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Entrepreneur Naomi Simson’s Insights To Strengthen Your Business

Robyn Foyster by Robyn Foyster
5 April 2021
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When I speak to Naomi Simson, we’ve not long been released from the grip of COVID-19 Level 4 and the experience is still etched in our mind. Naomi is enjoying a peaceful harbour-side walk when we speak on the phone. She has, I suspect, always been a master multi-tasker and freely admits a walk and a chat makes a better alternative to a non-stop chain of Zoom meetings. 

It also sets the tone of our discussion about the opportunities that will arise from the ashes of the current economic slow-down to the many things we can and should be grateful for both personally and professionally.

Naomi Simson
Entrepreneur Naomi Simson and Lenovo ambassador

“I’m on a walk to avoid the trap of video call to video call and the weather is amazing,” says Naomi, the founder of the online experience gift retailer RedBalloon and popular shark on Network Ten’s TV show Shark Tank. “I’m down looking at the Sydney Harbour Bridge. So, I’m feeling grateful I live in a lucky country, one with strong leadership. From our banks to our Government, we have benefited from our leaders taking tough decisions early and had their consistent approach to dealing with COVID-19.”

Naomi Simson painting
Find out more about Naomi Simson’s amazing paintings here.

 “I’m feeling grateful I live in a lucky country, one with strong leadership.”

Naomi Simson

Naomi is still working from home, something she admits, has its advantages. Namely, it has given her the chance to enjoy her long-held passion for painting and she’s relished in a world where colour and texture, rather than business decisions, rule. “Painting is fabulous,” says Naomi, who is a business and thought leader with more than 2.8 million Linkedin followers.

Naomi Simson on the set of GameChangers.com.au Pic by Cliff Kent
Naomi Simson on the set of GameChangers.com.auu Pic by Cliff Kent

“I need to start selling them now. It’s a very expensive hobby especially as I’m using Belgian canvas. My husband found one of the first paintings I did recently and snuck it off and is getting it framed. I painted it 20 years ago.” 

Naomi’s beautiful abstract paintings of lemon-scented gums and glistening wet autumnal leaves can be seen, and yes even bought, on her https://naomisimson.com/ site where she describes her world of painting as the special place where she ‘can get lost in.’

Naomi Simson and Sarah Harris on the set of GameChangers.com.au Pic by Cliff Kent
Naomi Simson and Sarah Harris on the set of GameChangers.com.au
Pic by Cliff Kent

Read about the tips she gave to three small business owners here regarding working remotely. And don’t forget to check out her Game Changers interview with Sarah Harris here!

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A multi award-winning journalist and editor and experienced executive, Robyn Foyster has successfully led multiple companies including her own media and tech businesses. She is the editor and owner of Women Love Tech, The Carousel and Game Changers. A passionate advocate for diversity, with a strong track record of supporting and mentoring young women, Robyn is a 2023 Women Leading Tech Champion of Change finalist, 2024 finalist for the Samsung Lizzies IT Awards and 2024 Small Business Awards finalist. A regular speaker on TV, radio and podcasts, Robyn spoke on two panels for SXSW Sydney in 2023 and Intel's 2024 Sales Conference in Vietnam and AI Summit in Australia. She has been a judge for the Telstra Business Awards for 8 years. Voted one of B&T's 30 Most Powerful Women In Media, Robyn was Publisher and Editor of Australia's three biggest flagship magazines - The Weekly, Woman's Day and New Idea and a Seven Network Executive.

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