Valerie Khoo

What’s been going on in my life: what I’m reading, listening to – and details on my wake-up call on whether it’s healthy, superhuman or stupid to keep on achieving the impossible. [...]

If you believe some of the business surveys and media headlines going around right now, it’s doom and gloom in the small business world at the moment. Here’s how to ride out the tough times. [...]

I was thrilled to be asked to be on this panel with Suzi Dafnis and Robert Gerrish for BNET’s new video show “The Venture”. Suzi is the community director of the Australian Businesswomen’s Network and Robert is the founder of the small business community, Flying Solo. We talk about the ideal workplace for business owners – and you get a sneak peek at what ours look like! [...]

This week we celebrated our 6th birthday at the Sydney Writers’ Centre. It’s hard to believe that six years have flown by since I held my first ever course with six students in a small boardroom just around the corner from our current Centre. Here’s how we’ve celebrated how far we’ve come. [...]

As you know, I was inspired by my interview with Robert Kiyosaki this week. So I wrote this post for my Enterprise column. In Greek mythology, everything King Midas touched turned to gold. And that’s what entrepreneur and best-selling author [...]

This week I was thrilled to interview best-selling author Robert Kiyosaki. He dropped into the Sydney Writers’ Centre and we chatted about his new book Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich – And Why Most Don’t, which he co-authored with Donald Trump. Robert has built an entire empire on his “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” series of books so it was great to be able to chat to him about his writing and book marketing strategies. [...]

“About us”. Your company profile. It’s one of the most clicked pages on your website, but how much time have you spent crafting the words on the page? Similarly, when you ask your assistant to quickly email your bio to the organiser of the next event you are speaking at, have you really considered whether it’s suitable for that audience? [...]

Reading: Emma Isaac’s blog post on her experience when she attended my seminar “How to write a business book” this week. Many of you may know that Emma is the dynamo behind Business Chicks, Australia’s largest network of corporate and [...]

Now THAT’s what I call a worthwhile business competition. And yes, you can enter if you are living in Australia. Lunch with Seth Godin in New York. Mentoring with Gary Vaynerchuk. Dinner with Tim Ferriss. Really. [...]

A few days ago, I was at a meeting with someone I had never met before. She didn’t know much about me or my business, the Sydney Writers’ Centre. And throughout the meeting she was very lovely and polite but [...]