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COSBOA: The Directors Cut 2021 On Friday 16 April COSBOA conducted its inaugural virtual event, The Directors Cut 2021. The event examined the theme of resilience and offered fascinating insights on how small businesses can survive and thrive during the difficult times presented to it during the recent devastating drought, bushfires and unforeseen global and local impact of COVID-19. The event allowed small businesses to gain access to some of Australia’s best small business thought leaders in 3 in discussions around small Business Resilience including a live Q&A and panel discussions.
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The Keynote speakers included.
• Mr Shane Fitzsimmons -
Commissioner Resilience, NSW
• Mr Matt Coyme - CEO,
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Panel Discussion - Deep Dive
into Australian Small Business Data Insights on Resilience, Surviving and Thriving.
• Alexi Boyd - Host of Small Business Matters
• Lisa Belcher - American Express
Leader Small Business Merchant Team
• Louise Southall - Xero Accounting Software
• Merlin Luck - Regional Vice
President Small Business at Salesforce
The Director’s Cut provided fascinating insights into how small business survived COVID-19 and ideas for thriving in uncertain times and can be viewed in its entirety on the following: https:// webcast2.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/ Channel/cosboa-the-directors-cut-21.
