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A really good small business, that works in a very unique professional space, is approached by a statutory authority to pitch for a project the authority needs undertaken. This authority is a household name. You hear them mentioned at least once a month. Big fish. Big budget. Lots of people.
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The Albanese Government handed down their fifth Federal Budget last night. But today is not a commentary on the budget.
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I’m reading CarSales.com and checking listings for a myriad of cars. Not to buy. Just to look. The listings are fast becoming AI generated. Same content. Same words. Same bloody mis-spelling of “kilometre” to the American way.
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I’ve long been a news junkie. As a young boy, I was so into the news, that I could tell anyone that cared to listen, who the Cabinet Ministers were in Malcolm Fraser’s Government. I was 9 at the time. Funnily enough, most of my schoolyard cohort couldn’t be faffed, and thought of me as an incredible bore.
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My wife and I are having a conversation with our youngest son Fraser, whilst visiting him and his partner, Jay, in Nelson Bay, just north of Sydney, on a week’s holiday recently?
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A small business owner groans when a client’s caller details light up on their phone. The client is demanding, always wanting something done yesterday. They’re belligerent in the way they deal with the business owner, and often, they’re not great at paying their bills on time.
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In small and family business, what seems, in the moment, to be a defeat, is nothing but a decision that needs to be reframed.
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A family business, employing less than 10 staff, with turnover in the $3 to $5 million range, works in a really interesting space. They’re highly skilled at what they do, and they’re in demand for their expertise, and their ability to solve a problem, that most can’t deal with.
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I have two fabulous clients that are mates in business with each other. One is an Englishman, the other, an Irishman. To me, they’re the embodiment of many things. They took the plunge to set up their own business in April 2020, just when the world was turning pear-shaped. They had the guts to dive in, when everyone else was hiding under the covers.
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The phone pings. It’s a text message. I’d better check it.
The email preview pops up on the screen. I wonder who that’s from.
There’s a phone call. I’d better stop everything and take it.