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…

The things they don’t teach you in school

Kids are natural entrepreneurs. They see opportunity at ever angle. They work out really young how to get noticed, how to negotiate, how to manipulate, take shortcuts and the best strategies to get what they want. Great entrepreneurial characteristics don’t you think? Slowly the entrepreneurial spirit can get worn down by the resounding sounds of…