Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
Little scraps of time captured on a paper pad next to my computer is how I recorded my paid client work when my children and business were young. Invoicing clients involved adding up 10 minutes plus five minutes plus 15 minutes. Oh! The things I could get done in 20...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
At the end of our fourth meeting, I finally plucked up the courage to say, “we can’t keep meeting like this. I’ll need to be paid for my time.” To which the business owner responded, “but we’re finally getting somewhere!” She didn’t appear to be embarrassed. But I was...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
The gender pay gap based is often quoted as 13.9% for full-time workers in Australia in 2020. But this statistic only applies to women working in full-time positions and doesn’t incorporate bonuses and other supplementary income, which women receive far less than men....
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
Directly after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern presented her national Covid-19 plan, a journalist asked if she was scared. “No,” Arden responded, “because we have a plan.” When the extraordinary happens and reality unfurls at rapid speed, planning may seem...
Creativity, Money & Sales
Self-employment is the most accelerated form of self-development that I know of and money is a major piece of this. It’s imperative for you to take responsibility for the money coming into and out of your business if it’s to be profitable and sustainable, rather than...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales
Vying for first place in entrepreneurial propaganda is the old “outsource everything” adage. Championed by the entrepreneurial bible, Tim Ferriss’s 4-Hour Work Week, what’s not to love? The story goes that everything which is outside of your “zone of genius” (I’m so...