To compete and grow, you need to arm your business with good, practical ideas. At Business Options 2003, you?ll find them. Proudly sponsored by Microsoft®, Quicken® and Sensis, it spotlights new, innovative strategies for growing your customer base, managing your financials and exploiting new technologies. This is a different kind of business event, which promises to be both informative and entertaining.
Business Options 2003 will be hosted by Peter Blasina, a technology reporter with Channel 7?s Sunrise program. During the event you?ll hear from a range of successful small business owners, as well as industry experts.
In this changing economic climate, your business will profit from fresh ideas. Attend and you?ll learn how.
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Each segment will include actual case studies from real small business owners talking about their relevant experiences. Plus: QuickBooks® 2003 Launch. You ?ll have an opportunity to witness the launch of QuickBooks 2003 and talk with Quicken staff about the new developments. We welcome any business colleagues and partners you may wish to invite. Pre-registration is essential, however, as numbers are strictly limited. |  | |
| Presenter: Steven Shepherd - Senior Economist, Sensis | ||
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Steven Shepherd has 20 years of local and international experience in economics and government relations. At Sensis he is the author of the Yellow Pages® Business Index and other special reports. Throughout 2003 he is delivering a major economic briefing seminar series across Australia to small and medium businesses. | TOP |
| Presenter: Peter Switzer - Small Business Analyst and Media Commentator | ||
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Peter Switzer is the Small Business Editor for The Australian newspaper and has written about and analysed Australia?s best small business. Peter has worked as a business commentator with all of Australia?s major TV and Radio networks. He is the author of Your GST Questions Answered; Beating Debt or Using it to Get Rich and 350 Ways to Grow Your Business. |  | TOP |
| Presenter: Marc Phillips - Author, 'Behind Australia?s Most Successful Websites' | ||
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Marc Phillips was responsible for the establishment of APT Strategies ? one of Australia?s first online business intelligence firms. He contributes regularly to BusinessOnline Asia and Internet World Asia magazines, and is a frequent international speaker who appears on CNBC and Bloomberg television. He has written four Internet books and is currently working on his fifth. | TOP |
| Presenter: Peter Blasina - Small Business Owner and Technology Reporter | ||
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The host of Business Options 2003 is Peter Blasina. Peter has a niche publishing business with a number of newsstand titles in Australia and New Zealand. He is a technology reporter with segments on Channel 7?s Sunrise program and is also a technology and business commentator for ABC Radio. |  | TOP |
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Melbourne - Tuesday March 11 2003 7.30 - 9am: Keynote 9am - Midday: Exhibition Crown Entertainment Complex 8 Whiteman St, Melbourne, Victoria
Perth - Thursday March 13 2003 7.30 - 9am: Keynote 9am - Midday: Exhibition Rendezvous Hotel The Esplanade, Scarborough, WA
Sydney - Tuesday March 18 2003 7.30 - 9am: Keynote 9am - Midday: Exhibition AJC Convention & Exhibition Centre Alison Rd, Randwick, NSW
Brisbane - Thursday March 20 2003 7.30 - 9am: Keynote 9am - Midday: Exhibition Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Merivale St (cnr Glenelg), South Brisbane, QLD | TOP |