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  • Making a Life

    All choices (including inaction) have consequences. We choose to run our businesses and organisations according to a set of Principles that make them more people friendly, resilient to recessions, and more. In a nutshell: we don't merely make a living, we make a life.

    Our mentors assist people with business strategy, our members also engage in co-mentoring. Sharing is a benefit, not a risk.

Remission Advice

May 23, 2013

Australian companies have this strange habit, they issue “remission advice” notifications when they’ve paid an invoice. I suppose the practise comes from back when a cheque would be in the mail for at least a few days before arriving, and after that, paper bank statements issued once a week. But does it make sense today? I don’t think so, and here is why: credit card and some Paypal payments are …read the rest

Class of 2013: Four Things You Must Unlearn Immediately

May 22, 2013

Original article at: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130521093557-314058-class-of-2013-four-things-you-must-unlearn-immediately (copied in full here as the url doesn’t look like a permalink) Daniel Shapiro wrotes: “I …read the rest

Low Volume and Custom Made – Opportunities

May 13, 2013

I’ve mentioned 3D printing before as an example of enabling technology. Tools that used to cost tens of thousands of …read the rest

New Zealand: IT Professionals support removal of Software Patents

May 9, 2013

http://www.iitp.org.nz/news/archives/4547-IT_Professionals_support_removal_of_Software_Patents The Institute of IT Professionals, New Zealand’s largest IT representative body, strongly supports the Government’s announcement today clarifying that …read the rest

Finding a new Accountant

May 9, 2013

Most accountants “get” small business, but what is commonly regarded as small business is probably rather larger than what you …read the rest

Most economical purchases: Printers

May 2, 2013

When setting up an (home) office or maintaining an existing one, there are always bits that can cost a little …read the rest