It might be a cliche, but Thursday's events highlighted it's truth:

Cash is King.

Telstra's outage crippled the nation's EFTPOS network and prevented thousands of businesses from taking electronic payments. Technology can be a case of two steps forward, one step back.

Macquarie Media's technology commentator Geoff Quattromani explained how Telstra's latest outage happened and explained why redundancy systems might have also failed.

As NAIDOC week draws to a close, Noonga Chamber of Commerce Director Oral McGuire says small business and family enterprise are essential to improving indigenous employment. Additionally, with help from Officeworks, Oral is regenerating an area of Western Australia's wheatbelt and is halfway through planting one million trees!

Peter Switzer from GrowYourBusiness.com.au reveals why it's wise for businesses to become a Purple Cow - so to speak!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.