Posted by: admin on: February 21, 2012
Tweet “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” – Chinese Proverb I’m a passionate believer in the above proverb. Education and knowledge is the greatest gift you can give someone. Sometimes outright charity creates a reliance rather than [...]
Posted by: admin on: January 5, 2012
Tweet I wrote in my first book that you should always take time to celebrate successes or achievements, no matter how small they may seem to you. We all often overlook the progress we make. It has been 6 months since I released my free e-Book with literally no marketing whatsoever … only asking a [...]
Posted by: admin on: November 21, 2011
Tweet No business is ever perfect, but every business should continually strive to improve every aspect of itself. How can you improve the terms with your suppliers? How can you better predict what human resources you will require? How can you spend your marketing budget more effectively? What things can be done to improve cash [...]
Posted by: admin on: October 24, 2011
Tweet We’ve all seen the ‘occupy’ protests where left of centre protesters vent their fury and frustration at Wall Street, big business & its influence on politics, their unfortunate financial state, etc. etc. They say they are the 99%, protesting against the 1% who hold the majority of the wealth in the World. In my [...]
Posted by: admin on: October 15, 2011
Tweet There’s something seriously wrong with most modern education curricula today, so fundamental and overlooked it is actually quite shocking when you think about it for more than 30 seconds. Schools (i.e. those educating young people up to the age of 16/17) simply do NOT teach their pupils anything to do with business, creating a [...]
Posted by: admin on: September 10, 2011
Tweet I made my first million when I was 23 (on paper at least). While I was obviously happy about it, there was a strange sense of anti-climax. First of all, I had no access to it … all of it was in stock which I couldn’t sell. Secondly, my life was absolutely the same [...]
Posted by: admin on: August 24, 2011
Tweet I don’t really have anything to compare it against, but I am very happy with how well my first book ‘Startup Expert: Get Ready‘ has been received. So far, with no marketing, the book has been downloaded 77 times and a few people I don’t know have contacted me to compliment me on it. [...]
Posted by: admin on: August 22, 2011
Tweet My first e-book, which I will be giving away, called ‘Get Ready’ will be published very soon. I’m just waiting for the book cover artwork to be finished and will then publish via Smashwords initially. I’m giving my first book away as I have no following as yet, certainly not as an author. Assuming [...]
Posted by: admin on: July 12, 2011
Tweet Considering how many companies I’ve founded or co-founded, it has taken be quite a while to pluck up the courage to create my brand ‘Start-up Expert’. Creating any business is a very personal thing, both success and failure are extremely emotional. However, writing publicly exposes you to all sorts of new criticism beyond the [...]