Description
Most business guides are written for businesses that don’t look like yours.
They’re American. Or theoretical. Or written by someone who has never lodged a BAS, navigated a Fair Work claim, or tried to understand why a trust distribution needs to be resolved by 30 June.
This book is different. Written specifically for Australian small business owners — by people who advise them every single day — it covers the rules you actually need to follow, the systems that actually work, and the mistakes that actually cost you money.
It is not a textbook. It is the conversation you wish you’d had with a knowledgeable friend before you started — and the reference you’ll reach for every time something comes up that you’re not sure how to handle.
What’s Inside
Seven parts. Twenty-six chapters.
Everything you need.
From the moment you decide to start a business through to the day you sell it, retire, or hand it to the next generation.
What Makes This Different
Built for the way you actually work
Australian. Entirely.
Every law, every threshold, every regulatory body, every example. No American advice repackaged with a metric conversion. Written for the business environment you actually operate in.
Your industry. Specifically.
Every chapter includes an Industry Lens table covering professional services, Allied Health, and home services/trades. Not generic advice — advice calibrated to how your industry works.
Do-it-yourself workshops
Every chapter ends with a practical exercise you can complete with a pen and paper. Build your risk register. Calculate your survival number. Audit your contracts. Actionable from page one.
When to invest in advice
Every chapter shows exactly what professional help costs and exactly what it saves. Know when you can handle it yourself, and when spending $500 prevents a $50,000 mistake.
Current law. Plain language.
2024–2026 workplace reforms. Unfair contract term penalties. Right to disconnect. Criminal wage theft provisions. ESG disclosure timelines. All translated into English you can act on.
Protection built in
Insurance, contracts, risk management, WHS, cyber security, disaster preparedness, wills and succession — the complete shield around the business you’re building.
The 2am Test is simple: if you’re lying awake at two in the morning because something has gone wrong — a staff issue, a client dispute, a cash crisis, a safety incident — can you reach for this book and find what you need?
If the answer is no, the resource has failed its purpose. These guides were built to be used in the moments that matter, not filed on a shelf and forgotten.
Clear language. Practical steps. Immediate answers. That’s the standard.
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