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Could You Be A Business Mentor?
Would you like to mentor some young adults during Australian Business Week? At a Northern Beaches Location. Guide the teams of enthusiastic young adults through a really enjoyable business simulation for a week. It will be great networking with other business mentors too. Australian Business Week. Contact Louise McNeil on (02) 9939 7348 for more information.
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Why Be A Business Mentor?
My Personal Reasons for Business Mentoring
I was asked last night by the organiser of the NSW Government’s Women In Business Mentoring program in Sydney to stand up and say a few words as to why as a successful and busy business person would give …
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Helicopters and Eagles
Last week I had a great discussion with a group of business owners last about what the best skills a business owner or leader should have. As a business mentor and corporate advisor these discussions fascinate me.
We had the usual comments like “honesty”, “integrity”, “empathy” and “strength” but one comment stood out for me. We also generally agreed that the leader or owner needed to adopt a “helicopter view” and not get bogged down in the day-to-day things.
However, I look for the signals from the group that are below the radar and one comment stood out for me which was:
[blockquote type="blockquote_line" align="left"]“I’d rather be an Eagle than a Helicopter”.[/blockquote]
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Top 10 Tips for Startup Funding
I was asked by a large startup foundation for some tips on startup funding for their members. It was harder than I first thought because every startup is so very different but here are my Top 10 Tips for Startup Funding and how to attract funding even in tough times:
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