by theEmother | Apr 7, 2014 | business ideas & thinking, events, exit strategy, inspiring women, MEinc, women in business case studies
At times, global and personal events can leave us feeling overwhelmed. Australian woman and former journalist Melina Schamroth is on a mission to help change that with her global campaign Grateful in April.
Now entering its fourth year, Grateful in April is a free month long program designed to help people feel good about what they already have in their life. The Age and Sydney Morning Herald yesterday had this to say to their article.
Initially launched as a social experiment conceived by Melina, a Melbourne-based social entrepreneur, charity CEO, speaker and author, the Grateful in April campaign is fast becoming an annual must-do for people all around the world.
Grateful in April encourages people to spend 30 days developing positive-thinking habits, ultimately aiming to establish an on-going ‘attitude of gratitude’ in everyday life.
“People simply sign-up online for free and receive 30 days of tips and hints for developing a positive outlook on life,” Melina says.
“The reality is life can be tough. Grateful in April provides people with an opportunity to regain some positivity in their lives by celebrating even the most basic of things like having a roof over your head and food in the fridge.”
“We want people thinking and acting in ways that make them feel great about themselves and the world around them,” Melina says.
People sign up for free at www.gratefulinapril.com and can get more Grateful in April inspiration by following the campaign on Facebook and Twitter.
Grateful in April is a non-for-profit, annual campaign that complements the objectives of Melina’s own, multi-award-winning business m.a.d.woman – making a difference and charity, the m.a.d.woman foundation.
m.a.d.woman aims to encourage, inspire and enable people to make a positive difference to their community and environment through creating opportunities for corporate community involvement and corporate social responsibility. Her programs have helped more than 300,000 people in Australia and New Zealand to date.
by theEmother | Mar 4, 2014 | business book club, business ideas & thinking, entrepreneurial mothers, events, inspiring women, MEinc, so you think you're in business, women in business case studies
Don’t wait to be rescued or discovered by anyone, and for heaven’s sake, don’t wait to be given permission from the principal’s office to take full ownership of your own destiny. You gotta do it yourself.
Step forward out of your own lingering residual sense of smallness, take up every inch of life that is your blessed inheritance, and DO YOUR THING.
Today.
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DO YOUR THING…
3 very powerful words
I had the great fortune of seeing Elizabeth Gilbert last night (in Frankston VIC of all places) and she was fabulous. Thought provoking, genuine, care and sharing, an all-round good human being. Really pleased I made the effort to go (as you know, it’s easier to say No).
Above, for me, was one of her key takeaways and one in which she openly demonstrates by her DO YOUR THING living .
Where are you on the DO YOUR THING scale, between 1 and 10 (10 being so doing it!)?
Anything below 7 needs a rethink, a strategy even…
interested?
by theEmother | Dec 20, 2013 | build a Mother of a Business, business ideas & thinking, BUY a Business, Buy a Mother of a Business, Buying2give.com, Consultant EXIT Options, entrepreneur trends (past & present!), entrepreneurial mothers, events, EXIT execution, exit strategy, Finish Unfinished Business, growth by acquisition, how to sell a business, inspiring women, MEinc, Online Strategy incl. www, political offerings, Sell Your Business, SELL your Mother of a Business, Sellability Score, single parent l single mother, so you think you're in business, start with the end in mind, TEMplate, TEMpting, the business model, women in business case studies
May your stocking be filled with all your little heart desires.
Ho ho ho!
ps: 2014 is shaping up to be a ripper… look forward to sharing it with you
by theEmother | Jul 15, 2013 | build a Mother of a Business, business ideas & thinking, entrepreneur trends (past & present!), entrepreneurial mothers, EXIT execution, exit strategy, Finish Unfinished Business, how to sell a business, Sell Your Business, SELL your Mother of a Business, Sellability Score, start with the end in mind, women in business case studies
Smart ways out – starting with the end in mind can make a real difference to your bottom line, says business strategist Denise Hall. “
This is how the piece about me is introduced in the latest Westpac Ruby Connection enewsletter starts, and it goes on to say…
“We discuss the business lifecycle and we talk about start-up and growth. Maybe, we get a few tips about exiting the business. In my opinion finishing unfinished business – starting with the end in mind – deserves the same consideration as birth and growth or you risk losing out or even packing it away, without satisfaction,” says Denise.
“I haven’t figured out why, yet, but very few business owners regard their business as an asset,” Denise continues.
A ‘sellability score’, helping you tick off the boxes around what buyers look for in a business can be a very helpful tool and it’s one that Denise has accessed, for anyone to use. The take-home message for sellers: buyers buy profit not potential.
Very pleased and excited that the message of “Finishing Unfinished Business” and even as importantly, the notion of building a business as an asset is slowly but surely getting out there. Clearly Westpac and the Ruby Connection see it as a topic worth sharing.
Even better to see this int he same publication as the launch this years 100 Women of Influence Awards. I’ll be curious to see how many of them are business owners who have built an asset, way larger than they had initially thought… time will tell
by theEmother | Jun 25, 2013 | business ideas & thinking, inspiring women, MEinc, single parent l single mother, so you think you're in business, women in business case studies
Not just talk about knowing stuff.
Not just learn about knowing stuff.
Who actually Know stuff and stuff that is of use…
Having been through a meeting last week, where I had posed a question that everyone in the room should have also known to ask but didn’t, made it all too clear the need for tapping into the right skill set, not necessarily the cheapest.
The reason they didn’t have the advice offered? Because they had gone to their favourite garden variety advisors, who clearly knew nothing (in depth) about the topic at hand. In fact, they knew enough to be dangerous!
What it means now though is the direction we thought we were going in has changed course. Just as well I had the learned advisor to go talk to. Otherwise we would have ended up going down a what would have eventually been an expensive and inappropriate path, only to discover it was in fact wrong, if not potentially a little naughty.
Just today, I’m in a meeting with a prospective seller and he told us the price he wants for his business. When asked what it was based on, the (typical) answer given was “because my accountant said so” and “3x multiple is the norm, right?” Wrong! Especially in today’s market, there are no norms, hence why talking to a Broker who knows their stuff is equally as important.
But how to find such people?
There are always recommendations, agreed. More importantly for me though is the track record. Not just around the learning but absolutely around the execution, multiple times. Why offer yourself and your hard earned cash to be someone else’s guinea pig. I don’t get it.
Even though waiting for my learned colleague to return from a long overseas jaunt seemed to delay proceedings, I knew it was worth the wait because the guidance offered is worth it’s weight in gold, if not more, meaning we won’t be paying out a guinea pig premium!
What did make me cross was that each of the people sitting around the table had paid good money to go seek advise, only to have the exercise confirmed as a waste of time and money. It’s just plain wrong. I urge you to talk to those that know, Truly Know…
by theEmother | Jun 19, 2013 | build a Mother of a Business, business ideas & thinking, events, how to sell a business, Sell Your Business, SELL your Mother of a Business, so you think you're in business, the business model, women in business case studies
Two people join LinkedIn every second. What does that mean to you?
What should it mean to you?
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