Are You Asking the Right Questions About Your Obligations in a Joint Venture?

Do you know the difference between a joint venture and a business partnership? WE HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE about what makes joint ventures successful. Indeed, joint ventures are an appealing way to start a business because they enable two or more parties to create a...
Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

When you’re starting a new business, it’s important that you have a good grasp of the law to ensure you don’t find yourself in hot water later on down the track. We cover general and intellectual property law in our Small Business Management course, and we’ve also...
Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

A little while ago, we published a post about goal setting, where we suggested that you start setting some short-term business goals that will help deliver your long-term business goals. The majority of people are familiar with long-term goal setting; it’s a...
Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

In our Small Business Management and Start-Up Course, we feature a module about protecting your intangible assets, which relates to your intellectual property rights, such as your right to use your business name. Few people are aware of when they need to register...
Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

In a previous post we talked about how important it is to plan and keep taking risks in business. A big part of planning is goal setting; in fact, the two are so intimately linked, it’s impossible to really do one without the other. In our Small Business Management...
Helping You Get Stuff Done: We Review To-Do List Apps

Helping You Get Stuff Done: We Review To-Do List Apps

We talked last time about the benefits of keeping to-do lists and how to-do lists should not be static; how they should be used in conjunction with your work to help you achieve your goals. With this in mind, we have reviewed some of the best to-do apps that will help...
Why We Love To-Do Lists

Why We Love To-Do Lists

As a business owner you generally have a million things to do and the majority of those million things need to be done now, immediately, ASAP! This can be overwhelming, which is why we cover things like setting structure and routine in our Small Business Management...