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Make your office slightly more paperless

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster In the ‘80s and ‘90s, we were promised a paperless office. Now that the digital revolution has well and truly arrived, it’s time to throw away some paper.

If a speaker is note-worthy, be sure to take note

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster Do you eye the antipasto platter during business function keynote speeches? If so, Old Taskmaster says you could be using your time more productively.

Tackle the big jobs in little pieces

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster At Taskmaster Towers, the windows were recently bricked up with paperwork. Here's how Old Taskmaster cleared the backlog – one page at a time.

Stephen Conroy and the Streisand effect

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster In recent days, Old Taskmaster has intently followed the saga of Senator Stephen Conroy and the issue of federal funding for NICTA. The situation is an example of the Streisand effect in action.

A $19.4 billion business lesson: Don’t budget like Wayne Swan

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster From Wayne Swan underestimating company tax receipts to Stephen Conroy overestimating bids at the recent TV spectrum auction, the federal government has come up short. Make sure your business doesn't do the same.

Eating the competition’s lunch

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster Here's how Old Taskmaster learnt a valuable business lesson while sneaking in a bite.

Study the Budget

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster As a curious and determined entrepreneur, you are going to take your interest in the Budget a step further and actually go and read the Budget papers yourself.

Be proud of your budgetary discipline

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster Are you financially prudent? If so, make sure you don't put up with any nonsense about it.

Lessons from the good ole days of the internet

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster Old Taskmaster recalls the good ole days of the internet in the early to mid-1990s. There’s a valuable business lesson to be learnt by you young whippersnappers along the way.

Civic virtue creates cash

5:34PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | By Taskmaster The annual raffle has long been a staple of Australian fundraising for not-for-profit groups. Of course, for Old Taskmaster, this presents a fantastic business opportunity at $2 a ticket – or three for $5.