Ready for the New Economy?

Ready for the New Economy?

Each year it seems, we are running harder to stay in the same spot. In an end-of-year survey we asked accounting and bookkeeping professionals what were there biggest challenges going forward into 2017. Some said ‘Getting more clients’ others said ‘Keeping up with...
Can We Talk About Finance?

Can We Talk About Finance?

Business owners hate the ‘paperwork’ of the business; increasingly software solutions, especially SAAS platforms, are cutting a swathe through the paperwork of SMBs. No software solution, however, can address the individual business owner’s challenges especially when...
Lessons From a Dog Walker

Lessons From a Dog Walker

In Sydney’s trendy Paddington the cost of walking your dog is $15 for a half-hour walk (inexplicably, $17.50 for a German Shephard). One particular dog walker manages to walk up to five dogs at a time (I am puzzled as to how she collects their droppings). It seems...
Are You in the Gig Economy?

Are You in the Gig Economy?

Work as we know it, is changing. Think about the gig economy – the on-demand, mobile workforce leveraged by the likes of Uber – which is attracting armies of ‘workers’. For many it’s a dream job: when you want to work, you simply turn on your smartphone, accept the...
Who is Your Ideal Client?

Who is Your Ideal Client?

Is the ‘ideal’ client a myth? Or can I really work towards building my practice on the goal of winning ideal clients? A firm built around ideal clients can really make a difference to your income; they are also people who you love to work with. These are smart,...