As storms brewed over southern England this October I boarded a Virgin Airbus & headed to the US. My destination was Kansas City and the GCEC Conference. Crossing the Atlantic I was keen to test out Mr Branson’s latest in-seat multi-media technology. The hours passed quickly as I laughed at The Internship and cried with…
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.
Not long ago, I attended an entrepreneurship conference in London which attracted a range of academics, trainers and consultants. Short on collective wisdom yet high on clouded crystal balls, the organisers chose to kick things off with a ‘motivational speaker’. The billing stated our man of purpose was also a ‘leading entrepreneur and businessman’. Unfortunately, no-one…
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…
Being 25 years’ self-employed I feel I’ve developed a ‘nose’ for judging whether a business or project might work. The personal journey over the last quarter century has had its mix of success and failure; critical experience informing the senses as to whether something new can progress sufficiently so it bears fruit in the longer-term…
Setting out for Loughborough University (to guest speak at their entrepreneur’s ‘ThinkBig’ awards) I was reminded of the insight and wisdom of Patrick Awuah. Earlier in June of that year I had listened to him talk about the importance of uncertainty at the GBSN conference in Tunisia…
People who don’t seek to master the art of making successful phone sales calls are often crap at their job. What’s worse is that many charlatans have received some god-awful training which might as well be called ‘How to shaft the customer’…
To promote products and services, many small businesses need to know how to maximize exhibition opportunities. Just like the hitchhiker, you put yourself right in front of passing potential customers, waiting for someone to take interest and stop by…