Be like Germany to succeed in Business
When it comes to World Cup records Germany has an impressive CV, having reached 11 final stages out of 15. This year they reminded us yet again of their brilliant winning strategy. Whilst the South American teams play all-out football, woven with flair and talent; whilst the Italians are busy rolling around dramatically on the [...]
How to completely take over a niche and obliterate your competition, and how I finally dumped my local taxi firm
Arnold Schwarzenegger is alleged to have said that he doesn’t do sequels when it comes to films, but that he made an exception for Terminator. Well, this post is a sequel to How to completely take over a niche and how my local taxi firm is driving me mad. What’s more, it’s a fantastic sequel [...]
How to completely take over a niche and how my local taxi firm is driving me mad
I travel a lot, often times catching trains at the crack of dawn. So I rely on taxis to get me to the station in time for my train. As it turns out, each time I book a taxi I get a bag of stress thrown in for free. I’m not kidding. When the sky [...]
How to charge what you want, and get away with it, and damn the medical system
To say that December 2009 was a stressful month would be an understatement. It was one of those months when things seem to go from bad to worse. Somebody very dear to me needed to go into hospital, and fast. At the time we were in Glasgow, but location is not relevant to this post. [...]
The car in front is a Toyota… because the accelerator pedal is jammed
Talk about damage control. Toyota are recalling thousands of cars in the UK alone, and thousands more all over the world. In total, the number of Toyota cars recalled was around 8 million on the 9th of Feb 2010. And that was just because of the accelerator problem. Another half a million were recalled over [...]
What Sainsburys do that you shouldn’t
A few days ago something happened to me in Sainsbury’s which caused me to rant for an hour afterward – in disbelief – at their antiquated points system. In fact, every time I drive past Sainsbury’s I’m now reminded of this, which is bad for them and a lesson to every business owner. It’s bad [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to make yourself feel motivated and get in the right frame of mind for planning
It’s Christmas. December 25 2009. Once again we reach that time of the year when it seems like a good time to re-organise ourselves and revise our goals and ambitions. It doesn’t really matter much whether you think this is more psychology than circumstance. The bottom line is that it makes sense to do an [...]
How to cope with Information overload
Sometimes in your business life you may find that you’re overwhelmed with information, particularly if your job requires that you keep up with news and trends in your industry. I’m not talking about feeling overwhelmed with the amount of tasks you may have to complete in a given cycle – that’s a time management issue. [...]
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