Archive for December, 2009

Six Lawyer Lessons Learned

By brendan at 22 December, 2009, 6:23 pm

I once spent two weeks living inside an armoured vehicle with a guy who was destined to be a lifelong friend, despite the fact he later became a lawyer, much to my disgust.  The weeks we spent together were in 1989, and since then when we are in the same state, we catch up twice [...]

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4 Keys to deploying Social Media

By brendan at 15 December, 2009, 5:51 pm

Last Thursday the Churchill Club ran event on using Social Media for Sponsorship and Fundraising. It was a great evening with perspectives coming from Peter Williams (CEO Deloitte Digital), Jeremy Kann (General Manager, Sales & Commercial at Australian Grand Prix Corporation) and Vicki Kyriakakas (Communications Manager at Environment Victoria).
It was quite a wide ranging [...]

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3 keys to no bullshit plans

By brendan at 7 December, 2009, 2:17 pm

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 its an expertly crafted, zero risk proposal to achieve a massive return with a world changing idea. I don’t. So when a couple of weeks ago, Justin [...]

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