SSHED eNews April 2011

SSHED cracks 450! 450 jobs have now been created by the 94 businesses that have taken part in our business acceleration programs.

Business Brainstrust launches: Just because you run your own business, you can’t be expected to know it all. That’s where our Business Brainstrust steps in. We bring in specialists to help a business owner expand or update their knowledge or fill a gap in their skill set.

Our Brainstrust includes local lawyers, accountants, marketers, experts in sales and HR and much more. Contact us to find out how you can tap into this business know-how.

Tenants making news!

BIOGILL wins Innovation Showcase in California
BIOGILL won the highly competitive NSW Innovation Showcase: Fastpitch competition in the United States earlier this year. BioGill was formed to commercialise award-winning environmental wastewater treatment technology developed in the laboratories of the Australian Federal Government Agency, ANSTO.
 

Truckworld.com.au attracts record crowds!
In the past 12 months truckworld.com.au has enjoyed a staggering 30% increase in traffic to its online truck sales website. The number of dealers listing their stock has also increased by 70% and private sellers are up by more than 60%. 

Truckworld.com.au is a fast-growing truck and heavy machinery website that attracts 1000s and 1000s of visitors every day.  

New businesses in the SSHED

jTribe  has been developing apps for the Apple iPhone since 2008. The company has a number of their own apps in the App Store and has also developed apps for large multinational companies in Austalia, the USA and Europe. jTribe is hosting a "Turn your iPhone app idea into reality" 3-day course, 2-4 May in Sydney.

WaratahWeb helps businesses, large and small, develop and run successful online businesses. Using Adobe’s Business Catalyst, a leading multi-function Content Management System, WaratahWeb provides easy to manage websites that can grow as a business grows.
 

Build a better business with SSHEDx

Natalie Ettingshausen, Principal of Ettingshausens Dynamic Arts, one of the Shire’s largest performing arts schools, signed up for SSHEDx  4 years ago.

This program provides business owners with a dedicated advisor to help map out their business goals and future.

According to Natalie, SSHEDx has reignited her passion for business and by working with her SSHEDx advisors she has learned how to better manage and monitor the business.
 

SSHEDnet is all systems go

Following a successful pilot last year, the SSHED’s regional program, SSHEDnet  is currently signing up new businesses and regions. In the Blue Mountains 5 businesses have re-signed and 3 new businesses have joined the program.

Try our Hot Office

Need an office in a hurry to impress a client or have a private meeting? Then the SSHED's Hot Office could be ideal.

Special offer: Our Hot Office is only $20 per hour. Book 2 hours and get a third hour for FREE!
 

Visit us at ThinkBusiness

Next month, you're invited to visit the SSHED exhibition at the Shire's up and coming B2B 'Think Business Expo', 12- 13 May.