Nathan Jeffery

Cheap work is undervalued and seldom appreciated by the client. Cheap clients tend to be excessively demanding and disorganised. They often make you wait for information and input, and require regular follow ups when it comes to payment. In addition to the time and

My team was poached several years back by our biggest client at the time. I didn’t have any agreements in place with any of our clients or staff back then so I didn’t have a legal leg to stand on. I knew

Since the inception of MyEcommerce we’ve made an effort to keep our accounting and statutory records in order. I started off doing the books myself but as soon as we hired staff, we outsourced our bookkeeping and payroll to a ‘big name’ firm.

If you're launching a business or embarking on a new career, it may be tempting to work a second job for a sense of security. What you really need to do is commit, decide what you want to do and focus on it. You

Whether you’re a business owner, a team leader or starting your career, you need to put passion, energy and pride into everything you do. Taking ownership, to me, is more than taking responsibility and being accountable for your actions or lack thereof. You

You spend most of your adult life working so it's only obvious that you should do what you love and get satisfaction from your career. You should love what you do so much that, if it wasn’t for needing to eat, you’d

Failure is not an achievement and it's certainly nothing to be proud of. When you fail in business you lose money and often wreck the lives of your employees. The current flippant and arrogant approach to failure is disrespectful to everyone who works with

Do more and do it better. Good quality at a reasonable price is hard to come by. The world is a very small place and people talk. Good word gets around but it takes a bit longer to spread than negativity. Be a legend

We’ve lost millions in turn over due to scope creep and clients simply not paying us. Make sure your documentation is clear, avoid over committing and if you’re taking on a big project make sure you get a deposit up front. If

When you’re in shit is the worst time to stress about being in shit. Don’t focus on how bad things are, focus on solving problems, getting work done and earning more money. Hustle harder.

In a world where people like Elon Musk are literally building rockets and cars that run on energy from the sun it’s easy to look at your own life as an entrepreneur and feel like a bit of a failure or be totally

Client acquisition is a strange thing. We’ve had cases where we’ve identified the lead, quoted, did the work, invoiced and were paid within less than 24 hours and then we’ve had clients we’ve engaged with for years before ever seeing

It’s easier to go the long distance with a team than it is on your own but don’t just go out looking for a partner and don’t let the lack of a partner prevent you from starting. Partners seem to find

I started working at age twelve because I wanted an expensive bicycle. It ended up taking me between two and three years to build the bike up. I bought the parts as I could afford them. I kept the parts in my room so

If you’re young and still deciding what career to get into, consider accounting, law or even the medical profession. You may be thinking those are pretty old school career moves so why should you consider pursuing one of them. Well, the trick is,

It's the year 2014. Mobile phones are portable computers with built in modems. If you don't have email on your phone then you are doing something wrong. Out of office replies are the height of nuisance. No one cares if you're out of the

It’s not uncommon for website or business owners, looking to increase traffic to their website or promote a specific product or campaign to consider sending out bulk emails or bulk SMS as a means of reaching a greater audience. One of our clients