Big Red Group acquires Adrenaline

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...

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Buy Australian this Christmas

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...

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Is University Worth It?

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...

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How to know when to leave a business

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...

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Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 11

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 11

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 11 It’s Tuesday, we are back in the Tank, and tonight we have some BIG valuations. Something we see a lot in the Tank is entrepreneurs pitching to us and valuing their business on blue sky rather than sales and revenue. As...

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Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 10

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 10

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 10 There are some interesting innovations this week on Shark Tank ranging from evolving the education system, decreasing waste pollution around this country to a business that claims it can innovate the retail industry. First in the Tank we...

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