Four more businesses guided by Sherpa Group
National and International business development consultancy, Sherpa Group, has recently signed four Australian businesses who are in early stages of franchising, Muscle Beach and The Jitterbugs currently operating in New South Wales, CRACKMASTERS based in Victoria and Allingtons Lawn and Garden Care based in South Australia.
Sherpa Group guides Geelong business through national franchising process
Business Consultancy Sherpa Group are guiding Geelong-based company CRACKMASTERS through their national franchising expansion, with a variety of territories available nationally to franchisees.
CRACKMASTERS is owned and run by brothers Jason, Michael, and Matthew Cobb who are extremely excited about the expansion and growth opportunities for the CRACKMASTERS business.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Jean Kittson Teamed up with Patricia Brown, a Teacher for 26 years who is one of Ovarian Cancer Australia’s 11th Hour Ambassadors. Together they Hope to Deliver an Important Health Message to Australian Women Teachers:
Don’t leave learning the symptoms of ovarian cancer until the 11th hour!
Do you Want to Build a Business you can Sell for Millions of Dollars
Building a good business model is important, so if in future you propose to sell your business, pretending you’re preparing it for a new owner can be an interesting and valuable exercise.
A True Aussie Success Story
It’s a long way from the small river community of Mannum (population 3,250) in South Australia to the exotic Bahamas.
And it’s a long way from being an apprentice diesel mechanic to being a multimillionaire, highly regarded trader in global financial markets.
Sometimes it really is who you know
At the age of 16, I got involved in a relationship which proved to be detrimental to my life path, too young to realise this, the years passed until my early twenties when I started to become increasingly restless, I remember spending hours staring out the window watching the world go by, feeling trapped and excluded wondering is this really all life had in store for me. My life was full of violence and turmoil and seemed to be getting worse as time passed. It’s amazing how quickly you become complacent in a situation and adopt an attitude of ‘poor me.’ Even so, all my goals I had as an ambitious teenager I felt I had tried and failed at. I started careers in hairdressing, pre-school teaching, Real Estate and tried my hand at various other careers. All left me feeling unfulfilled.
Reckon Your Days so that You Have Peace
Holding onto anger,
Resentment and hurt
only gives you tense muscles,
A headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth.
Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
By John Lennon
When you know better you can do better
Picture this; a young 17 year old long sun bleached blond haired, skinny, shy Bundaberg country surfer boy from working class family joined the navy back in 1996 without having too much of an idea of what he was getting himself into!.
Recession Equals Opportunity if we let go of the Fear.

You may have heard the chinese proverb ‘crisis is opportunity’
This is so true and to overcome a recession we need to see it as the. opportunity that it is.
As challenging as a recession can be it creates a lot of opportunities for those who are willing to embrace the changing economic environment.
A Year From Now You Will Wish You Started Today

Well we all know it is interesting times as far as the economy is concerned. But with so many conflicting media reports it can be hard to work it all out and see what it means to you, and your personal finances and investments. So I am going to attempt to break down and simplify some of the recent media commentary right now…


