Managing the Entrepreneur’s ‘Monkey Mind’: Strategies for Mental Well-Being As a business founder and owner, the journey can sometimes feel overwhelming, leading to a restless, unfocussed and scattered state of mind often referred to as the ‘monkey mind.’ This blog explores the mental health challenges faced by entrepreneurs and offers practical strategies to manage […]
Read full story Exiting Your Business: Essential Questions to Get the Best Price The Freedom Fighters: Loyal Business Owners Who Are the Freedom Fighters? When exiting you may fall somewhere between being a serial entrepreneur moving onto your next challenge and simply closing down your business. For many owners of micro and small businesses there is only one […]
Read full story Too many meetings… A long time ago in a previous life I went to loads of meetings. Corporate-type meetings – leadership team ones, departments ones, multiple project ones and even some off-site ones with the occasional over-nighter. I must admit some were a waste of time. Plus, on some days the meeting schedule controlled my […]
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As a business owner you are the hub of the business. Seems obvious. Maybe it’s something you feel good about – the business needs you. It’s no surprise that the most common and biggest influence on the life of a business owner is how well they handle the Hub & Spoke aspect of their […]
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Volvo make their cars available on a subscription model where consumers will pay one fixed fee per month for access to a car which includes insurance and maintenance. Everything from toothbrushes to flowers are now available with subscription billing, creating recurring revenue. Future Value comes from recurring revenue When it comes to […]
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In my previous blog (which you can read here) I introduced the 4 steps to scaling up your business. I then described the first two of having a scalable product (one that is teachable to your team, is of value to customers and is a repeatable purchase) and having a scalable infrastructure (Systems, processes and […]
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I bet you every business owner you talk to is interested in growing their business. They’ll talk about business growth or scaling up their business. A business that isn’t growing is declining. But scaling up isn’t as easy in practice. When you’re a one-person business you have to do the selling and the doing plus […]
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It’s almost a year since COVID entered our day-to-day life. I seem to remember the first things we heard was news about things happening in China back in January. But did we know what lay before us? I think at the end of January / start of February I had just got back from a […]
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Why did you start your business? Business owners start their businesses for a whole host of reasons. I have come across people who have started their business when they: thought they could do better on their own, rather than stay with their employer; were made redundant and rather than go back into employment they took […]
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As you all know, I’m a regular blogger on the topics that are important to business owners, including business growth, business value, business planning, exit strategies etc. As I work closely with a lot of businesses that complement my offerings I have decided to invite some guest bloggers to talk about other subjects that you […]
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