Beyond the grid: AI inventors target Excel’s formula
For 40 years, Excel has seen off every challenger. Now AI innovators think they may finally have the recipe that can break Microsoft's spreadsheet dominance.
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Spotting your niche
Spotting your niche
Linda McGowan fits that mould. She has been advising small businesses for her whole career. Early on, she added a niche business – looking after...
Shedding the accounting cocoon
Shedding the accounting cocoon
Colin Dunn argues accountants can transform their roles. A former accountant and now the chief innovation officer at accountancy practice...
Bruce Billson: Making small business a big portfolio
Bruce Billson: Making small business a big portfolio
In fact, when he and his wife sold Beauty and the Beach, the art gallery and craft shop they ran for a couple of years on the Mornington...
Getting personal
Getting personal
It is common practice for lenders to peer into the personal credit histories of small business customers as part of a credit assessment. The new...
What’s next for our super system?
What’s next for our super system?
Now, management of the nation’s superannuation system has passed into new hands, giving rise to the question, how will funds fare under Treasurer...
To the rescue
To the rescue
Tough economic conditions forced his employer – a large accountancy firm like his two predecessors – to make cutbacks. His job gone, Dunphy...
Making a difference
Making a difference
“Every soldier would feel that the work they do makes a real difference,” says Frean, who served as a member of the Australian Special Forces 1st...
Make your 2014 New Year resolution to sustain, diversify and grow
Make your 2014 New Year resolution to sustain, diversify and grow
While there is a transitional honeymoon period up to June 30th 2016, accountants wanting to continue to provide the ability to assist clients in...
Getting clients right on the money
Getting clients right on the money
People who are older, better educated, have good jobs, high incomes and an above-average level of household wealth are odds-on to be...
Xero barriers to entry
Xero barriers to entry
I learned it is not about the cloud; the people adopting the technology at the rate of hundreds each day do not really understand where their...
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