Leaving the family
INTRODUCTION Many families are challenged when a family member wants to disassociate themselves from the rest of the tribe. Usually this is based on having different ideological religious, or financial circumstances. The same happens amongst and within countries. Over breakfast Carmenza and I discussed the history of events between Catalan and Spain. Being raised in […]
The CRIISP Demo Day marks another success for Steve Torso and the team at Wholesale Investor.
The CRIISP Demo Day marks another success for Steve Torso and the team at Wholesale Investor. The day shows over 30 early stage investment opportunities to a large community of investors. The format is limited to 5 minute presentation which give potential investors a taste of the opportunity so that they can either use the CRIISP […]
Take a letter Dragon
INTRODUCTION Take a letter Maria, was recorded by RB Greaves, an American soul singer, in August 1969. Decades later it was still a song frequently heard as I drove home from my night classes at the University of Melbourne. The song reflected a life already gone, when I joined the workforce at BA Australia we […]
5th Annual Business Expo and Networking event
Hola Networking Business Expo 2019, Its not WHAT You Know, Its WHO You Know! The Latin American & Australian Professional Network creates events where all cultures are welcome. It proved to be right as we met, mingled, exchanged ideas with professionals and entrepreneurs from Latin America and Australia, an opportunity to build and increase networks, get new […]
Australia’s middle path and a Global Message
INTRODUCTION Today we are challenged by community concern and confusion in many countries. Whilst environmental issues are important community unrest in many countries has causes of much more immediate significance. In Australia not only do we have universal suffrage at age 18 for citizens. We also have compulsory voting – and enforced democracy if you would like. […]
The winds of change are pragmatic and commercial
Day two of the One Belt and One Road Summit (OBOR), also described as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), exceeded expectations. This is the day for projects and their spruikers to strut their stuff. Unsurprisingly, my focus is on clean energy projects which came from as close as Sarawak in Malaysia and as far […]
The winds of change blow cool air in Hong Kong
Today marks the opening of the fourth annual One Belt and One Road (OBOR) summit held in Hong Kong to update participants in the amazing world of OBOR. Nearly 5000 delegates attended the opening of the summit. Hong Kong continues to be the highly favoured commercial centre for OBOR. Much was said by all officials, delegates […]
What’s it really going to be like to live in Sydney in 2050?
That is the question that everybody was trying to answer at 2050 Emergent: we walked through 50 displays and went to a few of the 20 lightning talks, and we talked got up close with the innovators. In this journey to the future, we experienced the emerging ideas and technology that will shape Sydney in […]
Reaching out to the China market
Introduction Mauricio Otoya and I, representing Projects RH, attended the monthly meetings of the Australia China SME Association ACSME held in Sydney. ACSME is chaired by prominent China speaker and expert David Thomas author of “China Bites”. The theme was understanding the cultural differences between doing business in Australia and China. I often find myself saying that President […]
Making the Bed
I must admit as a child that I was spoiled in some ways. If I did not make my bed before I went to school my mother would make it for me. Clearly that is something that did not continue after I left home. I am married to a woman whose mother insisted she made her […]