A short video reflection diary of the Edgeware Young Entrepreneur’s Camp in January 2009.
There’s more camps coming up later this year, so if you’ve never been be sure to check it out!
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Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. - Eddie Cantor
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I’m speaking at this month’s Interactive Minds Seminar about the use of Twitter in business. I will be discussing how businesses can appropriately and effectively engage their customers through social media by building real relationships and not spam. It should be a great morning with a raft of fantastic speakers lined up. Make sure you get in early and snap up your tickets because they’re already selling like hot-cakes! 
Invitation below:
Find Out What Companies Are Tweeting and Why
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Attracting almost 10 million visitors in February 2009 Twitter’s traffic is exploding with the popular micro-blog being used for both individuals and organisations worldwide.
Attend our May event to hear how local companies are using Twitter to share ideas, promote their businesses and themselves.
In keeping with the world of microblogging, each presenter has 5 minutes, slightly more than 140 characters to share their Twitter experiences. We’ll find out why they use Twitter, how they measure success, their learnings, favourite tools and future plans.
Join us for this fascinating look at the latest social media phenomenon.
For this event we will have multiple speakers each taking a few minutes to tell us about how they use Twitter:
Make sure you put your business card in the draw at the event for your chance to take home one of our great giveaways.
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Back in March 2009, I presented at the Brisbane City Council’s Ideas Festival with Edgeware.
We ran a panel discussion on the topic of Creative Entrepreneurship - The Artists of Commerce.
“Edgeware founder Michael Doneman interviews freelance photographer Jane Ryder, Mike Boyd from Coolybar Keg Hire, freelance business writer Rebecca Leigh, Natalie Duncan from Qld Film Locations and Ron Crump from Human Productivity Consultants about the sustainable, meaningful and worthy businesses they have created.”
Below is a video mashup from Michael Doneman’s introduction, followed by part of my discussion about Coolybar: (Videos courtesy of Sarah Moran at VodPod Productions)
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Who: Phillip Di Bella from Di Bella Coffee
When: 7pm, May 26th 2009
Where: Star Cafe Bar, 166 Grey Street (Little Stanley Street) South Bank, BRISBANE (*NEW VENUE*)
RSVP: brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook event.
Why not ask Phillip Di Bella of Di Bella Coffee at The Hive Brisbane this month? In the true spirit of The Hive, we’re proud to give our members the opportunity to connect with Phillip’s many years of experience and entrepreneurial wisdom for FREE.
The Hive team is delighted to welcome Phillip as May’s guest entrepreneur. Phillip created his coffee empire from nothing, working alone with only two wholesale clients and using another company’s coffee roasting equipment. After 7 long years he now heads up Australia’s fastest growing coffee company at the ripe old age of 33.
His ability to fill a niche, deliver an integrated service and networking system that allows clients to access products, machines and accessories, training and maintenance all at fair prices has set him apart from his competition.
Di Bella Coffee also connects at the ‘grass roots’ level through it’s presence at Jan Power’s Farmers Market, at New Farm every second Saturday and, the weekly Brisbane City Mall Market.
An important aspect of the company is its support of philanthropic and community work globally. This includes sponsoring children in the Philippines, motivational speeches and mentoring at high schools. Di Bella Coffee also donates all coffee products to Cafe One on Wickham, which is a project of Mission Australia.
We invite you to join Phillip and The Hive team at our May event at the Star Cafe Bar (Little Stanley Street- South Bank) on Tuesday, May 26 at 7pm. This event is FREE but you buy your own drinks.
*Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au for an SMS reminder on the day of the event!*
See you there!
Mike Boyd & Nick McIntosh
The Hive Brisbane Team
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Here’s some pictures I tweeted recently that got a lot of Re-Tweets and feedback, though you might also enjoy them
What are you waiting for? The *perfect* time will NEVER come to risk everything, leave your job and follow your dreams… So make the decision to take that leap of faith and “just do it!”.
You’ll never look back once you’ve discovered your new-found FREEDOM.
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Who: Andrew Cooper of dStore.com.au
When: 7pm, Tuesday April 28th, 2009
Where: The Fox Hotel, West End (Corner of Hope & Melbourne Streets), BRISBANE
RSVP: Email brisbane@thehive.org.au or RSVP through the Facebook event.
Hot off the success of Brisbane’s first ever event in March, The Hive team would like to introduce Andrew Cooper from dstore as April’s guest entrepreneur.
Andrew’s background in online retailing spans the dot-com boom, the subsequent 2001 dot-bomb clean out and continues into the current period of resurgence. In 1998 Andrew and his brother Tim started HotShed, a software house providing ecommerce systems to large retailers including Rebel Sport, Angus & Coote, Blockbuster video and The Perfume Connection .In 2001 an opportunity arose that saw Andrew and his team leading the charge by purchasing dstore.com.au out of the hands of receivers. After making drastic changes to the business model and applying HotShed’s software and systems the business has risen back near the top of the online retailing tree.
Andrew is an entrepreneur with a varied business background. Along with his software and online retailing businesses he also owns video stores, car washes and property interests. He actively fosters entrepreneurship and is president of the Brisbane branch of Entrepreneur’s Organisation, a global network of over 10,000 entrepreneurs.
This event is FREE but you buy your own drinks!
If anyone is interested in sponsoring the event, please contact us.
We invite you to join Andrew and The Hive team at our April event at the Fox Hotel on Tuesday, April 28 at 7pm.
If we haven’t met before, I’d love to meet you! You can find out a little bit about me here and get in contact with me here. Are you on Twitter? You can follow me here: @mikeboyd
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Last Tuesday night the first Hive Brisbane event kicked off with a bang with guest entrepreneur Richard Eastes from VroomVroomVroom! Richard’s modest and down-to-earth personality allowed him to really connect with the crowd of 60-70 people who returned the favour with some great questions! The Fox Hotel at West End also proved to be a great venue albeit some initial technical issues.
After learning many lessons the hard way over the last decade, Richard shared 6 tips for budding entrepreneurs:
Thanks to Sarah Moran from VodPod Productions for donating her footage of Richard’s presentation on the night for all of those who couldn’t make it. Much appreciated!
The #hivebris Twitter hashtag also got a real workout on the night with a flood of tweets commending @Eastes & @thehive team for their efforts! Thanks guys! 
Lastly, I’d personally like to thank everyone for their support leading up to, during and after the event. An extra special shout out goes to Ross Hill & Ned Dwyer (Hive Team) who came all the way from Melbourne to share it with us! It was a great night for all and one I hope is just the beginning of a tight knit entrepreneurial community in Brisbane & surrounds! 
(Remember: if you think you’d like to get involved with The Hive team in Brisbane, drop me line… mike AT thehive.org.au)
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rt @mikeboyd Review of the #hivebris event with @eastes http://bit.ly/18c3jw
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