Now that you are a business expert (!) and up and running you can now start to think about outside investment. A big challenge when starting a business from scratch is to…
Every Disappointment is an Opportunity
No matter how much you plan in business (and in life), there are always going to be disappointments and setbacks. Just look at how the events in 2020 have had affected us…
PR is the Best Form of Marketing
Marketing your business early on can be a headache. Frustratingly, it can seem like there are too many ways to do this, especially with the advent of social media. Whilst there certainly…
Get a Business Partner
As with most things in life, two heads are better than one. I’ve always found that great business success stories tend to stem from an initial partnership. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.…
Your Vision & The Business Plan
Pretty much everything you do in life that is worthwhile is the result of some sort of plan. Booking a holiday. Getting a job and going to work. Organising a date night…
Make Yourself Redundant
It sounds like a strange philosophy to promote: make yourself redundant – especially when you first set out on your entrepreneurial journey. It is in fact one of the most useful mindsets…
Put a Suit and Tie on your Business
Put a Suit & Tie on your Business
Ideas Make Money
It is easy to over-compensate any offer of help when you first start your business. And by that, I mean giving away equity in your company to people that are keen to…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Recurring Income
This is probably my biggest lesson in business to date, and I came across it by accident: try to turn every part of your business into a recurring income stream. Nowadays this…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Can I Do It Quicker?
When you are starting a business, it is very easy to get to become obsessed with innovation and focus too heavily on what you should be doing differently. As I have pointed…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Breaking the 9 to 5 and running your own business does not mean you work less. Far from it, you tend to work a hell of a lot more. But, hopefully, you…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: What Are You Worth?
What are you worth? It is a hard question to answer, especially for someone who comes from England, like me. The Englishman within me doesn’t like talking about money and certainly doesn’t…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Everything is a Product
I’m a very visual person. Put it down to my dyslexia or left brain, I have to visualise things as practical 3D objects. Take when I started selling telecommunications services, as an…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Building a belief system
When I started my telecommunications business from my bedroom, I really didn’t have any idea how broadband worked in the UK or how I should supply it. All I knew was that…
The End of 9 to 5… in 5: Anything you do can be a business
Anything you do can be a business? Really? It might seem like a strange thought, but it is a mantra that I hold true. The perception is you need to have this…