Thursday 12 May

The Federal budget may have contained a few, very minor, morsels for start-ups, but there was one noticeable absence – vision.

As business advisor Marc Peskett explains today in a comprehensive analysis, Wayne Swan failed to tackle some major long-term issues faced by start-ups, with a lack of vision a “major concern” for small businesses.

Elsewhere, we report on changes to RMIT’s flagship entrepreneurship course and mentor Nicole Kersh gives some tips on how to be taken seriously as a young business owner.

Oliver Milman, editor