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On our final episode for 2020, we share with you the full recording of the last Small Business Forum of the year. We look forward to sharing more great stories next year. In this podcast we share how do we get our business on the path to growth? It's seems such a long climb from starting our business, to employing our first staff to a million dollar turnover or more. For some it's a distant horizon. How do small business owners manage to build big businesses? Every year, over 300,000 businesses fail. Business owners who put their heart and soul into their dream drive it into the ground, because they didn't have the tools or the knowledge to make their dream a reality. Because running a small business requires so much broad skill set today. From marketing to strategy, from financial literacy to negotiation skills...usually it's the non core management and leadership skills that make or break a business and nothing to do with what you make, build or sell. How do you get to be as great at the business side as you do at the delivery of your product or service?

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This episode, we are back talking to another talented regional business woman, Jean Robbins. Jean is one of those business owners you meet that just seem to have it together. She is a safety specialist after all, so calm and focus is what she brings to her clients. Jean hails from Charters Towers and has been building her safety and process consulting business in recent years.

Join me on my chat with Jean as she talks about the need for more peer driven learning opportunities for women and regional business owners in general, she also discusses her idea to pay it forward for a regional women scholarship for our bootstrappers program.

If you would like to know more about Bootstrappers check out our website here https://www.groei.com.au/bootstrappers/

If you would like to connect with Jean to help you with your business processes and WHS. CHer contact links are here

Phone: 0417 268 246

Email: [email protected]

Website Address: https://www.keyindustrysolutions.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/KISCT

In this episode, we are really fortunate to hear from two regional women that are not only working to grow their own region but to build solutions that will support the sustainably of so many more regional businesses ..and they are doing this with the core driver of collaboration not competition.

On Episode 7 we hear from Jacqui Blanch and Maree Rosier of Maja Group. Maja group was born out of a meeting of minds of these two go getter ladies in one of the first wire hubs in 2017. Through the Wire program , they started out on joint venture projects, focussed on re-building the heart of the Lockyer valley region in Regional Queensland, and re-igniting the communities passion for the region through collaborative solutions.

It wasn't long after that that they decided it was more fun working together and merged their businesses together because they knew together they could do more than alone and they could have a bigger voice. These two are going somewhere and have a range of digital and commercial independent community projects on the go. Listen in as you learn about their passion for growing a community and their vision to change first their community but then regional Australia through collaboration.

How do you get over your fear of the unknown, so you can feel more confident and make good decisions?

It's been an overwhelming year with shut downs and economic instability. Small business owners have faced more than the usual cash flow concerns and personal stress. How do you get your head right while facing the fear of the unknown? On this episode we share two of our speakers from the most recent Small Business Forum because they were just both so good. This forums theme was all about mindset and we had Dr Sarah Mckay founder of the Neuroscience Academy talking about the importance of agency when we think about mindset and thinking positively. You will also hear from Sheryll Fisher who is the MD of a an Organisation Outback Initiatives, which provides experiential leadership development programs in the outdoors for 4 - 23 days. As usual Amanda and I wrap up what we heard on the forum and what other business owners discussed about what they are learning from the forums.

If you want to join the last forum of the year on "Thinking Big" you can register here or connect with us on our website to be notified of our 2021 forum program

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In this episode, we hear from another fabulous regional business owner that is working to build a strong business and support the small businesses in her region to do the same. Sam Devers is a bookkeeper and the founder and owner of Small Biz HQ in Gladstone Central Queensland. She has some incredible insights to share on this episode. In this chat Amanda talks to Sam about her journey through business and how she got to starting her own business...of course she never thought starting her own business from scratch and building a successful practice in a regional town was her thing but it was. Here, she talks about being a mum, working from home and all the challenges that come with that.

You can connect with Sam and her business through:

https://www.smallbizhq.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/smallbizhq.com.au/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthatetley/

In this episode, we share one of the speakers from the most recent small business forum. The forum theme was all about the importance of creating systems. Essentially business systems are there for operational effectiveness and capture the collective "know-how" of the business. In this episode we share the recording of one of the panellists, Dave Jenyns author of Systemology .

Dave shares with our guests on the forum that a system is not software, a system is your propriety way of getting anything you do, done in a consistent routine and predictable way. Once you have set up that standard then anyone else can do it to the level that you expect so that its predictable and it gives you time back...Systems are about doing the right things every time!

We also discuss the theme and speakers of the next forum where we explore the mindset we need to navigate being a business owner ..

You can Join the next Small Business Forum on the 30th Octob about Business Owner Mindset.. Get your FREE ticket here

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If you want to grab a copy of Dave's book you can track one down here

https://www.systemology.com/

Vicki Mayne hails from Chinchilla and her farm "Cumalong". Not only is it is the home to Hoofprints Of Change, the business Vicki started as additional income to support her farm through drought, it is also the home of her breeding stock of Chinchira Wagyu. Vicki is a certified Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator through the Academy of Equine Assisted Learning, a leading organisation in EAL offering the only certified EAL BuildingBlocks™ program in the World. Vicki has a dual diploma of Agribusiness Management and Agriculture. For 10 years Vicki and her husband Shane managed cattle stations in the Northern Territory and now produce Chinchira Wagyu - a Red (Akaushi) Wagyu breeding operation as well as farm tours on their farm in Chinchila. Through Hoofprints of Change, Vicki works with individuals, families and teams helping to improve self-leadership and vital soft skills through non-riding interactive programs with horses. In this story Vicki offers a unique blend of Entrepreneurship, Authenticity and Resilience. Join us on Episode 3 and share in this gorgeous story of Vicki's journey into business . entrepreneurship and innovation much of which she learnt through the groundbreaking WiRE program.

Connect with Vicki on the links below:

https://www.facebook.com/hoofprintsofchange/

https://www.instagram.com/hoofprintsofchange/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-mayne-742a39a3/

On this fortnights forum we talk about Time!.. Time Hustle, Time Management, Time Wrangle and what is the secret ingredient to how to use our time more effectively, With never enough hours in the day our time is precious. In business, we never seem to have enough time to get everything done, how do we fit more into our day? How do you get focussed and effective? On the small business forum the expert panelists answer your questions and engage in facilitated small group discussions with other small businesses from around the country. Get more done and grow your business with insights from our panellists and listen in as the Groei founders wrap up of the Small Business Forum with key tips and messages

On this fortnights forum we talk about Productivity Tools and Software Hacks. With never enough hours in the day our time is precious. Digitisation promises to transform your business with software subscriptions, apps and other tech enabling our marketing, sales and operations. Where do you start? On the small business forum the expert panelists answer your questions and engage in facilitated small group discussions with other small businesses from around the country. Get more done and grow your business with insights from our panellists and listen in as the Groei founders wrap up of the Small Business Forum with key tips and messages ... this one will surprise you its not just about Productivity Tools and Software hacks!