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Your million dollar idea

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Posted in: Entrepreneurship, Women & Business | 6 comments | On: 07/02/2012

I took part in the CEO CookOff last night. It was an initiative of OzHarvest and Qantas, bringing together 30 celebrity chefs and 130 CEOs to raise money and awareness around food security and homelessness.
Held in Cathedral Square, Sydney, there were tents set up for [...]

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A lot to be excited about

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Posted in: Entrepreneurship, General, Women & Business | 2 comments | On: 08/01/2012

2012 is going to be a goodie. I’m going to make it that way. Let’s check out what’s already on the plan.
We’ve got some exciting events coming up at Business Chicks. First up is Tony Hsieh who’s the CEO of Zappos.com which sold to Amazon [...]

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Phew, what a week!

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Posted in: Entrepreneurship | 6 comments | On: 16/12/2011

There’s been no slowing down for me and my team this week. With to do lists lengthening and the time before our break shortening, it’s been a mad race to prioritise and get through as much as we can.
On Monday some of my team and [...]

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Strategic planning: your business at a bird’s eye view

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Posted in: Entrepreneurship | 2 comments | On: 08/12/2011

There’s nothing much more powerful than stepping out of your business and looking at it objectively from afar. What’s working? What’s not? Where are the priorities? What have you achieved?
At Business Chicks, we love getting out of our business and, you know, working on [...]

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Make your offsites count

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Posted in: Entrepreneurship | 2 comments | On: 08/12/2011

I’ve always been a big fan of taking my teams offsite to do strategic planning. When I had my first company – a recruitment business – I took them to the Whitsundays, Noumea, New Zealand and skiing at Mount Hotham to do our planning. The [...]

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