This got us thinking about the importance of knowing about Intellectual Property (IP) in business, and the key considerations when structuring a startup. Unfortunately, this is something many businesses overlook when first getting started, but it’s crucial to get right in order to retain value in the business and ensure its growth. Here’s how and why you should protect your startup’s copyright, trademarks and patents.

Not paying your own superannuation is cheating yourself out of future earnings and lowering your own value in your business. Plus it can have a serious impact on your retirement down the track; you may have to work beyond the standard retiring age, or you might find it difficult to make ends meet once you do retire. You can avoid this scenario by planning ahead. And the sooner you start planning, the more time you’ll have to grow your retirement fund. Here are a few tips on paying superannuation as a sole trader.

When most people think of earning money as a personal trainer, they assume it’s all about selling one-on-one training sessions. But there are so many opportunities beyond this that can boost your revenue and diversify your income. Here are 6 ways to diversify your income as a personal trainer.

The subject of increasing prices tends to make people feel uncomfortable, but if you’re running a business, there will inevitably come a time when you need to raise your rates to better reflect the value of your services. Having a plan in place will help you to feel more confident when communicating the increase in price to your clients, and ultimately keep them on as customers. Here’s how to comfortably & confidently increase your prices.

Usually, when people want to increase their finances they look to cut their expenses. But this can only get you so far! Unless you already make a lot of money and spend lavishly, you probably don’t have a lot of room to budge when it comes to decreasing your expenses. If you’re looking to increase your revenue stream, what you should be focusing on instead is making more money. So, here are our top 5 tips on how you can increase the profit in your business.

Time can move at a rapid pace when you’re a business owner. The days merge into one and before you know it your first year of business is complete. When you’re working so hard it can be easy to forget to check in on how your business is tracking. Incorporating the below tasks into your monthly to-do list will ensure your business is going in the right direction – which can make all the difference to its success!