Whichever industry your startup is in, success is almost certainly defined by profit. While you may have the ideas and innovations, there’s virtually zero chance that you’ll unlock the door to maximised results alone. Accepting that others will be involved in your story is essential. Not least because you can use those people as a springboard to your dream destination. Still, think you can go it alone? Here’s why you’re wrong. Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees Depending on your background and … [Read more...]

So many businesses fail these days, and this is often because they encounter problems but are unable to deal with them. There are so many things that you need to take into account when you run a business, and there are a lot of problems you might face. All modern businesses experience issues eventually, and they can sometimes suffer as a result of these issues. Make sure you do as much as you can to address the problems and issues your company might be facing, and focus on what you can do to … [Read more...]

If there's one thing that you should be in control of, it's your own business. However, you can start to feel like you're not as in control as you want to be. Maybe you feel like you don't really get to decide what to do with your time. You might even feel like you don't know what's happening in certain parts of your business, or you don't know how things work. If you feel out of control, not all is lost. You can still put yourself back in charge by seizing the reins. A few changes to how you do … [Read more...]

Operating a business isn’t easy to say the least. After all, you have to keep track of your employees, your customers, your budget and even your premises as well. At the end of the day, it is very easy for things to get out of control and you may find it very hard to try and stay on top of everything as well. This can easily lead to accidents, and this is the last thing that you need when you have a business to run. Identify Risks Common hazards really are all around you and it is very easy … [Read more...]

Running a business usually comes with a very strong reliance on other people. There will be clients and customers who buy things from you and provide income, other companies which supply you with resources, and people working to make sure that your work can also get done. As a big part of this, it’s not uncommon for businesses to have to play host once in a while. The way that this is handled will have a huge impact on the success of your meetings, and this post is here to help you to master … [Read more...]

If you’re still studying for a degree, and have decided to start up your own business in the meantime, or if you’re an entrepreneur who has decided to return to the world of higher education, balancing your time as well as your mental and physical resources can be difficult, to say the least. On the one hand, your business comes first, as it is what puts food on the table and has the most immediate effect on your life and well being. On the other hand, your education comes first, because it’s … [Read more...]

When you are contemplating going into business, there’s a lot to learn. You will have to be willing to do research into a variety of different subjects and, particularly, ask questions to ensure you have the full facts you need for your business to succeed. Thankfully, the business basics aren’t particularly difficult to learn if you can dedicate yourself to the pursuit, and the majority of questions you’ll ask will benefit from relatively simple answers. However, there are some areas of … [Read more...]

Are you tired of underachievement from your sales team? It’s easy to get exasperated and down about it all, but it might not be as bad as it seems right now. There are lots of things you can do to get your sales team firing once more, so don’t accept failure and disappointment because it doesn’t have to be that way. You’ll want to ensure you keep pushing and helping your sales team to do more. There are some things in particular that you should give some thought to because they’ll help your … [Read more...]

We know that life is full of misconceptions and myths and potentially damaging opinions and that we cannot remedy them all no matter how much we might wish to, but there is one we want to address. One that has started to bugs us a little bit. And it goes like this: work isn’t meant to be fun - that’s why it’s called work.   What a load of rubbish. Work is a part of life and life is meant to be super-duper happy, which is why we’ve started to wear t-shirts into the office that say, … [Read more...]

In the world of small business today, no entrepreneur can afford to be a Luddite! As the business landscape becomes more and more reliant on an agile approach to technology, all businesses recognize the importance of ensuring that their technological infrastructure is able to meet today’s challenges while preparing their business for tomorrow’s. This is a never ending battle for all SMEs and it’s a battle that none can afford to fight alone.   Although many entrepreneurs and CEOs may … [Read more...]