by Bronwyn | Dec 9, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Business Systems, Risk Management, Small Biz Tips
The underlying premise of my book, Small Company Big Crisis, is that business crises are a recurring and inevitable part of being in business. And yet, every time another business crisis faces us, we are surprised. We treat the good times as ‘normal’ and the bad times...
by Bronwyn | Nov 8, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
My businesses are based in regional Australia. Where I live, our agribusiness sector grows grain crops, citrus, grapes beef and a host of other produce. Our mining sector produces coal and sapphires, and we have gas projects underway. Solar energy plants produce...
by Bronwyn | Nov 2, 2022 | Business Ethics, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips, Tenders
The dream of many small business owners is to score an ongoing contract with a large company that practically guarantees big money in the bank each month. However, getting your foot in that door is easier said than done. Small business mentor, Bronwyn Reid, explains...
by Bronwyn | Sep 27, 2022 | Business Ethics, Business Systems, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Every small-business book you read, or workshop you attend, will tell you that you must have good business systems. At that point, there is usually an audible groan. So, what are these magical ‘systems’ that seem to cause such angst? And why do you need them? Rather...
by Bronwyn | Aug 5, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Doing Business Better, Risk Management, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
I typed that question into an internet search engine, and got 589,000,000 answers. From the suggestions on just the first two pages of results, I created this ‘word cloud’. Of course, it shows all the usual answers – leadership, marketing, systems… I believe that...
by Bronwyn | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Small Biz Tips
This saga – small business trying to get rid of unfair contracts imposed upon them by bigger, more powerful buyers – has reached another milestone. The slow and grinding legal process is reaching War and Peace proportions, but it’s important that we all stick with the...