Networking Numbers
By brendan at 31 August, 2009, 2:17 pm
I was thinking the other day about two guys I knew that were really good at generating new business. Earlier in the day I had dismissed both of them with the comment – “they are only selling into their existing networks”. but at my afternoon coffee, I wondered whether I had thrown the “baby out [...]
Read More >>Pitching for Government Agency IP
By brendan at 24 March, 2009, 1:56 pm
In 1999 a small web development business called Pyra Labs was founded by two people. They were trying to build an online Project Management system called Pyra. Times were tough and staff number fluctuated dramatically (at one stage, down to one person holding on to the vision). Eventually some interest was shown in a side [...]
Read More >>Dark Clouds on the Horizon……
By brendan at 9 September, 2008, 12:37 pm
Last time we had a recession in Australia I was working as a branch manger with an electrical components wholesaler (and re-training to be an accountant). Our customers were generally electricians and small manufacturers of electrical components. Life was reasonably depressing and you were used to bandying about terms such as “Provision for doubtful debts”. [...]
Read More >>7 Secrets of Great Dinners
By admin at 10 June, 2008, 1:28 pm
I went to an interesting lunch the other day – a discussion on narrative as a tool for coaching, which is a more complex way of saying how stories have impact on people in the workplace. Lots of anecdotes about things that have happened inside companies that have had impact (both good and bad) for [...]
Read More >>Hard or soft serve?
By admin at 23 April, 2008, 12:32 pm
Last year I met with a British researcher who was out in Australia to talk about Innovation policy. From my point of view, the interesting thing about David Connell was that not only was he a researcher at Cambridge, but he was also, until recent years, the CEO of a Venture Capital fund specializing in [...]
Read More >>Quote Layout
By brendan at 21 August, 2007, 6:04 pm
Last week I got a quote from a caterer for a dinner I am running. A round table affair to discuss water technology. It was fairly standard fare, a word document with the bare minium of information. The quote P*ssed me off though as it was hard to read. What the author didn’t realise is [...]
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