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If we are honest with ourselves, fear is the constant companion of many startup founders and small business owners, particularly for soloists.

Branding today is about more than just the way your business looks. It is also about the way your business thinks, speaks and acts.

There are just three broad sets of figures in your budget to get your head around: your profit & loss report, balance sheet, and trial balance.

Providing a meaningful customer experience is no longer a nice to have, but a necessity if a brand is to succeed and compete against bigger players in the market.

We doubled down for five months, and I thought I’d share how we got our app live under our $5,000 budget and the lessons we learned along the way.

Interviewing job applicants can be a veritable legal minefield. Here are some tips to find the right candidate without asking the wrong questions.

I have finally realised that your company culture is absolutely core to the success of your business, and it starts from day one.

Australia has a curse of complacency, which I believe is a function of its more “laid-back” business culture, and the cultural cringe associated with self-promotion.

Here are five of the most common traps we see businesses falling into at tax time, along with some tips to help you avoid them.

Two of Australia’s hottest startups, Unlockd and Prospa, built a business model reliant on a single, external force which ultimately left them vulnerable.

Although it was in some ways a long time coming, it was still incredibly difficult to let go of something that we had put so much into for 5 years and say goodbye forever.

While our flags look pretty much identical, and our accents sound equally bizarre to the rest of the world, New Zealand business culture differs from Australia in some pretty important ways.

Together with StartupAUS, Think & Grow are putting together a Founder’s Salary Guide which outlines suggested salary levels based on various factors, including their revenues/funding level, job function and level of seniority.

The startup can be filled with moments of fear and excitement, but knowing how to be strategic and plan for the ups and downs of the ride are crucial.

At the core of our advice to the ambitious business owners that are seeking growth are our three golden pillars namely profit, purpose and people.