As quickly as things can go right, they can also go wrong. This is because we forget the influence of external factors beyond our control. One day you could be training for a boxing match and the next day get hit by a bus. Ok it seems a bit extreme but the point is sometimes

If you’ve ever watched a Bond film then you’ll know the world is most definitely separated into good and evil. Bad people ooze evil, it’s amazingly clear cut who’s bad but luckily the sheer essence of being bad means that in the end you’ll get your comeuppance. Yet in the real world, the one we

Most people think that only bad ideas lose money, it’s not true. In fact bad ideas are actually hugely cost effective. I’d much rather have a bad idea than a good one. You see bad ideas mess up quickly, you put some investment in and it never gets off the ground. You lose hope, realise

The government might tell you that they encourage entrepreneurship and provide support but they don’t. It’s not that they don’t try to help, it’s simply that they fail to understand the kind of help that’s needed. Much like driving down the motorway the wrong way, as much we might be guilty of doing too many

Much like outsourcing specialists and networking groups, once the pitch is done you’ll tend to find that you’re underwhelmed by the after care service. It amazes me every day how few businesses follow up or keep contact with current clients; your current clients are after all your cheapest source of leads and referrals, if there’s

There’s a business craze right now to outsource the hard things your business does. Be it lead generation, sales or just back office functions there’s a buzz around out sourcing that leads many businesses to think that it’s the way forward. In my own experience outsourcing works only on a very small scale. Say you