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Planning a business

Before you start
Business planning
Market and customer research
Evaluating your business idea
Turning your idea into a business
Business start-up guide
Skills for running a business
Working with business advisers
Working with suppliers
Calculating your costs when starting a business

Will your idea work? - case study video

Will your idea work?

Find out how Glen Riverstone, Managing Director of River Logic Pty Ltd, created a solution to a work health and safety problem and turned it into an award-winning business.

As a registered nurse, Glen discovered that many nurses injured themselves when snapping open glass medication vials. He developed his idea, created prototypes and protected his intellectual property along the way.