In this episode of the podcast, I interview founder of Uncle Jack Watches and one of Smart Company’s Hot 30 under 30 entrepreneurs, Robbie Ball. I pick Robbie’s brain and get to the gooey-nougat that is the entrepreneurial mindset, where we discover: Seizing opportunities in the market Marketing a brand successfully How to launch a... Read more

In the final episode of our season about tax issues for business owners, I speak to my tax partner, Ross Higgins, about the tax consequences and opportunities of selling your business. I often find that the first question that many business owners ask when looking to exit their business is “How much can I get... Read more

Two taboo subjects in one episode!   And you thought tax lawyers were boring…..   Today I interview my tax partner Ross Higgins on the thorny subjects of death and divorce.  Unfortunately, Ross has no guidance on how avoid either of these unfortunate events!  However, he does provide some amazing insights on how you and your... Read more

In today’s podcast episode I interview my tax partner, Ross Higgins, about superannuation for business owners. Whilst it can get technical at times, I find this a fascinating subject for business owners. The imperative to build assets outside your business is a pet subject of ours here at the Business Owners Podcast, and as Ross... Read more

In this new season of the podcast I am joined by my colleague Ross Higgins, one of Australia’s pre-eminent tax lawyers, to discuss tax issues for business owners. But don’t worry, we will try our very best to make a complex subject interesting! Kicking off our first episode, we talk about how to protect your... Read more

Many of my business owner clients like to invest in start-ups.  And, these days there are certainly a lot around to choose from! But how do you know where to allocate your valuable investment dollars? In our final episode of this season about disruption and innovation, Steve Glaveski and Simon Quirk reveal some of the... Read more

In this third episode of our season about disruption and innovation, I talk with start-up gurus Steve Glaveski and Simon Quirk about the Mills Oakley accelerator, our own foray into the next wave of legal technology. But don’t worry, this isn’t a technical discussion about legal processes!  Instead, we focus on the proven strategy of... Read more

Many business models have been very successful doing things the old traditional way, but disruption – particularly technological change – is going to create a number of very significant risks and opportunities for business owners. So how do you prepare your business to survive and thrive? In our latest episode, our panel of leading experts... Read more

In an increasingly disruptive environment, swayed by new technology and changing political movements, many businesses are facing a growing number of challenges and an awful lot of uncertainty. It is easy for business owners to become stuck in their old business models – models which may have brought them success in the past, but are... Read more

As a business owner, superannuation is one of your most important assets. However, because it is typically classed as a non-estate asset, you cannot automatically include it in your Will – which may result in your instructions being ignored on your passing. In the latest episode of the Business Owners Podcast, we are joined again... Read more