Corporate speak in startup landI’ve been a bit quiet recently on bringing attention to corporate speak as I’ve had my head down writing a book. But there’s a couple of…Sep 11Sep 11
Albanese and the art of deflection politicsOver the past year I’ve been watching with ever greater dismay as our Prime Minister and numerous federal ministers have exhibited what…Jul 14Jul 14
Victorian Government blowing up taxpayers money in cost-of-living crisisFollowing on my previous article about the Victorian Government’s chaotic and wasteful attempt to become a startup funder, I outline yet…Mar 31Mar 31
Government should stay out of startups and venture capitalI am not sure about other countries around the world but here in Australia most of our state governments think that they’re the ideal…Mar 29Mar 29
Big 4 accounting firms — inherent conflict of interest.There’s an inherent conflict of interest in the Big 4 accounting firms that is leading to regulators around the world (UK, USA, EU and…Feb 151Feb 151
Epic failures in corporate governanceOver the past year the Australian business community has watched on as two different but equally damaging corporate immolations have played…Feb 15Feb 15
Start-up stupidity a warning signalThe opening paragraph of a breathless article about start-up KiKi says it all.Jan 20Jan 20
To audit or not to audit… that’s clearly not the question for the ‘audit Big 4’As an interested observer of business versus government machinations, I’ve been following the story of the Big 4 audit firms here in…Feb 19, 20231Feb 19, 20231