What happens when the cornerstones of a company begin to crumble? I discussed this some years ago with Eric Edmeades, a self-made millionaire who runs programmes for business owners, budding…
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The most basic entrepreneurship only has three people: someone to make promises, someone to keep those promises, and someone to make sure the enterprise is profitable. Young entrepreneurs make big…
In this post, I would like to share with you just three of the basic rules of writing great corporate content. It’s an important skill: unless your business can survive…
Never ask a candidate for your sales team how they should be rewarded. Here’s what you’ll get: “a highly competitive salary” (read, £200K per year) “a fast company car” (so…
I’m completely the wrong person to write a business plan. They always contain spreadsheets, which remind me of my expenses and bring me out in hives. But, more specifically, business…
Now the recession seems to be behind us, I am sure many of you have ambitious plans for growth in 2015. If so, this is now the time to start…
Networking events are useful for growing your business, so long as you do not just use them as an opportunity to sell too aggressively. Effective networking is primarily about meeting…
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One of the advantages of working for a small company is that you do not have to worry too much about strategy. Of course, you need a clear vision: where…
The key factor in delivering good mentoring is to understand your own strengths and weaknesses. In my case, my own particular blind spot is finance. It is not that I do…
