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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
