Growth
The small business decisions that quietly limit your ability to scale later
Many of the challenges founders face at the growth stage aren’t caused by market conditions or lack of demand, but by ea...
Intellectual property
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Government Policies
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The new tool helps businesses safeguard and enforce their IP.
Digital
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Despite the aforementioned concerns about AI, ANZ SMEs are considered to still be the most likely to use AI regularly co...
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How legal eagles can ease businesses’ growing pains
Sole traders, partnerships, companies and trusts all operate differently and have their own advantages and disadvantages...
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Your business being smaller has advantages, for which you can embed your culture and process faster than a bigger entity...
Franchising
Eight steps to starting a franchise
Consider registering each type of IP relevant to your franchise - register your logo as a trade mark and register your b...
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Even your accountant won’t tell you about this mistake that could cost you thousands
Professionals like accountants may not be aware about the risk of trademarks and how one wrong move can set you back tho...
Branding
A striking profile
As a business owner it’s important to build your business’s brand at the same time as you create content you own that wi...