Movin’ on up: a guide to going global
This week I’m very pleased to introduce a guest poster – Alexandru Rotaru – with an inspiring story of entrepreneurship which is truly amazing. Christian Arno, started his business in 2001, based in a spare room at his parent’s home. His company now operates across four continents and has clients in over sixty countries, turning [...]
How one person can bring your company down
This week I’ve sent more angry e-mails than I did in the whole of 2009, and all because of one person and one very inefficient system. Twelve months ago I purchased a technology solution to help me set up membership payments on a website. The what of this matter is not important, so I’ll skip [...]
Why loyalty is bad for business and how to value your time
How many jobs did you promise to do, and of those, how mane have you actually managed to do so far? If your to-do list has as many promised jobs as ‘real’ jobs, then you’re suffering from a sense of loyalty. Let me explain what I mean, and what I did about this, when it [...]
How to Keep Your Business Going During a Relationship Breakdown
This post ended up being featured in Enterpreneur’s Journey. Here’s a link: how to keep your business going during a relationship breakdown Like this post? To get my posts by e-mail click here To subcribe to my rss feed click here Feel free to buy me a coffee if I helped you in any [...]
If shoveling snow won’t help your business, this will…
My neighbour thinks I’m lazy. I’m fine with this: it’s merely an opinion. In fact, he probably thinks a lot worse of me, but if you’re pleasing everybody then you’re doing something wrong. He caught me walking down the path, taking my dog out for his poo-run walk. He was puffing and panting, leaning on [...]
How to slip past your competition during the holidays!
We’re minutes away from the New Year. 2010 is minutes away, and with it come the expectant hopes of every small business owner with dreams, hopes and… a plan. You do have a plan, don’t you? Dreams and hopes are what got you started and on your way to entrepreneurship, but a plan is the [...]

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