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At Business Abundance, we love dealing with business owners to help them achieve their goals, whatever they might be. This business-focused podcast will be delivering free content for business owners to help them solve problems and grow their business. It'll cover topics from marketing right through to finance and work/life balance. To sign up for podcast updates:
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Cost-Cutting Won’t Save Your Business
But most businesses don’t understand the difference between cutting costs and managing costs. One is smart, while the other is a slippery slope that can wreck your service, your culture, and your reputation without you even noticing until it’s too late.
Being good at your trade is not the same as being good at business
People go into business because they’re good at what they do, not because they’re trained to run a business. A tiler, landscaper, electrician, designer, or consultant doesn’t wake up one day wanting to manage accounting software, compliance, people, systems, and cash flow. They start because there’s demand for their work, and at some point, that demand turns into responsibility.
Why Control Feels Safer Than Stepping Away
When processes are clear, roles are defined, and expectations are shared, responsibility spreads. The business becomes less fragile, not more. And stepping away stops feeling like abandonment and starts feeling like freedom.
Why Many Business Owners Have Bought Themselves a Job
Most people don’t start a business because they want to work longer hours with more risk and less certainty. They start because they want independence, flexibility, better income potential, or the chance to build something of their own. No one sets out with the goal of buying themselves a job.
How Smarter Systems Create a More Efficient Business
If your business is still weighed down by paperwork or disconnected tools, it might be time for a smarter setup.
Cybersecurity: Why Business Owners in Australia Can’t Afford to Ignore It
In 2023-2024 alone, Australians reported over 87,000 cybercrime incidents. That’s one report every six minutes! For small businesses, it’s estimated that the average incident costs about $49,600. For many, that’s enough to erase profit margins for the year.
Treating Your Employees as Adults
The trap many owners fall into is assuming more training will fix every performance gap. But often, the problem isn’t that people don’t know what to do – it’s that they’re not taking responsibility for doing it. That’s why coaching is important.
How to Know When You’re Actually Ready to Scale
Don’t confuse ambition with preparedness…
In our episode of The Business Abundance Podcast, we broke down what it actually means to be ready to scale, and why getting this wrong can cost you time, money, and sanity.
The Benefits of AI
AI is like having access to the smartest person in the room accessible for everyone, all the time.
Creating A Business That Runs Itself
Many business owners struggle to separate themselves from every aspect of their business. They believe that to maintain control, they need to have their finger in every pie. However, this couldn't be further from the truth. It's important to understand that your job role as a business owner may not necessarily be to perform every task in the business.
Change - The Business Abundance Podcast Episode 4
What happens if you're the one that doesn't change? - Episode 4 - The Business Abundance Podcast
Creating A Business That Runs Itself
Would you rather be in an office all day or have the freedom to do whatever you like, whenever you like?