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OpenCoffee Brisbane

The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow. Read the blog post that started the ball rolling. This is the online complement to that offline network. Meet people, find out what’s going on nearby

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Interative Minds: Twitter It’s So Hot Right Now

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

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The Hive Brisbane meets Phillip Di Bella

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. Ever wondered what it’s like to grow a business from scratch and

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

Here’s some pictures I tweeted recently that got a lot of Re-Tweets and feedback, thought 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

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The Hive BRISBANE meets Andrew Cooper

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

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Gary Vaynerchuk – Killing it!

Today I thought I’d quickly share this Gary Vaynerchuk video with you all in case you hadn’t seen it already. I continually make assumptions that my followers see everything that I see on the internet because they have the same opportunity to do so. On many occassions

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2 Quick Thoughts

I spent 12 hours at the Think & Grow Rich Conference in Brisbane – based on the famous book “Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. It inspired me to share one of my many favourite Napoleon Hill quotes with you qickly: “Before success comes in any

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The Hive – Networking for Entrepreneurs

It is with great pleasure (and a huge sigh of relief!) that I present the first ever Brisbane edition of The Hive. The Hive is networking for Entrepreneuers – monthly events that feature prominent entrepreneurs from the local community, who are kind enough to donate their time

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Queensland Business Icon – Executive Committee

*** Call out for Executive Committee Members for 2009! Is this you? *** Business ICON QLD 2008 is the premier professional business competition for young Queenslanders. Over the course of a week, contestants are given complex business problems that test their creative thinking, business and leadership skills.

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UPLOAD – Youth Entrepreneurship Camp

Last week I attended Edgeware‘s Youth Entrepreneurship Camp – Upload. A self-development and creative experience that was nothing short of breathtaking. Set amongst the trees at the beautiful Glasshouse Mountains Eco-Lodge the 15 of us embarked on a wonderful week of enterprise development, building entrepreneurial skills, networking,

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Dot-Comers

There’s no doubt about it, it’s tough making a buck today. Even hanging on to the money you’ve got is hard enough. But it’s at times like these that we begin to truly appreciate the resources we have at our disposal and how clever we humans can

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50 Goals for 2009

Here are my top 50 goals for 2009 in no particular order of importance whatsoever. This year is going to be big! Really BIG! I can feel it! Join me on my journey as I try to achieve, and hopefully over-achieve, on the goals I have set

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Set GOALS not Resolutions!

All week I have been bombarded by emails, my favourite blogs, Facebook messages and Tweets about every man and his dog’s new year’s “resolutions“. You know what? Good for you! I am so glad that you managed to make so many errors in 2008 that you must

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Where’s the Love?

I came across this photo while browsing a_lil_spaz’s Flickr stream today and it made me stop and think about the relationships that we share together as human beings. Too often we see blatantly rude acts by strangers, friends & colleagues that are becoming more & more the

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6 Rules of Starting a Business

This is a great post by Carlo at StartupLaunchr that I just had to share… What kind of business should I start?” Most aspiring entrepreneurs ask this very question during the beginning of their journey into business. If you are like most people, the idea of starting

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Brand Matters

“Companies that place high importance on managing the economic value of their intangible assets and primarily their brands, consistently outperform basic economic measures.” [Interbrand Top Performing European Retail Brands, 2008] I was reading an article in Ad Age about how, increasingly, the people who handle the brand

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Organisational Motivation – A Case Study

Twice successive ‘Employer of the Year’… As the economic honeymoon that Australia has enjoyed over recent years slowly bows its departure – what can we learn from the best in each industry to stay afloat? Let’s take a look at Motivation and how it can greatly benefit

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