Technology
CREDITORWATCH | 2 MIN READ In a world that seems to be moving faster every day, it might feel harder to find the time to manage your customer database and perform due diligence. However, the further you fall behind, the more at risk your business may become from bad debtors. For example, if a debtor has […]
CREDITORWATCH | 3 MIN READ CreditorWatch has recently introduced a new product, Bankruptcy Plus, in light of customer feedback. Just how valuable is this new tool and is it worth adding on to your subscription? Over two years in the making, Colin Porter, founder of CreditorWatch, has been lobbying Australian Financial Securities Authority (AFSA) to […]
CREDITORWATCH | 2 MIN READ Join Forces! Did you know you can unlock useful new subscription benefits by connecting your Xero or MYOB account with CreditorWatch? Merging these accounting systems with CreditorWatch is a free service for subscribers that allows us to provide you with information to better protect your cash flow, including […]
Kmart, Deloitte, Yahoo, Virgin America and the C.I.A. – no doubt these names are familiar to you, but did you also know that these organisations (and others) were all involved in some of the biggest data breaches of 2017? Your digital footprint and your data is everywhere, you hand it over unwittingly every day of […]
Malcolm Turnbull’s recent announcement putting economic growth and development at the top of the national agenda is welcome news to me. As managing director of an Adelaide startup, I know first hand how much hard work and financial risk it takes to start a successful business. Australian entrepreneurs should grab this opportunity to test […]
With three business days remaining before the the Federal Budget is announced, small to medium business owners have voiced a united desire for company tax rates to be reduced, according to the latest MYOB Business Monitor. The MYOB survey of more than 1,000 Australian SMB owners found that 60% of SMEs agreed that company tax rates should be reduced, […]
Australia’s small business exporters have three things in common: they are optimistic, they are confident and most importantly, they are innovative. When this translates to the international market through exporting, these traits are even more important to success. As small and medium enterprises (SME) move into the global marketplace, they have the opportunity to learn […]
The story of Atlassian is the perfect tech startup fairy tale; two humble guys from Sydney bootstrap a company with a $10,000 credit card and pull off a successful IPO with a market cap of $4.4 billion (USD). Although, contrary to the hopes of many Australian entrepreneurs, the success of Atlassian doesn’t ride on the […]
Small business failure rates are alarming – or so we are told. Along every avenue of research an enthusiastic entrepreneur will take, their spark, at some point, will be doused by bold assertions: “8 Out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months” (www.forbes.com). For anyone in the throes of a new business […]
To unlock the real value of a company’s data, CFOs must develop an enterprise-wide strategy, and set clear priorities that map to business and financial outcomes. In the last few years many organisations have started to develop enterprise wide big data strategies but businesses are still far from discovering how data can deliver real insight […]