A Message from Matt Alderton

Owning your own business is an adventure and can be highly rewarding. As an owner of businesses both large and small, I understand the many challenges business owners face operating their business. I have been a business owner for almost two-decades, have experienced many ups and downs and have learned an incredible amount through experience.

most amount of time with. This means, if we want to be successful, we need to spend time with people who are successful, who have had more success than we have had to date, and learn from them.

As I have built my various businesses, I have spent time around some incredible people. People such as John Maxwell, Terry Hawkins and Les Brown, as well as experts across various fields and industries. I can directly link my successes and failures to the people and influence they have had on my business and life.

- Bxponential, educational platforms and our BxNetworking for Business meetings.

I encourage you to share your experience with your friends and business networks. The more people that connect with us and our events, the more people we can help achieve success.

One lesson I have learned in business and life is that winning and success are not the same thing.

ne thing above all I have taken away from my journey so far, is that you can't do it alone. To be successful requires being around the right people and having the right influences in your life to help you achieve success. This applies to all the relationships in our lives. As human beings, we are the average of the seven people we spend the

I started Bx to help business owners connect with experts within the business arena. Knowing first-hand the advantages of being connected with and mentoring with the right people, I knew this was pivotal to the success of other business owners as well. In Australia, 1 in 2 businesses fail in their first 12 months, and 9 out of 10 will fail in the following 9 years. These are disturbing statistics. What is even more disturbing, is that it is usually a result of the business owner not having the experience, expertise and support required to be successful in their enterprise. My personal mission is to reverse this statistic. I have created a support system for business owners, to enable them to achieve success. I have done

For you to win, there must also be losers. For you to be truly successful, means helping as many others as possible achieve success. The more people you help achieve success, the more successful you will in turn become.

Thanks and see you at brekkie!