes. In these blog posts I share the ups and the downs. You may want to subscribe to my Monday Xpresso Newsletter so that you can get a weekly dose of motivation.
So let’s get started on your entrepreneurial journey. Be curious, and have fun – reading and learning about being an entrepreneur.
Different ‘Chapters’ to explore – Entrepreneurial blog posts
What I see for a successful 2015
I was asked by the editorial team at LinkedIn to pen what I see coming for 2015 so I have put some thoughts together to look at ideas and trends that are likely to shape 2015. Next year is likely to be a very big year for me too - with three big new initiatives that...
What is the best business idea?
This month we have been on set shooting "Shark Tank" Australia - for Channel Ten. The team of 'sharks' (pictured) is reviewing people pitching his or her business ideas - as we celebrate entrepreneurship and invention there are other things I will be looking for in...
Consumers Rule and Innovation Is Inevitable
Last summer for close to five weeks I traveled with the family– it’s the "big trip" for my daughter’s graduation from high school, her eighteenth and my special birthday. When she was just a tiny tot in primary school I remember saying to her in passing. “You are...
My First Job
There always has to be a first that will be forever remembered. And I’d like to think that first is remembered for all the right reasons. My first job was at the local toy store. I got the job just before the Christmas rush and I worked Friday night and Saturday...
Four Strategies for Finding Happiness at Work
As we start a new year - with one or more new years resolution... most of us will have considered what we do for work. If we are happy at work (where we spend so much of our time)... then some how life seems to come into flow. I enjoyed reading James Clear in his...
Thank you to the 800,000 people reading my LinkedIn posts
I thought it might be interesting to share what it is like to have a "public profile" – not as a celebrity of course – merely someone that people might look at in the street and have a sense of familiarity with. I was in the LinkedIn office in Paris in February – far...
Shark Tank “Sharks” Announced. Coming To TEN In 2015
Here is the official Chanel Ten announcement from last nights launch event. "They are five of the most successful business people in Australia and they are bringing their talent, wisdom, expertise – and money – to Network Ten’s exciting new series for the whole...
Men as Champions of Change*
I was chatting to a family member over the weekend and he mentioned my recent uplifting post as to how far the women entrepreneur ecosystem has come in Australia. Then he said... "I just don't see sexism anywhere, Naomi". He works for a business where one of the three...