Wealthy entrepreneurs Solomon Lew and Daniel Besen seal major commercial property deals
Thursday, 01 April 2010
Wealthy entrepreneurs continue to look for deals in the commercial property sector, with Solomon Lew and Daniel Besen sealing major property deals in Melbourne in the last few days.  ...

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10 ways to test your business
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Constantly testing your business is not being paranoid. It's essential. Here are 10 strategies to really get to know how healthy your business is, beyond the balance sheet.    ...

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Sass & Bide owes $500,000 to collapsed fabric company
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Fashion group Sass & Bide owes $500,000 to a failed fabric business owned by the husband of fashion designer Lisa Ho, Philip Smouha.  ...

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New start for fashion group Sass & Bide as wealthy investors step in
Friday, 27 March 2009
New CEO of fashion group Sass & Bide, David Briskin, has denied reports that founders Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have lost control of their business.    ...

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Australian businesses look to British expansion despite economic woes
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Australian businesses should consider expanding into Britain or using it as a springboard into Europe, despite the country’s deep recession, a senior Austrade official says. ...

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Witchery and Mimco push ahead
Friday, 12 December 2008
The economic crisis is nothing new for Witchery and Mimco chief executive Iain Nairn, who has weathered two downturns in the last three decades. While he predicts tougher times ahead, the retailer believes the fashion group has the strategy to survive and ...

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Retail entrepreneurs who made a killing
Monday, 07 April 2008
Amanda Briskin, the founder of Mimco, and other retail entrepreneurs who sold their businesses to private equity last year had perfect timing. They sold at the right time – at the top of a long-running retail boom. Briskin, who started handbag and accessories ...

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Top 10 lessons of successful female entrepreneurs
Thursday, 14 February 2008
What's keeping women entrepreneurs in the minority? Is it something they are doing wrong? It doesn't have to be this way. AMANDA GOME offers 10 steps to success. ...

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BRW’s young rich 2007
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Australia’s young rich are getting richer. Thanks to buoyant economic conditions you now need more than $18 million to qualify for the BRW rich list for the 40-and-unders. That’s up from $12 million last year. And their combined wealth in 2007 has surged 20% ...

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Shouldering the drive and passion
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Amanda Briskin is a true innovator. She started Mimco 11 years ago with $5000 and a design for two handbags and just sold the company for $45 million. She bucked the norm many times while building her handbag and accessories company and now tells Amanda G ...

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Confidence, markets dive... SMEs to feel credit squeeze first... Free digital business PDF... DIY super in taxman's sights... Small caps Noni B and Reject Shop strong... Where Besen capital goes... Wage growth slipping, dollar falling
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Confidence, markets dive... SMEs to feel credit squeeze first... Free digital business PDF... DIY super in taxman's sights... Small caps Noni B and Reject Shop strong... Where Besen capital goes... Wage growth slipping, dollar falling...   Consumer confidence ...

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Market rebounds, but wobbles to continue... Labor unfair dismissal exemption?... Mimco sold to Wesfarmers... Gen-Ys need skill injection... Franchise CEO goes to retailers... Labor tax help for housing... R&D concessions... New RBA hints
Monday, 13 August 2007
Market rebounds, but more wobbles to come Australian stocks have today bounced back from Friday’s big losses, but market watchers say there is plenty more volatility to come – and the possibility that the flow of record private equity deals here and overseas ...

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