by theEmother | Dec 11, 2007 | entrepreneurial mothers, so you think you're in business
The Australian Financial Review — Page: 46 : 11 December 2007
Original article by Damien Lynch
LexisNexis Summary
Australian researchers have found that self-employed people are more likely to have high levels of job satisfaction than salaried employees. However, while the perceived prosperity of self-employed Australians was far higher than that of employees, salaried workers reported greater satisfaction with their free time. The research was conducted by academics from Bond University, Murdoch University and Oregon State University.
by theEmother | Dec 10, 2007 | political offerings, so you think you're in business
Sarah-Jane Collins’ (for The Age) opinion on the other hand is not as complimentary…
Small business owners are frustrated that they still do not have a voice in federal cabinet, after expectations that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would promote the portfolio were dashed when the ministry was announced.
The chairman of the Council of Small Business of Australia said he was disappointed the Labor Government had not given small business a chair at the top table.
“I’m very disappointed in Prime Minister Rudd that he hasn’t recognised our importance by giving us a minister in cabinet,” Bob Stanton said as the first cabinet meeting was under way in Brisbane yesterday…
Mr Stanton said he had expected the Labor Government to move the portfolio into cabinet, but when the announcements were made last week the new minister, Craig Emerson, was in the outer ministry.
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by theEmother | Nov 30, 2007 | business ideas & thinking, so you think you're in business
Companies fail for a host of reasons. Bad luck plays a role, sure, but disaster usually strikes because of a more fundamental flaw–in the original idea, the strategy, the execution or all of the above.
When it comes to building a business, even Warren Buffett would agree that no one can spot every opportunity or anticipate every threat. There are simply too many variables. And in an increasingly competitive global economy, those variables are changing faster than ever before.
What entrepreneurs can do is ask the core set of tough questions that govern the fate of any enterprise. Armed with those answers, they stand the best chance of beating some fairly dire odds: Studies estimate that just two-thirds of all start-ups survive the first two years, and less than half make it to the fourth.
And if you prefer to see this in pictures, go here…
by theEmother | Nov 28, 2007 | business ideas & thinking, entrepreneurial mothers, inspiring women, so you think you're in business
Last Friday I had the good fortune to be invited to the Secrets Exposed Series Contributors Extravaganza… and that is was. All contributors to the series were invited, totalling 214, with about half being able to make it. And make it they did! From all parts of Australia and NZ, and even a visitor from Canada.
Try networking and talking and controlling to an agenda people such as the contributors, who were all equally as excited to be in the same room as each other. To their credit, Dale Beaumont and Emma Lyons did manage to have the herd pay attention and the day went along swimmingly. And then of course the dinner was mandatory! into the wee small hours.
What has come to front of mind since Friday is this… when I agreed to do my chapter in the book, I had no concept of where this could connected community could lead. Given what Dale has planned for 2008, the connection to the Secrets Exposed series is going way beyond writing a chapter for one book, and instead will include all sorts of exciting things which I will bring to you in time… suffice to say HANG ON TO YOUR HATS, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELL OF A RIDE! and one I am really looking forward too…
by theEmother | Nov 21, 2007 | entrepreneurial mothers, so you think you're in business
Something we have always known I know, but now its official…
A new survey from Murdoch University shows that self-employed independent contractors are happier than employees. This supports a Zurich University study published in 2004.
The Murdoch study finds that the self-employed have higher life and work satisfaction than employees, and have perceived better general and mental health, vitality, social functioning and financial situations. The findings are not age- or gender-dependent.
