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June 04, 2014
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Don’t Be Needy, Be Succeedy

Posted by Mike Southon | Creativity, Profiles, Interviews & Bios | No Comments

We all need inspiration and good business advice in these hard times. So I have been combing bookstores for leading-edge thought leadership from the great business experts. Many of the…

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May 30, 2014
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Wrestling with Content

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Like many people I dream that one day I will have my own television show. This is not completely unrealistic. Journalists and TV researchers looking for input to their articles…

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May 23, 2014
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Welcome to Estonia!

Posted by Mike Southon | Entrepreneurship, Profiles, Interviews & Bios | No Comments

This article is a chapter from ‘This Is How Yoodoo It’ – a collection of Financial Times columns written by Mike Southon. You can buy this book in hard copy…

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May 07, 2014
1

Liverpool Vision

Posted by Mike Southon | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | No Comments

It is good to recharge your ‘spirit battery’ now and then. I always feel enriched when visiting Westminster Abbey. Recently, however, I returned from a pilgrimage to my first spiritual…

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May 07, 2014
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Something About The Beatles (and Stackridge)

Posted by Mike Southon | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, People | No Comments

I am often asked what I think about the television show Dragon’s Den. While it has done a sterling job in raising awareness of entrepreneurship in the UK, particularly amongst…

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May 01, 2014
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Social Entrepreneurship

Posted by Mike Southon | People, Profiles, Interviews & Bios, Social Entrepreneurship | No Comments

Over a century ago Sir Titus Salt built the village of Saltaire to provide self-contained living space for the workers at his cotton mills. This is the traditional model of…

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April 24, 2014
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Animal Magic

Posted by Mike Southon | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Growth, People, Profiles, Interviews & Bios, Small Business, Start-ups | No Comments

Many people are now starting web-based businesses, which are completely virtual. They have no formal offices or even full-time staff. But there will always be a need for local services,…

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April 17, 2014
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Eager to Please

Posted by Mike Southon | Entrepreneurship, Internet Marketing, Profiles, Interviews & Bios, Sales | No Comments

Kristin Syltevik is founder and CEO of Hotwire, which specialises in PR for high-technology companies. All around the UK you can hear the sound of belts tightening and budgets being…

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April 11, 2014
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Giving Back

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It is common for successful entrepreneurs, once they have made a successful exit from their businesses, to support charities and mentor young people. Alex van Someren found an even more…

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April 04, 2014
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Perfect Timing

Posted by Mike Southon | Entrepreneurship, Internet Marketing, Profiles, Interviews & Bios | No Comments

Successful entrepreneurs seem to have an in-built sense of timing. Nobody illustrates this more perfectly than Brent Hoberman, co-founder of lastminute.com. He came from an entrepreneurial family, so despite a…

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