by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Articles, Members Forum, Technology
There is little doubt that SME owners are becoming better educated about financial matters, perhaps also becoming more aggressive in choosing their accountant and bookkeeper. There is a simple, compelling reason for this: the advent of easy-to-use accounting software...
by admin | Dec 17, 2015 | Articles, Technology
Uber, the ride-sharing company has shaken the taxi and hire car business model, forever changing the structure of the industry and the behaviour of the consumer. Airbnb and Upwork have had similar impacts on the accommodation and freelancer sectors. Each is evidence...
by admin | Nov 4, 2015 | Articles, Technology
Here’s a sobering thought: a business owner can now take the ‘pulse’ of her business while sipping a cocktail on the beach in Bali. The “monthly figures” are now a thing of the past – everything is available in real time. Each of us experiences more access to more...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Articles, Technology
Disruption hurts those who aren’t prepared for it. Fairfax didn’t understand the potentially disruptive effects of the internet when they were approached by the people behind SEEK to buy into their online jobs website. Their classified revenues were decimated. In the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2015 | Articles, Technology
We’re on the cusp of a revolution the likes of which we have never seen before. There will be jobs that disappear; there will also be new jobs and new ways of doing business. Consider the big new names in business that didn’t even exist 15 years ago: Uber the world’s...
by admin | May 21, 2015 | Articles, Technology
As reported in B&T Today, the former News CEO argued that all the power had shifted to the consumer and media businesses – primarily the print ones – had failed to acknowledge that. “Those who ignore the essential elements of that change where consumers are now...
