Author: Brendan Lewis on
17 February 2010
One of the things that drives me up the wall is hearing the local start up community complain that the venture capital market in Australia isn't like the US. Of course it's not, we are in Australia, a much smaller market, with a completely different culture.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
10 February 2010
Once again Apple will export California-chic to the rest of the world. Certainly Apple is likely to carve out a "new" niche with style and an interface that just works with its new iPad.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
3 February 2010
Just before Christmas I had one of my coffee/mentoring sessions with a vibrant young Victorian entrepreneur and an interesting question came up around how she should invoice her services.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
20 January 2010
So after last weeks post on looking after smart but lazy people, I got some interesting feedback from a friend who's a Human Resources Manager in a national organisation with a couple of thousand employees in what seems like hundreds of locations.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
13 January 2010
So last time I posted,
I discussed dealing with lawyers – lessons learnt from my long lunches with a barrister/army friend.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
23 December 2009
I once spent two weeks living inside an armoured vehicle with a guy who was destined to be a lifelong friend, despite (much to my disgust) he later became a lawyer. The week we spent together was in 1990, and since then we catch up roughly twice a year for lunch and a discussion that generally has the theme of the "whole universe is stupid except for us". You know the conversation...
Author: Brendan Lewis on
9 December 2009
Pretty much on a weekly basis I get sent ideas, business plans and/or information memorandums for capital raising. Everyone who sends me one, tends to think it's an expertly crafted, zero-risk proposal to achieve a massive return with a world changing idea.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
2 December 2009
I got an email yesterday from a journalist who wanted to know about scams and dodgy websites. Basically the question was: "Is there a resource you use to understand whether something is right, wrong or just a scam?". Well there isn't any particular website, but if there was it would be likely to be instantly out of date because you simply can't keep up with the Nigerians, Romanians and Russians, let alone your local Wide Boys.
Author: Brendan Lewis on
25 November 2009
I had coffee with an entrepreneur last week. As an aside, it appears from the relationship I have with baristas in a variety of locations, that I spend half my life drinking coffee with people.
