Beat the rat race: Six money-spinner home business ideas
Working from home has several enticing advantages. For a start, you get to kill that commute, avoid office bickering and, in a much-longed for ego trip, become your own boss....
Download15 New Year Business Resolutions you should start NOW
The new year is a perfect time, both physically and psychologically, to clean out your desk, head and bad habits, ready to start the new year afresh.
I have been asking Bureaux members, all of whom either run their own business or, as frequent business travellers, need to have great systems of self-discipline to keep setting and achieving new goals in their professional lives. Here are some of the top tips from Bureaux members on keeping themselves on track. Hopefully they’ll help you attack 2010 with increased fire power.
Faking it while you make it in business
Helene Zampetakis - The Australian
IT'S the old conundrum. How does a budding business tap into that rich vein of success that breeds more success? The answer for many lies in faking it until you make it.
"It's a myth that you can do business with a laptop and a phone and crack it," says Rowena Murray, director of Bureaux Business Lounge Australia. "Yet there are a lot of people who've had big corporate careers and substantial expertise and break away to start up on their own.
"They can't run out of an e-garage. They have to be able to follow through because people will see through any pretence very quickly if they don't."
One trend that is spreading globally to support that outcome is the business lounge...
Recession Busting Business At Bureaux
Jessica Stanic - Dynamic Business
In any recession, some businesses survive while others positively thrive. Rowena Murray of Bureaux Business lounges says that the Bureaux business model has not only seen their client base expand, but offered safe haven to small businesses weathering the storm.
Why Small Businesses Are Embracing Business Lounges
Rowena Murray - Dynamic Business Magazine
In 2008, an estimated 2.4 million Australians worked from home. With growing numbers of travelling executives, small and micro business start-ups; the Australian workforce has a swelling tribe of workers looking for the support and networking of traditional workplaces.
While many people dream of being their own boss, the reality of working from the kitchen table in your pyjamas with dirty coffee cups as colleagues is less inspiring.
Seeking a Better Workspace - Flying Solo
In 2008 an estimated 2.4 million Australians worked from home. With this growing number of traveling executives, small and micro businesses startups, the Australian workforce has a swelling tribe of workers looking for the support and networking of traditional workplaces.
According to Rowena Murray of Bureaux, “many dream of being their own boss, but the reality of working from the kitchen table in your pyjamas, with dirty coffee cups as colleagues is less inspiring.”
Filmed at Bureaux - Party Girl's Survival Kit
Bureaux is delighted to have hosted Emily Doig and the A Current Affair team for filming Emily's new product, Tipsy Toes.
www.tipsytoes.com.au
Emily Doig is the creator of Tipsy Toes and assures you they will save your feet and your mood when those high heels are testing your tolerance.
"At the end of the day they are sturdy enough to get you home with your dignity intact. They are not to be worn all the time but they will get you home from anywhere," she says.
Watch the video here! http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=870265