A lack of CGT discount isn’t the problem. You are.
A successful businessman on my Facebook feed smiles and extends a finger to the camera. He’s sitting in a first-class seat, outbound on an international flight, a supplier of critical motorsport components to winning teams around the world. “F*** you Albo – you rotten little lying commie p*^+k”. The adulation and group pile-on in the […]
I lost a $58M deal and my client still won
“We’re in. Let’s do the term sheet.” Friday morning. Happy days. After more than two months of near-daily contact, I called Mark. No answer. I messaged him: “We did it. They’re in.” An hour passed. I looked at my wife and said, “This isn’t right. This isn’t how people respond. He’s going to walk.” She […]
I’m now an Accredited Advisor with the Family Business Association
Assumption is not consent – it will bring your family enterprise unstuck, I’ve seen it time and again, and after a lifetime in family business myself it was good to make it official! I got to learn in person from one of the world’s best in Dennis Jaffe, with great support from Chris Graves of […]
Are you happy with an investment portfolio aligned to a four degree+ increase in temperature?
During one of the closing sessions of this week’s Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Annual Conference, Peter Chun, CEO of UniSuper, who manages $125 billion AUD in superannuation shared something powerful. He showed a high preference for the younger demographic of their members who wanted an investment portfolio that was considered responsible or ethical, and […]
The Climate Investor Forum Part 2
Welcome back to this recap of Climate Zeitgeist‘s Climate Investor Forum (CIF), we left part 1 of the recap at the end of the investor plenary, and at this point Alan Schwartz AO had the mic and was taking the room through his learning of the past year, having had Monique Andrew speak to over […]
The Climate Investor Forum Part 1
Welcome to part 1 of this day and evening at the Climate Investor Forum 20 March 2024, MCG Melbourne, led by Peter Castellas, Michele Hartz and Charlotte Connell. Thanks to Event Photos Australia for some of the images, and please appreciate the summary, quoted paragraphs and points below are segments I’ve brought together from much longer sessions. If we aren’t personally connected […]
In conversation with Nick Hurd, Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing
Welcome to this Special Edition of Smarter Impact, where you can read through the detailed conversation I had with The Rt. Hon Nick Hurd , Chair of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) . If you didn’t catch the videos, they are here; Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 You can also listen in full via all your favourite […]
The Most Innovative Investor Strategy Development Firm in Australia (2023) Bravo Charlie
I’m very grateful that Bravo Charlie has been awarded the Most Innovative Investor Strategy Development Firm in Australia for 2023. In recent years I’ve had the privilege to work on the strategy and craft the storytelling for CEOs, Executive Teams and Stakeholders of several Australian Impact Investment Award Winners; 2018 Impact Market Builder of the […]
Julia Spicer OAM & Sir Ronald Cohen
Join me as I interview the Godfather of Venture Capital, Sir Ronald Cohen, at The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Summit in Málaga, Spain, as well as the Chief Entrepreneur of Queensland, Julia Spicer OAM. You can also listen in via all good Podcasts: Transcript follows -I’m here with the Co-Founder of the The […]
Interviewing the Founder of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) – Jonathan Ortmans
Join me at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) Global Summit and hear from the Founder and Executive Director, Jonathan Ortmans
