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Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... Read more

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria is an experienced bookkeeper organising small businesses. She assists clients with setting up their new business ensuring they have applied ... Read more

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Enigma Technologies provides IT implementation, support and deployment to a wide range of clients, from home users to multi nationals. Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. Read more

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Pendle Party and Event Hire is a family business that offers party and event equipment for hire to south east Queensland. Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd

Compass Global Markets can help you with any aspect of the Foreign Currency transfers and Commodity markets from corporate hedging to wealth creation. Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino builds WordPress websites, trains businesses how to manage a WordPress site and provides long term fanatical support for WordPress s... Read more

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

We are a small online retailer that sells gorgeous babies and children’s bed linen and homewares to Australian mums. Read more

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication

Black Coffee Communication helps clients increase sales and improve brand recognition through compelling business writing. Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... Read more

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Slidemaster is a PowerPoint specialist company offering comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation designs and solutions, which leave lasting impression... Read more

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

With Unicorn Graphics, you get agency quality graphic design solutions at a lower investment with a person who has the ability and knowledge to do ... Read more

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity

Queen Bee Maternity provides stylish maternity and breastfeeding clothes for women worldwide. It helps them to feel great during their pregnancy. Read more

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT

Uncomplicating IT provides impartial, independent IT advice in plain English. We help those who don't know that much about IT bridge the technology... Read more

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill helps her clients achieve their goals by communicating as well as possible with the people who matter to them. This can be done by ... Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry
Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses
Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions
Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies
Deb Pilgrim
Banika Smee, Witjuti
Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Keagan York, Compass Global Markets Pty Ltd
Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions
Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy
Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Nicole Leedham, Black Coffee Communication
Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth
Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design
Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics
Sharon Chim, Queen Bee Maternity
Stewart Marshall, Uncomplicating IT
Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy
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Networking without leaving your desk

 

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

 

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Stephen Fry: Kinetic Typography - Language

 

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Defining the 'connected business'

 

Learning to think creatively

 

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Boundaries and why we need them

 

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Processes and why we need them

 

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How regular actions make a difference

 

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