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Building

Picking an Idea

I often talk to people that are absolutely chomping at the bit to start their own business, and the number one pre-startup question I hear

25 Jan 2010 · 3 min read
Hot Takes

The Coin in the Mouth of the Fish

Matthew 17: 24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your

24 Jan 2010 · 2 min read
Thinking

Just Clearing Something up here... Nicotine Replacement Therapy

I’ve had a few funny responses from people I know personally to my Goals for 2010 post along the lines of: “Great goals – I had

21 Jan 2010 · 2 min read
Security

More on Skimming in Australia – Now an Official Epidemic

It turns out that a large percentage of recent fraud is being traced back to a single type of PIN pad: the Ingenico PX328. Here’s

21 Jan 2010 · 3 min read
Building

Skype Controls 12% of All International Calls

This is a repost from http://www.strategyeye.com/articles/digitalmedia/id/24649416. Interesting to watch this progress – the take-up of anti-monopoly solutions like

19 Jan 2010 · 1 min read
Security

What Are You Really Sharing

I’ve noticed a lot of people putting up quizzes on Facebook lately, I did one of my own as well (although I can’t seem

17 Jan 2010 · 2 min read
Hot Takes

Race Relations — a Bloody Past

I just read a news article that has left me pretty unsettled… http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/aborigines-have-worst-life-expectancy-says-un/

14 Jan 2010 · 2 min read
Building

umm, Excuse me… you’re Sitting on a goldmine.

I define the fundamental essence of business as this: Connecting low yield solutions to a high yield problems. In simpler terms, find something that is cheap

13 Jan 2010 · 2 min read
Thinking

Goals for 2010

I only ever set 5 goals as a New Years thing… More than that and I get distracted. These goals ultimately spawn a list of tasks

30 Dec 2009 · 1 min read
leadership

Bridging the generation gap

Baby Boomer: “Oh yeah, those young tackers will never achieve anything – they are always on their mobiles and that Tweeter thing.” Gen Y: “Those old farts

06 Dec 2009 · 1 min read
Building

The M-word (...and it's friend the S-word)

I’m a solutions guy. I see a problem or a need and I come up with a way to fix it cost effectively and efficiently.

22 Nov 2009 · 2 min read
Thinking

Great expectations

What are your expectations for your life? Are you who you want to be? Does the question make you cringe and spiral into regret and self

13 Nov 2009 · 1 min read