Forward Earlier this year, we wrote an article about business complacency and testing your business’ resiliency as we looked to exit the global Covid19 pandemic. One of the areas of concern, following pandemic recovery, was significant pressures foreseen in the global economy, beautifully argued by Charles Goodhart, Manoj Pradhan (2020). As we head into the tail […]
Business Lockdowns: Something Doesn’t Add Up With The Covid Numbers The Devastation To Business From Lockdown May Not Be Justified On Saturday, NSW Health gave advice to the NSW Premier that the potential for an uncontrolled spread of Covid 19 in Greater Sydney was great, and business lockdowns were put into place. Reading twitter, many […]
Jazoodle has an amazing network of truly gifted Business Advisors, Accountants, and Business Coaches. Here, we talk with Lana Ratapu, the Regional Lead of the Trusted Advisors Network. About Lana Lana has spent around 30 years coaching and advising small, medium and large businesses and in the ‘real world’. Lana is intimate with the peaks […]
Great, you’ve got your business health score, but how do you know if your business is healthy?, what does it mean and what can you do to improve it? This post will make you an expert in minutes Business Health Score The business health score is the first place to start in assessing how your […]
Identifying risks building within your business Is Your Business Becoming Complacent? A couple of bits of news really piqued our interest this week and got us thinking. The first, a survey by CPA Australia into the effects of Covid on Australian businesses. The findings were from a survey of over 4000 Australian businesses. Its conclusions […]
Business Podcast Summary To save you time and effort (it’s what we do!) here’s a summary with links to our initial podcast series, originally created in 2021 Episode 1 Alan Jones Serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor Episode 2 Caleb Gibbins (CEO Cache) and Sean Greenhaugh (CEO TimeChi) Episode 3 Gordon Whitehead Business Advisor Episode 4 Brendan […]
Recent ABS statistics showed that between 60 and 70% of all businesses do not make it to their 5th birthday. Think of all that blood, sweat and tears within those businesses. There are a myriad of reasons for such levels. Two of the key reasons are 1) poor financial spatial awareness and 2) inadequate financial planning and forecasting. As a company, these […]
If, like thousands of other business owners, you are at times unable to see the wood through the trees, there’s some little tricks that you can use to ensure your business is on track – and these will only take a few seconds each month. We recommend checking at least every month, after closing your […]
According to Banerjee and Hoffman, (2018) a Zombie company is an established company that is being artificially kept alive and unable to service its mounting debts. Their key takeways from their research were: [Corporate Zombiism appears]: “ to be linked to reduced financial pressure, reflecting in part the effects of lower interest rates. They are […]
Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’ Bob Dylan 1963 […]
