Our journey towards a syntropic food forest has started a couple of months ago.
Sustainability
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Dance
Dance of Life Was A Feast
The Dance of Life was a feast. It was a feast for all senses. And it was a coming together of community in a beautiful and meaningful way. We journeyed along the stages of life and had a taste of all of them.
Finance
How to Structure Team Ownership for Best Impact
When structured correctly, team ownership creates cash flow for the entrepreneur while rewarding the team for creating value.
People
Sustainable Adventures
I have been looking at business sales websites for many years, approached a few sellers, but nothing ever come of it. That changed because
Investing
Many Homes for People with Special Needs – NDIS on Steroids
Our journey with NDIS had not finished. Even though the construction project did not go as smoothly as I had hoped for, I still believed in the concept and the good that was coming from the NDIS constructions. There are quite a few funds available that offer investment into large projects (often spending many tens or even hundreds of Million Dollars). One of the ones we considered the most seriously is the Synergis Fund. It sounded very professional and reliable. The main reason we did not end up investing was the difficulty in actually talking with someone that is…
Investing
A Home for People with Special Needs (SDA – NDIS)
A balanced investment portfolio is supposed to include property. SDA for NDIS is a way to achieve a cashflow positive property investment.
Investing
Good Earth Dairy
For the past 12 months I researched investments that match the impact I want to have while creating financial returns. As I outlined in the difference between impact and ethical investing, I tried to find projects with actual impact. We invested in a few and I found more that we did not invest in. So here is the first one (not as financial advice, just sharing our journey) and why we did it. I had a couple of conversations with Marcel Steingiesser during their first round of fundraising late last year and he was very open, switched on, and…
Entrepreneur
Noosa Council Economic Development Plan
Noosa Council has just released their latest local economic development plan and asked for input. It was quite interesting to listen to myself share some thoughts on that. Repetitive in places, but it clarified a few things for me and reinforced the importance of the impact I want to have. I encourage anyone working and living in Noosa to review and add your thoughts at Your Say. Buying Local One of the most impactful things to grow a resilient community is buying local. As a large purchaser, I would expect Noosa council to have a very strong local purchasing…
People
Why I Gifted My Team Most of the Company
I realised that I was the main shareholder of my companies and while I had been sharing profits with the team for a few years, they did not have any equity ownership.
That just did not reflect the actual input in creating a successful business.
Sustainability
First Motorised Vehicle I Own (in 4 years)
When we came back from our journey around the world in 2017, we decided to further reduce our footprint. One decision was not to buy a car, but instead share cars from friends. Living in Noosa means that there are no car sharing services here. We were lucky and forever grateful to two friends who live in the same road as we do and were happy to share their cars. We write down all our km and calculate $0.30 per km, which we mostly offset by buying petrol. The communication around who uses which car when, has created even…