“Growth is like creativity, it doesn’t go along very neat, precise plans. You get clogged highways before you figure out a way to open up capacity. You get pollution before you figure out a way to fight it.” – Steve Forbes, US publishing executive We all aim to grow our businesses, but sometimes we can…
“You don’t learn to hold your own by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.” That was a quote by the famous Irish writer George Bernard Shaw and it can be applied to your everyday life as a small business owner. If you want your business to grow, you have to…
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It’s great when your business starts to grow. But frantically pushing for faster and faster growth without laying the proper groundwork first may mean that you are not adequately prepared to cope with the changes as they happen. Here are our Top 5 Tips for growing at a steady pace to avoid potential pitfalls: 1.…
I like quotes because they can take a whole heap of learning and experience and deliver it in a few powerful words. So, as part of my posts here going forward, I thought I’d share a few quotes with you and what I think they mean. Here’s one I really like: “You cannot improve one…
I am sure that you saw the news yesterday where they were reporting the latest UK economic growth figures. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2011, compared with 0.1% growth in the previous quarter. That may seem like things are getting better…
Are you like me and sometimes wake up in the morning with a song in your head that you just can’t quite shake? Well, the other day I woke up and had the song ‘People should smile more‘ by Newton Faulkner. Singing along to that song for most of the day got me to thinking…
This is my first post for The Small Business Blog and what I’ll be concentrating on in the posts to come is how we can build better relations with our customers thus raising our level of customer focus. What that means is that I’ll be sharing with you some simple and practical strategies that will…
Looking at business of all sizes, you can’t escape thinking about how vulnerable business is at different growth phases – some sizes seem to be more stable than others. Micro businesses seem to be very stable because there is limited change from month to month, overheads are low, they are often run from home. Small…
Whether you are currently running a small business that you are looking to expand or you are running a ‘lifestyle’ business to suit you and your family growth and reputation are imperative. Even if you are not looking to grow your business in the traditional sense, growth of your brand is still necessary to ensure…
