Sep 25, 2017 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
Overcoming Procrastination We are all about planning this month in our business community and in sticking to the ‘plan’, I have set aside a whole day to plan for a very busy few months ahead. Yet as I sit down to get things done, I’m finding anything and everything...
Sep 8, 2017 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
Successful Business Plan In the blink of an eye, September is here already. Spring has sprung in the Southern Hemisphere and the change of season always leads me reflect on what progress I’ve made in the three months just passed — an example of why planning is...
Aug 31, 2017 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
Align your Business with your Future Vision Back in the day, RedBalloon’s vision or Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG), was for 10% of the Australian population to have had a RedBalloon day by 2015. We’re in 2017, and have provided 3.8 million experiences so...
Jun 29, 2017 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
How to run a successful business As this financial year closes, we begin our next 12 month phase and look to the future. As an entrepreneur for more than two decades, I completely resonate with an article penned by Lee Polevoi, outlining the 10 hardest things about...
Jun 8, 2017 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
Anatomy of a great workplace It is no coincidence that as you enter 1 Hacker Way — Facebook global headquarters — it feels like Disneyland… literally. In 2009 when Facebook purchased the site in Menlo Park from Sun Microsystems (they reversed the welcome sign to...
Jan 9, 2017 | Business Model, Business Plan, KPI - Key Performance Indicators | Author: Naomi Simson
Small Business Projects for 2017 I titled this blog ‘‘I made it’ – another year of small business success…’ – but perhaps it should have been ”phew I survived’ – without any major incidents in 2016′. As 2016 drew to a close I...
Aug 8, 2006 | Business Plan | Author: Naomi Simson
When did I start paying myself? This is another question from the Amcham event (there were lots of questions that night). I giggled with this question. I have now been in this job for half a decade and it is not like any other I?ve ever had. How does a CEO get a...