Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast of my interview with BFM 89.9 The Business Station… Say you’ve got an idea for a business, that you think…
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Many of you will be familiar with the Robert Kelsey, author of best-sellers What’s Stopping You and Get Things Done. His new book is called The Outside Edge, which looks at…
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…
Shaylesh Patel had the traditional career route of first working for a big accounting firm then becoming the Financial Director of a growing company, in his case, in travel. But…
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…
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…
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…
