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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
Taking Stock, week 1: The value of education
Each week I join the Your Money panel for a segment called Taking Stock, where we discuss the trending money news of the day. View this week's episode Catch up on recaps Tune in every Tuesday evening at 7pm (Sydney local time) on free-to-air channel 95 and Foxtel...
Big Red Group acquires Adrenaline
Adrenaline business acquired by BRG David Anderson and I, as co-founders of The Big Red Group, are pleased to announce we have acquired the business of Adrenaline in Australia. The team have joined us and and is thriving in their new location in Sydney city with their...
Buy Australian this Christmas
Small business success in competing I sometimes wonder who will be the last brand standing... right now it appears that Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook are winning when it comes to customer insights.... but Australian businesses can win at this game. I was in the...
Team Building at its best on Sydney Harbour
Things to Do in Sydney There are so many things to do in Sydney - and I feel very lucky that I have done many of them. I have put together a range of activities (by state) but here are a few of my selected experiences for this summer. Like Sydney Harbour Water Tours...
Experiences vs Gifts
"Giving experiences better than cash" Research says We've seen the results: according to our recent Hewitt Employee Engagement Scorecard, experiences as rewards are better than a cash bonus. Research found that cash bonuses whilst appreciated - do not build connection...
Is University Worth It?
The most successful entrepreneurial stories of our time (think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg) have all focused on the founders’ lack of formal education. In fact, it is commonly thought that all of these men would have been prevented from achieving...
Fathers Day Experiences
My Dad's favourite experiences My Dad has always believed in me – even when I did not believe in myself. He taught me the definition of motivation; he worked hard, laughed loud and pursues his passions single-mindedly. He taught me to dream big, to play full out and...
How to know when to leave a business
Wrap it up: How I learnt to say ‘no’, enough is enough and walk away Last week I was interviewed about the finale of Shark Tank S4 and the journalist asked - “tell me about one of your failures?” He was interviewing all five of us from the program - and all of us have...