How is your Evolution going lately? 

Nigel File

Serial Entrepreneur and all round good Dad

A Real and Raw Gold Coaster

Invited by Steve Holmes
I have known Nigel for a few years, probably almost as long as I have been a Kiwi in transition. 
Nigel has always impressed me with his "idea to action" styled personality and approach to business.
Nigel has created two Start Ups and one Acquisition before selling them all.

Scody will the most recognisable National and International brand - but it was not all smooth riding.

The question tone for this very informal 20 minute interview is

1. Why start up a Business and where or how did this idea get into his head
2. Nigel's pathway to  . . . 
3. What's in a name ?
4. Motivations 
5. Kids, Camper Vans and Skateboards
6. Favourite Australian place apart from the Goldie.

Bob East

The Mantra Man

16 November 2018

by Steve Holmes
Bob provided a very easy and entertaining overview of his rise up through the tourism accomodation industry.

His pathway lead him to the creation of the Gold Coast based Mantra Group in 2006 through to a successful public listing on the ASX June 2014, then the ASX 200 in 2015.
Bob then lead the company to the successful realisation of a $1.3b enterprise value acquisition by ACCOR in 2018.
 
The word Mantra according to Bob was not derived from anything special, but is a word that transcends most languages across the Globe.

Bob's Key topical points
When looking at the Gold Coast's current climate and immediate future:
Health, Education, Events, and Technology were all key positive leads in his rhetoric and will provide small to medium businesses with blue sky opportunities going forward.

A key takeaway will be how can BEN Members align and reposition themselves to move with this momentum?

Property Development is Chinese Checkers!
Development is the ongoing life blood of a tourism based Gold Coast economy, but we are now experiencing many developments pulling back or terminating due to the outgoing tide of Chinese funding / investment.

Stuck in the Mix
The Gold Coast will continue to be stuck in a mixed use apartment market versus the big budget builds in competing 'Event' Cities such as Singapore, which attract impressive purpose built conference and restaurant assets, supported with appartments specific to its purpose. 

Immigration
Bob is a champion of Visa Reform.

Flat to Middler
The Gold Coast property market whilst remaining flat to negative in the foreseeable future has not seen the dramatic rises of the Southern States and as such shouldn't see any significant failures.

The Millennial Bob
Millennial's are just Baby Boomers dressed in different clothes and shorter hair!
Bob reckons he had just the same expectant aspirations when he was younger, and I agree with Bob, although I don't know how long his hair was back then and I was trying to picture him wearing "Bell Bottom" jeans on the way through to his entrepreneurial and corporate successes.

Bob is currently Chair of Tourism Australia, Deputy Chair of the Gold Coast Suns Football Club (AFL) and Chair elect of Experience Co.

Bob's Linkedin Profile

Thanks Bob and thanks Richard for bringing him along.
Steve 
www.businessedgenetwork.com/testimonial/steve-holmes/

To my law student self (some 15 years or so ago)

this is just a little letter to you (from me now) about all the things no one will have the guts to tell you to your face, but you will eventually figure out (the long hard way)

Finding what you want to do when you grow up.

I faithfully swear

to be a lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until the taxman do us part.

Corporate reconstruction exemption from transfer duty

MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL CONSULTANCY

Developing your human capital

Christine Litera is our BEN Member expert 

Putting a financial value on Linchpins 

Picture your most valuable team member...

So what is a linchpin you may ask?

A Linchpin is a person who’s literally indispensable to your organisation. They’re the type who doesn’t go down a well-defined path; instead they make informed choices. They make a difference.

You know the key employee that you would do anything to keep and retain? That’s a Linchpin. She adds so much value to your business that you could never put a price on her contributions.

An Edgewater Experience

Courtesy of Peter & Tracey Cianci

B.E.N. Breakfast Venue 

Edgewater Restaurant 

BEN Rates this Venue as Highly Recommended
If you have an event coming up, or just want a little bit of exclusivity?

Edgewater’s private dining room seats up to 20 guests, so gather your people, and worry only about the serious business of eating and merriment.

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It's a Village out there!

But first you need a tribe

You have a great Business but who knows this?

So let's get the crawling mastered first - You need a loyal tribe, before you go on to win over a Village of your own.

Tribes light the fires and engage the Village Interest - Villages embrace the Tribal fires. Tribes are made up of your family Friends - Friends of Friends, Colleagues and other such 'hanger-on-ers'

Do not become enslaved in someone else's evolution revolution.
Be a little unrealistic often, project yourself beyond today - look through the "Looking Glass" to see your potential and feed off it.

The markets are down down down or

We may have seen the bottom

Clifford Bennett is a former Guest at the BEN Breakfasts 

• USA: DOW Stocks are struggling to make new lows:
• Optimism returning to make new positions 
• Dominant risk to the upside
• Markets will typically do what investors lest expect 
• German Reports have been miss interpreted - watch for an uptick in the Euro 
• Buying sterling now is for brave, but an opportunity.
• G20 meeting should green light stocks

Please explain Mr Hamilton - Alex that is!

Low interest rates and the rise of the zombies

BEN Member Alex Hamilton Ord Minnet recently shared this view

Australian Citizenship up for a change?

Congestion issues and Old Rules

BEN Member, Sed Crest may be able to shed some light on this ever increasing complication

Consider this as a parting thought provoking view on 'Purpose'

Debate this wording, refine its meaning and increase your purpose for attending a BEN breakfast.

This Email Magazine (Dubbed "The Biz Villager") is 95% aspirational and 5% expertise.
The purpose is to  . . .  

1. Summarise the Gold Coast news as it boils down in relevance to the BEN Breakfast table, by injecting bite sized newsy stuff in a fun, and easy to understand manner
2.  Change the same old boring sh#t! that we read (whoops that slipped out too easily) Simply that means I personally don’t like that stale old status quo which isn't moving in sync with the speed of change here on the GC. I along with others have felt the urge to take matters into our own hands in order to move the Goldie Business attributes from the bottom up to who knows where - Could be a tribal uprising ? but as long as it moves us forward - this has to be  something that gets you out of bed for and to take on the world - I hope you get the point! 
3. Bottom Line and key takeaway is to keep you informed through these emagazine newsletters, that highlight a handful of bite sized topics, and adding persecutive, colour and generally making it easy to understand. It's not traditional but it’s by a Gold Coast Biz Villager for the Gold Coast Biz Villager - Hmmm could this newsletter one day grow up to be a powerful and influential Australian Business Beast! 

Business Schooled, Synchrony

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