The entrepreneurial process often starts with some friends in a pub or restaurant, putting down their various ideas on a beer mat or napkin. This creative process invariably generates too…
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Ask Mike | Mike Southon
Absolutely! My experience is that most new businesses are started by modest, shy people who wanted to make a difference, rather than by showy extroverts. There is a myth perpetuated…
Ask Mike: My business has been going some time but seems to have hit a brick wall. How do I grow it?
Sooner or later, all businesses hit a brick wall. For entrepreneurs, it is a tough but salutary experience when they realise that the main obstacle to growing their business is,…
I have a little Easter treat for you… a new video for you to watch! The video covers elevator pitches and “The Five Ps”, finding mentors, getting your first “reference”…
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…
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… ‘You don’t get something for nothing’. It’s a well worn phrase which entrepreneurs understand more…
I recently returned from speaking in the Far East to an in-box of several hundred e-mails. Many hoped to interest me in their services. Almost all had one major drawback;…
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… “We love what you do, but we are happy with our existing supplier”, is a…
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… In the early stages of a business, the idea of chasing up invoices is a…
Mike has mentored over 1000 entrepreneurs personally – and often the same sorts of problems crop up. Hence “Ask Mike” – your business, entrepreneurship and growth questions answered! Email your…
