Entrepreneur Watch

SmartCompany editor James Thomson brings you the latest news, trends and gossip from the world of entrepreneurs. As well as looking at the business news of the day, James will look at who is making money, who is losing money and where the next wealthy entrepreneurs are coming from.

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Another year of market volatility

4 January 2012

This morning global banking giant HSBC published its big outlook report for 2012, cheerily titled Outlook 2012 – Looking Past the Abyss.

Murdoch’s Twitter lesson

3 January 2012

When I first started reading about News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch joining Twitter, my initial thought was that this was hardly news.

Five things to do over the break

23 December 2011

What a year. We’ve seen natural disasters, economic conditions both good and bad, political ructions, collapses, a global tech bubble inflate and then deflate, as well as the emergence of a new group of vibrant, flexible, fast growth companies.

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The tech bubble’s gentle deflation?

22 December 2011

Another internet icon made its sharemarket debut overnight, with world famous travel advisory site Trip Advisor making its debut on the NASDAQ in what was a relatively hype-free float.

Fair Work review needs you

21 December 2011

Today, I will attempt the impossible. Not only will I try to get our community interested in industrial relations (in the last business week of the year, no less) but I will also try to get you to make a contribution to what is looming as an important event of 2012 – the Government's review of the Fair Work Act.

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Billabong’s bad tidings

20 December 2011

When you think of the industries that Australia is truly world class in, a few sectors bob up. Beer would be one (even if our biggest brewers are no longer Australian-owned). Blood products would be another (thanks to CSL). Wine and even retail and media could be on the list.

Macro worries, micro growth

19 December 2011

As part of the inaugural SmartCompany-WHK SME Direction Survey we asked the 600 respondents to nominate their top three concerns for the year ahead. We then set the concerns in what we are calling the "worry list".

Europe is hitting home

16 December 2011

I was chatting with an entrepreneur the other day about the impact of the European crisis on the Australian economy and more particularly, businesses and consumers.

Business lessons from The Wiggles

15 December 2011

The release of BRW's list of Australia's best-paid entertainers has underlined once again what an incredible success story children's entertainment group The Wiggles is.

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Building a buzzword block

14 December 2011

I've recently spent a bit of time checking out potential recruits on LinkedIn and I've got to say I am not surprised at the latest list of over-used buzzwords released by LinkedIn.

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