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Feisty Enterprise Tip #17: Cash-flow is Queen – get your claws out for cash

Aug 31, ’13 7:00 AM

There is something Tony Robinson OBE has said to me over the years that has proven true for successfully starting and running your own business. He said ‘Focun widding cussmers ankajfleur iskin’ which translated means ‘Focus on winning customers and cash-flow is king’. Even I, a celebrity fashionista, best-selling author and investigative journalist, can sometimes…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #16: Put passion and fun into your business – priceless

Aug 24, ’13 10:28 PM

The Olympics was a triumph for the athletes, the volunteers and the spectators because they and their emotions were authentic. It contrasted starkly with all the ‘spin’ around the games organisation and sponsorship. Customers and consumers are smart and quick. Quick because the technology to spread the word that people love you, or don’t, is…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #15: Be different – no sheep dips here

Aug 17, ’13 11:57 AM

In my hundreds of interviews with enterprise owners one of the mistakes, many have admitted to, was in trying to mimic the corporates rather than differentiate from them. The Olympics was saved from feeling like one giant sheep dip from your government and the big global corporates by the sheer energy, laughter, tears and diversity…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #14: Make Deals To Prosper

Aug 10, ’13 12:09 PM

Be flexible – there’s nothing like a win-win on price and product/service offer to make both the customer and the biz owner friends for life. Every minute you enter into conversation with your customers builds a relationship and allows you to negotiate a deal that meet their needs exactly. The corporates and government bodies only…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #13: Kick Ass Before You Start – Tone Up Your Mind, Body and Business Idea

Aug 3, ’13 5:56 PM

Your mind and business idea you’ll strengthen by getting feed-back from potential customers and people that have got the T shirt from reading these tips and doing what you’re going to do. There are many ways to get your body right and I won’t turn this into one of my fabulous books on nutrition, like…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #12: Get Into Networks That Give You Know-How and Fun

Jul 27, ’13 2:32 PM

Choose carefully with your business networks. Informal networks may be best. Most business networking meetings are an absolute waste of time. It doesn’t matter whether they are online or offline, time is the one resource you cannot afford to waste. Many networks seem like a lot of desperate people hoping for a break in the…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #11: Bootstrap Don’t Borrow

Jul 20, ’13 7:06 AM

I know this may go against everything my readers will have seen before about starting a business. But I am Soculitherz and these other writers are not. Sure, there will be exceptions. If you come up with a brilliant new invention that you’re going to manufacture there may be no alternative but to borrow to…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #10: Ditch the Business Plan – Find a Customer To Sell To

Jul 13, ’13 7:05 AM

Whatever the product or service you are thinking of offering, you must test and practice selling it to prospective customers. You might need to change the product or service offer if you find it too difficult to sell. Don’t let the experts lull you into believing ‘business planning is the most important skill’. Of course…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #9: To Be Persistent Enough To Succeed You Have To Love Being In Your Own Business

Jul 6, ’13 7:37 AM

The big difference between business as taught in colleges and universities and business as run by real, live, business owners is ‘guts and passion’. If you don’t have the enterprise know-how when you start your business the good news is that if you’ve got the guts and passion to hang in there you’ll learn what…

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Feisty Enterprise Tip #8: There’s No Room For Weenies In The Global Enterprise Community – Just Get On With It!

Jun 29, ’13 9:33 PM

I know Tony Robinson OBE has a crush on the Williams sisters so let me use an example from Serena to explain the mind set you need to succeed. The Williams sisters have raised the game, opportunity and fashion in women’s tennis but they are most definitely not who the tennis establishment expected to be…

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