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Leadership

The First 100 Days as a CEO

The approach a new CEO takes during their first 100 days can determine whether they succeed or fail FIRST impressions count!  The approach that a new CEO takes during their first 100 days can largely determine whether they succeed or fail.  But how to get it right?  In an article in the second issue of the SVA […]

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Investing

ModelOff 2012 – Financial Modeling World Championships

MODELOFF is a fun, innovative and professional competition for students and young professionals to develop and test their financial modeling skills against their friends, colleagues and top modelers from around the world. With $25,000 cash from S&P Capital IQ for the overall ModelOff Champion and more than $65,000 of prizes in total from Microsoft and […]

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Economics

Kickstarting the Gift Economy

TODAY is the four year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. At the time of its bankruptcy, Lehman Brothers was the fourth largest investment bank in the world. How could it run out of money? And, why did this disrupt the global economy? Lehman Brothers and other investment banks went down in part due […]

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Social Enterprise

Insights from Australia’s Leading Social Sector Consulting Firm

SOCIAL VENTURES Australia (SVA) is a relatively new non-profit organisation.  Founded in 2002, SVA invests in social change projects to help increase the impact and build the sustainability of high potential organisations in the social sector.  SVA currently supports a range of promising organisations including AIME, STREAT, and Teach for Australia. The consulting arm of SVA, aptly […]

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Excellence

Live passionately everyday

Your passion is what stays with us There was a very cautious man, Who never laughed or played. He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he one day passed away, His insurance was denied. For since he never really lived, They claimed he never died. ~ Anon.