Vegepod: Beyond Shark Tank I always have a great time working with the companies from Shark Tank Australia… and one of my most successful investments to date has been in Vegepod. Here’s the story from then to now… The Pitch I remember sitting on set...
Business Branding and Purpose I have lived and worked my whole life in and around business owners; even when I was in marketing for Ansett and Apple, my role was working with business owners. One campaign I ran for Apple was about how as a business owner, you need to...
The 10 hardest things about running a 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...
Silicon Valley: Innovation’s Holy Grail We often think of Silicon Valley as the Holy Grail of innovation. I spent last week in California and learned a lot during my visits to Salesforce, Facebook and LinkedIn. Each started as a small business less that two...
The Pivotal Moments I was speaking at the Heroku innovation lab for Salesforce last week – and whilst I had a wonderful time sharing my own journey, the real insights came from the questions asked of me at the end. Brandon approached at then end as I sat...
Five lessons from my visit to the Facebook Campus 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...
Intention and entrepreneurship: in it for the long haul? Before one embarks on a startup journey or begins to turn a business idea into a career, it’s important to strip back the grandiose dreams and ask yourself one simple question – why do you...
There is a massive shifts in the way we work – and what the future of work will look like. There are shifts in key trends for business owners that they highlighted, fascinating. A study acknowledged that the nature of work has changed and as a result, so has our...
