Everyone is looking for original ways of promoting their product, a good angle to make them stand out in a crowd. Suneet Tuli had an interesting idea: to get into…
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Entrepreneurship | Mike Southon
“Here’s the deal”, as Simon Cowell explained to the Britain’s Got Talent contestant who challenged him to get on stage and do better. Cowell explained politely that the deal was…
Many of us consider ourselves poor at party chit-chat and dread the inevitable question: “and what do you do?” People in regular employment can always quote their job title, while entrepreneurs often…
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…
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’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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