business failure

If at first you don’t succeed

I came into contact recently with an old student. He had a fantastic business idea selling a product that was growing in Europe and had enormous potential in the Australian market. He rang to say he had just finalised his business closure. He was a little bruised and battered, but thankful for the process to…

Anita Roddick first shop

Being Frugal

You might know that I am currently writing a book that celebrates the Legacy of the late Anita Roddick, Social Activist and Founder of The Body Shop. She often claims that her early success was a series of fortunate accidents. But I know she was a woman ahead of her time. The key to her…