A few years ago I was lucky enough to meet Richard Branson, and whilst we didn’t sit down for an hour or so chewing the business fat over a couple of well chosen real ales, I still count it as one of the most important “meetings” in my business life. To set the scene for […]
I have a story for you today that is so packed full of business lessons that it’s like a well made eccles cake. I’m heading down to the coast this weekend. We’ve got a house in Southwold in Suffolk and we’ve been going for the last 10 years. It’s an odd little place, very quiet […]
A while ago I sent an email where I shared a video talking about a massive profit driver for businesses and using Amazon as an example (If you haven’t watched it you can do so here) Well, I had a belting email back explaining – in some detail that I am a complete muppet – […]
I was driving back from a meeting the other day, windows open and the polite British strains of Radio Two bubbling out of the Radio and on comes The Jeremy Vine show… Now I LOVE the Jeremy Vine show. It both delights me and irritates the absolute hell of me in equal measures and on an almost simultaneous basis. Sometimes I am […]
Yes and yes would be the obvious answer here, but I plead diminished responsibility on the grumpy front as I feel provoked! I’ll not bore you with the details, but I am trying to by something, its not for millions but a few grand and the service is just woeful. Everything is too much effort, […]
There is one big thing that most business owners miss. Something that if we did more of, it would add a serious chunk of money into our businesses. We simply don’t look for what is working. All of us are too busy reinventing wheel, trying to find the latest silver bullet, when actually what we […]