Preparing for a post-Covid-19 world
Covid 19, as we call it now, emerged from the city of Wuhan in China. It emerged in December 2019 and came to prominence around the time of Chinese New Year. It has spread globally and impacted on all developed and developing economies. We need deal with it and its business impacts in a clinical […]
Financial solutions in a time of crisis
Like any good debater I’m going to define my topic as “solutions” meaning what we need to do, financial is what it is and “a time of crisis” is now. The first thing we all must do is communicate. If we are suffering or in distress no one can do anything about it unless we […]
Finance recommendations for living with Covid-19
Black Swans: Crisis → Opportunity Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to seemingly impossible financial situations -strong economies have always historically recovered— but these troubled times offer opportunities and challenges that should be confronted head-on, strategically and looking to fortify your company for the future. Here are some finance recommendations for living with Covid […]
Lessons already learned for Covid-19
At the time of writing Australia is bunkering down to deal with the inevitable impact of Covid-19. Sunday it was announced that all people entering Australia from overseas would need to go into 14 days compulsory isolation. New Zealand had earlier announced, with the exception of some Pacific Islanders that anyone returning coming from overseas […]
Power Stability in Australia
Background The Liberal / National party coalition had been in power, in Australia, since 2013. Tony Abbott’s Views on energy policy cost him his job as Prime Minister in 2015 to Malcolm Turnbull and then caused Turnbull to lose the top job to Scott Morrison in August 2018. Abbott had a very clear vision of […]
Emergence 2020, a broad church in the fin-tech ecosystem
My wife Carmenza and I had been looking forward to the Wholesale Investor’s Emergence 2020 conference since we registered in late November 2019. We were not disappointed. A great mix of presentations by leaders, candidates for investment and participants in the ecosystem. The investment ecosystem consists of a fin tech’s, miners, property developers, agriculture and […]
Emergence 2020, bye bye disruptors, welcome change
Carmenza and I attended Wholesale Investors Emergence 2020 conference at the Sydney Hilton 26-28 February. We had been looking forward to it since we registered in late November 2019. We were not disappointed. A great mix of presentations by leaders, candidates for investment and participants in the ecosystem. The investment ecosystem consists of a fin […]
Inaugural 2020 ibero-american Business networking – albac
February 13 saw the commencement of the Australia Latin America Business Council’s (ALBAC) year. We celebrated the long-awaited FTA between Peru and Australia going operational. There is a strong recognition within the Australian Latino community of the opportunity that exists between South America and Australia with the foundation of the TransPacific Partnership. Business opportunities were […]
Day street breakfast meeting
J-Curve and easy Collect sponsored an excellent breakfast on the latest technologies available to simplify the accounts receivable process (getting the cash in). The clear message was, “we need to focus on the clients we have and their referrals”. There were two case studies – Emma & Tom and Single O coffee of Surry Hills. […]
Australia singed and soggy but not scorched and drowning
Let´s talk resilience in the time of floods, bushfires, and virus Living in Australia you are not exempt from what happens in the environment. Australia is a vast land, exceeding 7.6 million km²; it is a land of droughts and floods, but also rich, diverse and strong. This year we had unprecedented bushfires and unprecedented […]