MENTORED BLOG

Breaking down barriers to business Mark Bouris interviews Young Australian of the year, Abdullahi Alim, about leadership, entrepreneurship and breaking down barriers to business for the BIPOC community. “It gives me goosebumps to think that there’s a young man in his 20s who is actually putting out there, actually showing the type of maturity I expect from our senior politicians, and sadly, we don’t always get.” As a society we’ve lost the art of conversation, we struggle to [...]

“Business owners right now in Victoria are still fighting back. They are really strong and resilient and have a really good mental attitude." Mark Bouris on Channel 7's 'The Morning Show' 11 August, 2020 Businesses around the country are undoubtedly facing one of the most difficult periods in years, and with wide ranging shutdowns and restrictions put in place across Victoria, the State's business community are having to weather the storm. Some early reports are suggested nearly 15 [...]

What Victorian Business Owners are going through Last week, we asked Victorian business owners to let us know how they were doing with the second lockdown. We've pulled together our questions with a few of their responses to give you a sense of the fight that Victorian business owners have on their hands, and an insight into the grit and resilience they have that'll get them through this crisis. In general, how are you feeling? On a scale [...]

Mark Bouris answers questions from from Aussie entrepreneurs for LinkedIn July 29, 2020 Mark Bouris joined Natalie MacDonald on LinkedIn's live 'Together for Business' event to answer some questions from Aussie entrepreneurs about the future, and what they can do to help get through trying times. Has globalisation been challenged by COVID-19? Is the "local" entrepreneurial mindset going to be where everyone is looking to make the most impact? It depends what industry you're in, however Globalisation as we knew [...]

JobKeeper 2.0  - Extensions and Changes The first stage of the JobKeeper program has been taken up by 920,000 organisations, and around 3.5 million individuals over the April-May period. On the 21st July, the Federal Government announced an extension to the JobKeeper Payment program through to March 2021 to continue to support businesses impacted by COVID19. Whilst the program will continue, changes have been made to the payment figures as well as to the eligibility of businesses and employees to qualify [...]

Lexus and Mark Bouris Partner to Support Small Business Innovation and Entrepreneurs with the New Lexus and Mentored Grant 22 June, 2020 As Australians around the nation continue to adapt amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Lexus and Mark Bouris continue their commitment to support innovation and entrepreneurs in the business sector.  Lexus has partnered with Mark Bouris to reaffirm this shared commitment and are proud to announce the new Lexus and Mentored Grant - a $100,000 grant initiative aimed to help up-and-coming [...]

June 7, 2020 Mark Bouris calls for consistent decision making as Australia eases social restrictions. Tune into Mark's latest straight talk as he explains why he believes Australia needs to ease social restrictions further to give the business community AND the economy a chance to fight back.

"Happy employees is where we want to be" - Mark Bouris Mark Bouris discusses changes to JobKeeper and the potential to adopt a four day working week on Channel 7's The Latest. Job Keeper payments are now making their way out to more than 6 million Australians. The unprecedented support package from the government is now under scrutiny, amid concerns that many jobs are currently being kept alive by the Job Keeper payments, and will simply disappear once the Job Keeper package [...]