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eBook Reader V’s Tablet

On the weekend I was having a chat by the pool with a friend of mine who is an executive producer at Channel 9. We see each other every week as the kids have swimming lessons at the same time. Last week she was thinking about Christmas presents for the kids as well as specifically…

November 13, 2010
Pricing = Timing

People talk about price as if its the only thing you negotiate. Its not obviously, but pricing can have interesting impacts on your business and the the timing of your sales. I was at a family function many years ago when an older Jewish real estate agent, took my hand in his vice like grip,…

October 22, 2010
Syncing Mechanics for Google, the iPhone & Windows

Last week I talked about how I had come up with a better solution for syncing my calendar and contacts information across a variety of devices, including my windows based computers, iPhone and iPad. But I didn’t go into the actual mechanics. So without further ado, here’s the how to do it. Windows (on the…

October 21, 2010
My Event Notes from “Dealmaker” at the Churchill Club

Our Open Forum Panelists were: Panelists Dominic Carosa – CEO, Dominet Digital Kath Murphy – Principal Consultant, Scotwork Richard Llewellyn – Executive Director, Howitt & Co. Moderator Brendan Lewis – Managing Director Flinders Pacific & Chair of the Churchill Club Negotiation Basics Like almost everything in life, 90% of the job is in the preparation…

October 20, 2010
Syncing Phones, Computers and the whole kit and kaboodle

So here’s the problem I noticed. I was browsing Facebook on the weekend, and noticed a friend of mine had recently purchased one of the new 4G phones, the Samsung Epic 4G. He posted that he had finally managed to be able to transfer his contacts over. A colleague that I am assisting make some…

October 18, 2010
My very own hotspot

During the school holidays I went down to the Morning Peninsula and spent time entertaining the children. I managed to get a kite up in the air for around 20 minutes, so I felt completely validated as a parent. While I was away I still managed to get a bit done courtesy of a small…

October 13, 2010
Superprofits from the Arcade

I just spent a week down on the Mornington Peninsula with the kids over school holidays. I tried to keep my mind on Kite flying and mucking about at the beach, but I came a across a small business that I found just fascinating in how they generated their revenues. On first glance it appeared…

October 4, 2010
Tall & Stupid – Meet the CEO

The average height of an Australian Male in 1995 was measured at 174.8cm (~ 5ft 9in) by the ABS. I am 174cm (5ft 8in & ½) tall. So imagine my irritation when I met with the CEO of a major (AUD$1B in revenue) Australian organisation who was around 188cm (6ft 2”). He followed me around…

September 18, 2010
The Language of Business

I was in the Army when I first heard the expression “The best way of learning something is to teach it”. Another expression I like is that “you don’t truly understand something until you have to explain it”. This is especially true when you have to explain it to a child. So last week I…

September 13, 2010
4 tips on managing your personal profile at work

Does this ring a bell? I have a friend who was complaining to me two weeks ago that he couldn’t understand why the press had stopped ringing him for a quote, after he had left his high profile business development role with a multinational business, to work with a small start-up organisation. I had drinks…

September 7, 2010

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