There’s no doubt that businesses are being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is a tiny, invisible virus that has created a large and visible change around the world.  Seemingly overnight, and with little advance notice, our world and the business landscape changed. Business routines have been uprooted. But,...

Hiring staff can be more an art than a science, and knowing who or how to hire can be a daunting part of the process of starting or growing your business. In addition to salaried employees, potential staff can present themselves as entities (ie. a company with ABN) with agreed...

Impeccable quality and innovative construction are the mark of the new “it”-brand in luxury handbags, Senreve. Launched in November 2016 by fashion veteran/executive Coral Chung, Senreve started with a simple mission: craft a functional, stylish  bag fit for the modern, multifaceted woman. Before the first rounds of funding, it grew...

Stories about entrepreneurs make great headlines. The success story line has a few proven main themes - Poor boy/girl makes good, David versus Goliath, or believe it or not!  However we get there, the reader can’t help but wonder, could that success me mine if I tried my hand as...

Find A Mentor To Help Change The Trajectory Of Your Career Path And Your Life Flight Paths As a global brand builder, my interest in studying flight paths started by examining product and category lifecycles. Most companies and brands follow a predictable growth path. They begin with an introductory phase,...

Nina Vaca is the Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group, a Dallas-based workforce solutions provider. Over the past 19 years, Vaca has propelled the company forward, transforming it into the workforce solutions powerhouse it is today. Through her leadership, Pinnacle Group now offers a suite of business lines that address...

Entrepreneurship has its share of stumbling blocks. One all-too-common hurdle is admiring a successful business owner or brand and then holding your new idea to that same standard. A new business is like a little league baseball player. You might be good for your age, kid, but you just haven’t...

Glen Wakeman is CEO and Co-Founder of LaunchPad Holdings LLC, through which he invests in and advises on strategy for growing companies. With over 21 years of experience as a manager and business developer, he has created a tested and proven 5-step methodology to improve company performance with a focus...

The next evolution of mapping systems is upon us. That’s the message of Amir Farhand, the brains behind blockchain-based mapping platform Soar. The Australian entrepreneur and inventor are on a mission to build a “living map” of the world, one high-resolution image at a time. And he wants your help....

Meet Yazan Sehwail. Yazan is one of the young, educated, and bold entrepreneurs taking on the challenging work of building a startup in the fast-paced SaaS industry. Yazan is the Co-Founder & CEO of Userpilot; a product experience software that helps companies such as Cisco personalize their in-app user experience...

There’s no doubt that the cybersecurity M&A marketplace is a healthy one. In 2019, the cybersecurity market saw more than 150 deals worth more than $23 billion, according to Momentum Cyber. On top of that, private equity firms are beginning 2020 with more cash on record than ever, according to...

There is a lot of interest in blockchain. In fact, Deloitte recently surveyed over 1300 Senior Executives around the world and found that 53% see blockchain as a “critical priority” for their organizations. That’s more than half of all Senior Executives describing this as “critical”. Yet women are drastically underrepresented...

There are few things more frustrating than initiating a service request through your digital channel of choice, only to be kicked out halfway through and told to call the contact centre, fill in a paper form or visit a store. Our expectations have been set by the digital giants: Google,...

Lorenzo Pellegrino is the CEO of digital wallets Skrill, NETELLER and affiliate marketing services company Income Access which are all part of the Paysafe Group, which has annual revenues of more than $1.9 billion. He is responsible for setting the strategy for these businesses and sharing their vision with the...

Did you know that 71% of app uninstalls are triggered by a push notification? Intimidating enough? Well, the game is all about how well you engage and retain your subscribers. So, if you don’t wish to be part of such a scenario and want to increase subscriber retention whilst creating...