Business
Written by Tony Gattari
A significant reason why Harvey Norman came to dominate the computer market was not due to the size of the stores or a strong product offering. It was the result of a simple marketing initiative.
On 24 August 1995, Microsoft was about to launch its latest operating system— Windows '95. In the computer industry this was like the second coming. No one thought the Microsoft Windows '95 launch would be big in Australia until after the 'real launch' in America. Then, one of the proprietors suggested we take advantage of the difference in time zones and launch Windows '95 at midnight, a few hours prior to the launch in the US. It meant we would be the first company in the world to sell the program. At first I dismissed the idea but later, realised its potential.
Business
Written by Carly Crutchfield
Carly Crutchfield is the CEO of Australian property and investment firm CCORP and its subsidiaries companies. She is a property developer, investor, public speaker and self-made millionaire. In this new and addition to ThinkBig magazine, Carly provides you with personalised answers to all your property and finance questions!
Q. Is it not a bad time to buy properties under 500K as prices seem to be out of control? - Fabrice Bellard
Business
Written by Brenton Tong
It is the age-old debate over whether a person's habits, skills, talents and successes are manufactured through their environment or are an inherited disposition?
When arguing the ongoing debate in what it takes to have money and financial success, it's a combination of the right nature or genes with the right type of education and mentors that will change the odds. This can happen whether people are in early childhood or adulthood. One without the other will not produce the results that we either want for ourselves or for our children.
Business
Written by Brian Tracy
What are your choices in this economy? Has this economy got your attention? Has it put a dent in your sales and your income? Do you want to discover what to do about it in order to put your business back on top to make this year your best ever? Or perhaps branch out!
Over the years, you've put long hours into building your business and now, the economy, the credit markets and a whole bunch of stuff beyond your control have put a wrench in your plans to keep. What can you do about it? The first thing to realise is that you have a choice.
Business
Written by Michelle Murchison
With so much change over recent months with the global financial markets, there is still much to be optimistic about, provided we look at the other side of the coin.
This is a time of transfer of wealth, knowledge and new opportunities! I firmly believe, and know, that by supporting and helping my clients improve their wealth through strategic finance strategies and mortgage advice, they are truly increasing their prosperity consciousness and developing their natural ability to manifest wealth.
Business
Written by Dr Kim Fenton and Penny Ombler
The importance of a good memory cannot be underplayed. Yet, most of us could do with some improvement in the memory department. You don't have to accept your level of ability. It is within your control to develop exceptional memory skills.
Research has shown that in order to have a chance of remembering anything, the object, person or event must be:
Business
Written by Reuben Buchanan
The National Australia Bank (NAB) recently released their quarterly survey of business expectations for the next 12 months. It showed that confidence was reading below levels recorded during the 1990s recession and the lowest result since the start of the quarterly survey in 1988.
However a recent survey by Wholesale Investor of their 4,000 + investor database revealed quite the opposite. This presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs who may be seeking capital in 2009.
Here are some of the key points revealed in the survey:
Business
Written by Carly Crutchfield
In all my property deals, finance was the essential component that made the deals possible, it's not always easy to get the right finance structure, but with the right guidance it can be very easy and it could be the difference between saving hundreds of dollars and making hundreds of thousands.
If you are purchasing property or looking to refinance your existing loans, you may have experienced difficulty or delays with obtaining finance, or you may have found it hard to get the right advice or knowledge from your financier on what are the best products, rates or finance structures to suit your purposes.
Wealth
Written by the thinkBIG Team
When Marcia Griffin resigned from Pola Cosmetics in 1997, she was widely regarded as one of the most successful female CEOs and entrepreneurs in the world. Today she heads up her own skincare range called Griffin and Row, which, as Dominique Bambino writes, is already having a huge impact in the beauty products market.
It took Marcia Griffin 12 long years at university and several degrees before she realised that great sales people don't necessarily need academic degrees. However, to achieve what Marcia has achieved in her career requires a great deal of smarts: book smarts, street smarts and general intelligence.
Mindset
Written by the thinkBIG Team
Right now the world needs a hero…proactive personal branding will set you apart as a recognisable winner in a pool of sinking fear mongers.
Everywhere you look there's a new reason to be terrified into inertia. Every news day brings more horror, fear, uncertainty, panic and more warnings to hang on to your job, business and hard earned dollars. Thousands of ordinary Australians have lost their livelihoods; hundreds are declaring bankruptcy and thousands more have been forced to sell their homes. And it seems that where there was once trust and ease of business, there is now suspicion and delay.
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