Practical ‘How to’ business guidance and advice
Straight-talking tips and advice on a wide range of business and entrepreneurship topics from an experienced expert.
Brexit Wrecks it (For the Moment)
If Brexit wrecks, BRITISH universities can take nothing for granted ever again.
The days when we can count on a steady stream of foreign students to shore up the nation’s depleting higher education coffers are gone. Brexit wrecks it... Read More
Lose yourself in Euro Fantasy
With many colleagues, clients, friends & family working in education, I'm aware life within the sector has many challenging issues.
Then, on June 23rd we voted ourselves out of the EU and to cap it all, England exited the Euros following ignominious defeat to Iceland... Read More
Brainpower Waste
Waste: a subject loved by lateral-minded, innovative entrepreneurs
THERE is nothing I want more than for good minds to go to waste.
I joke not. Brilliant young brains in all aspects of education – especially budding entrepreneurs who could and should be applying themselves to turning brainpower waste into lolly... Read More
Unbelievable Technology Revolutionising Telecommunications
I’ve sworn myself to secrecy about a most revolutionary discovery in telecommunications – until today. It's simply unbelievable technology.
Now, as simultaneous launches occur in Mexico City and London, I can reveal details of what has engagingly come to be known by a group of elite scientists as the “Coo Coup”... Read More
Low Budget London Office
Low budget London office. Discover the entrepreneurial way to work in the capital
HAD Abraham Maslow, that genius American psychologist, who died in 1970 survived to witness today's technological wonders, he would have amended his life’s work... Read More
Loving an Elevator
Loving an elevator. Did Dermot's proposal work?
Let what happened to my young friend, Dermot, be an object lesson to all who want to learn how to fuse love with business. Now, as Valentine’s Day looms on February 14, this is as good a time as any to tell his story... Read More
How to Make a Fast Entrepreneurial Fortune
To make a fast entrepreneurial fortune in business requires the right mindset
If you want to make a fast entrepreneurial fortune today, buy a lottery ticket.
But if you possess some skills, resilience, patience and a preparedness to read the rest of this post, there is an alternative... Read More
Are You Badvertising?
Avoid Badvertising by applying sound principles when creating promotional materials
Badvertising is common. in fact it's way too common.
Why is it that people running small businesses spend so much money and time on adverts that fail to communicate the main message? Or worse, any message at all.
People working on their own can suffer from tunnel vision. And most small business owners I know can't afford to engage an ad agency.
But gathering a committee of friends to discuss and design your ads doesn’t necessarily “make a camel”, as the saying goes. Sometimes it makes a tortoise… Read More