Category start-up in business

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Why I’d Choose a Woman Business Partner Every Time?

May 18, ’13 4:37 PM

Ouch! I think that hissing is the sound of knives flying through the air aimed at my back. This is where I may upset most business women and most business men. I’ll be accused of stereotyping and other words I find difficult to spell. I’m old but not wise – who knew? However, I just…

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It’s those banks again!

Feb 6, ’13 7:01 PM

Recently I was looking to open a business bank account for a new venture I’m looking to start- so I thought I would do the rounds with the banks to see what was on offer. I’m not going to name names here, but I was actually quite shocked at what I found. I went in…

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Communication Breakdown

Jan 24, ’13 5:45 PM

The art of articulation I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- being able to articulate what you do personally or in business is just about the most important skill you can develop. Sounds obvious huh? Well I am constantly being shocked just how bad people are at it. The age of the ‘Shrinking…

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‘Essence of Entrepreneurship Juice’ – anyone?

Nov 15, ’12 5:00 PM

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and I’ve been busy speaking in all the major cities and on television. Not that I’m an Entrepreneur, hardly anyone that speaks on entrepreneurship is. I know as much as the next speaker, dress better, have been on television and I’ve written a best selling, funny book on enterprise. I also…

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Rocking the Old Boys’ Clubs

Jun 24, ’12 12:23 PM

Waspies mean business Keep up won’t you? News that there are now 395,000 independent, own biz, direct sellers in the UK, up 20,000 since 2009 with an increase of 120% in party plan revenue, got me thinking. You’d be right in guessing that I’m more Agent Provocateur than Ann Summers but what’s not to like…

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A People List – the secret of your biz success

Jun 9, ’12 11:03 AM

Don’t believe all you read There is a better way to start up success than the business planning process. A lot of the same ‘must dos’, processes, are quoted by entrepreneurship academics, management gurus, glampreneurs and politicians as being needed for you to start and run your own business successfully. Training and supporting prospective entrepreneurs…

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Create Your Own Job

Jun 7, ’12 4:30 PM

Unemployment a big problem for the unemployed and the economy as a whole. Unemployed can’t find the jobs they are looking for and end up living of the meager unemployment payment the state hands out. Unemployment payments, while essential for the unemployed, are a waste of money as far as the economy is concerned, since…

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Starting A Business

May 29, ’12 8:07 PM

You don’t need a job, start a business. You don’t need a VC to start a business, bootstrap. You don’t need to go it alone to start a business, join the Enterprise Rockers. You don’t need help from government to start a business, you won’t get it. You don’t need an MBA to start a…

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Stuff the Dinosaurs

May 8, ’12 10:19 AM

Keep up won’t you – most websites that promote ‘how to successfully start and run your own business’ are sponsored by big companies and government bodies and written by people that are in jobs and have never started their own business. The advice is so yesterday. It is stuff from antiquity that belongs in a…

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Job vs. Your Own Business

Apr 5, ’12 5:20 AM

People of my parent’s generation still had “jobs for life”, at least to me it seemed like most people had jobs for life. It was often equated to having a stable and secure life for yourself and your family. Even if that was the reality then, jobs for life do not exist anymore today! So…

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