Posted by: admin on: February 16, 2012
Tweet One of the most common questions I get asked via this Web site is along the lines of “am I ready?” or “when is a good time to start?”. It is nearly impossible for me to give advice as no-one KNOWS they are ready to press go … and there will almost certainly be [...]
Posted by: admin on: December 28, 2011
Tweet There is an awful lot written about what you need to do to succeed. Determination, passion, hard work, learning from mistakes, customer service, etc. etc.. There are plenty of people out there with these qualities who never make it & one of the big reasons is they are not prepared to sacrifice to get [...]
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 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: October 2, 2011
Tweet Worrying too much about the competition is a mistake … the biggest opportunity for you to surpass your competition is for you to stop competing with them and start competing with yourself. Too many companies are obsessed with their competitors. Trying to win business away from them, talking trash about them to customers, taking [...]