For your agency it is appealing as it raises your profile, allows you to participate in projects where you might have once just had a recruitment fee. It allows you to compete with the big consulting firms on a skills and experience level. It’s a packaged, turnkey solution without the premium adde...
Readmore »We have recently been approached to comment on the costs, benefits and risks of taking on additional debt or equity. Before going on to examine the specific questions we were asked, we need to quickly examine the difference between debt and equity....
Readmore »Investors are often infuriated with entrepreneurs that don't understand what they have and where what they have fits in. If you want to attract investment then you'd better know where you fit. Last week I met an entrepreneur who at first told me that he had an original idea for a new business co...
Readmore »There was an interesting article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 29 October 2010 entitled - RHD backs “unfair” PeopleBank bid” (see AFR Article). The article is about the board of a recruitment company backing a takeover offer despite an independent expert finding it is not fair....
Readmore »I was reading an article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 15 October 2010 entitled “Shareholders can’t run public companies”. It goes on to discuss what shareholders can do to control companies. This article coincided with a conversation I had with a major shareholder in a public c...
Readmore »Many business owners are thinking of exiting their businesses in the next few years as the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. They wish to realise the value of the equity in their business. The question many of them ask is "how can I exit at a fair price?". Perhaps backdoor listing is ...
Readmore »As I stated at the start of this article, I am no fan of entrepreneurs pitching for investment but recognise it as a necessary platform to attract investment. I would rather do the hard yards and legwork to meet with investors face-to-face but accept that some people prefer to pitch....
Readmore »Unfortunately, inventors and product developers often suffer from a similar condition that I’ll coin as “product goggles”. In a similar way to “beer goggles”, these “product goggles” distort the wearer’s vision of their great new idea or invention....
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