What’s all this hoo-ha about The Cloud? Everybody is talking about this Cloud thing, and banging on about how amazing it is. Well if you don’t already know what the cloud is, you’ve probably been using it for the past decade already. What?! Have you got a hotmail account or gmail account? Well, these are […]
Five essential disciplines of successful entrepreneurs
Many people dream of starting their own business, new business venture or product. Budding entrepreneurs are often full of excitement and passion for their idea intermingled with moments of uncertainty. Let’s face it, starting a new business (or venture) can be daunting especially with it being well documented that 95% of new businesses will fail […]
Government grants and tax incentives. Are you cashing in?
Thomas Edison once said that “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration”. Unfortunately, going from that inspirational idea to the finished product takes a lot more than hard work. Just like Edison, you also need to invest in a lot of research and development. And R&D doesn’t come cheap. Fortunately the Federal Government […]
51,000 Reasons to Care: When Your Regular Contractor Becomes Your Employee
In a lot of situations, hiring a contractor to get a particular job done makes perfect sense. It may require expertise or skills none of your employees has. You may only need someone for a short timeframe to clear a backlog of work. Or maybe you just want to avoid having to go through a […]
To hire or not hire?
I have a bookkeeper for 1-2 days a week, but our business has grown so fast I don’t know whether I need a full time resource, and if so, what should that person be?