August 8th, 2011 | by Simon Franklin | Comments Off
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...
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May 25th, 2011 | by Stuart Hackett | Comments Off
We recently met with the owners of a business that had been making losses for a number of years. They had been holding on for a couple of years hoping to ride out the storm, not wanting to admit the business was in trouble. I think many business owners can empathise with this situation at the moment...
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November 13th, 2010 | by Stuart Hackett | Comments Off
I was reading an interesting article entitled “Shell shocks market with Woodside selldown” in the Australian Financial Review on 9 November 2010. This article reminded me of questions I frequently get asked by investors considering investing in small and medium private companies. They want to kn...
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August 24th, 2010 | by Simon Franklin | No Comments »
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....
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