May 1, 2014

Until recently, I’ve done a fairly poor job of selling my company. Yes, I was good at exciting people. No, I was not translating excitement into investment. I’ve improved through optimism, tenacity, and advice.
Two years ago, I thought I was great at presenting. I even wrote a post about my pitching techniques. However the more meetings I took, the more I suspected that my content and style were off, but since my presentations received such positive responses, it was hard to pinpoint what was wrong.

The mining boom is nearing its close, or already over, depending on who you talk to. In the last twenty years of resource-based good times, Perth has managed to become a “centre of excellence” for the global resource industry, providing the head offices, research centres and software development teams for a large part of the global industry.