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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
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
In search of free publicity
In search of free publicity...
So you are in search of free publicity and want to let the public know that you’re in the marketplace - that your goods/services/ product are ever so useful and worth paying for?
Here is a major marketing tip that could positively turn the fortune of your sprouting venture: Advertising costs money. But editorial, whatever the medium, can be free... Read More
Can you Teach Entrepreneurship?
Can you teach entrepreneurship?
The question "Can you teach entrepreneurship?" has received much attention over the last decade.
People who teach entrepreneurship have an important job to do. However, much like the relationship between a 'product' and its life sustaining 'market', more consideration needs to be given to how people learn/engage with this subject.
For me, academia stills over-emphases traditional didactic pedagogy. Insufficient thought is being applied to how learners learn and how entrepreneurial minds think. Read More
Social Media Business Ethics
OMG! She's fallen! Does she really? Paying attention to social media business ethics.
Reaching for my camera (rather than my daughter's foot) as Megan falls from a Chicago skyscraper, suggests an untruth is perhaps at play... Read More
Start Exporting: Your Practical Guide
Start exporting - Global opportunities are out there
Building the SimVenture brand has involved little hitchhiking but much globe-trotting over the last decade.
In this time, exporting has become a key revenue stream for our company. Over 35% of all sales are now sourced from overseas. So what's been learnt and how can you start exporting and build your business? Here are my top 10 tips... Read More
Understand Business Startup Insurance
Business Startup Insurance. What protection do you need?
As my first year of business in York neared its end I arrived at work one Monday only to discover a ransacked office.
Cables were ripped out of walls, paper covered the floor and my only computer was gone.
Pants. Read More
Entrepreneurial Poetry
John Keats - inspiration for entrepreneurial poetry
John Keats, the famous 19th century poet, became part of the Italian family holiday during the summer. His life fascinated and helped me to understand the power of entrepreneurial poetry... Read More