Aunty B

Some know me as the Business Bitch. Others just call me Aunty B. What-ever. I'm here for those moments when you want tear out your hair, climb under a doona or clout an employee. I'll answer even the most trite questions and draw on my inexhaustible network of entrepreneurs and experts. Consider us your free entrepreneurial advisory board - though this bitch has the last word. Follow me on Twitter: IamAuntyB or subscribe to the Aunty B RSS.

I feel ready to take the plunge, but am I forgetting anything?

8 May 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I know this is terrible timing but I am about to take the plunge and start my own software business.

I am squeezed between kids, work and marriage. Help!

7 May 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I am pregnant with my first child and love my job, but I am looking around at all my friends and it seems impossible to have it all.

I am now head of sales. Help!

4 May 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I have just been moved from the role of general manager to heading up the sales and marketing team.

How much should I be paying my accountant?

3 May 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I recently ditched my accountant of 20 years for a very big important firm at the advice of our lawyer who said we needed better skills and it would assist with things like bank finance.

My wife wants to grow fast, but I don't

2 May 2012

Hi Aunty B,

My wife and I own a car rental company.

How do I get a technophobic boss to buy computers?

1 May 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I have a CEO who is a technical dill. She barely has any idea how to turn on her computer and we are constantly battling to try to teach her the basics.

My co-worker is a bald-faced liar

30 April 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I run a large division of a big company and my problem is that I have to work closely with another head of division who is a bald-faced liar.

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What am I meant to like about being CEO?
27 April 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I have been running my own business for eight years and I loved it until about six years ago.

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My director abandoned the company but now wants to come back
26 April 2012

Hi Aunty B, 

I don’t know what to do. The 40%-share director of my company (I own the remaining 60%) has walked away and abandoned the company, leaving me with all her stuff ups to fix.

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My staff are always on Facebook and Twitter!
24 April 2012

Dear Aunty B,

I am concerned about the amount of time my staff are spending on social networks. When I walk past their desks I can see their Facebook and Twitter accounts open and they don't even attempt to close them down!

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