#0380 Startup V Mature
Hunters and gatherers would stockpile food to get them through the winter.Bears fatten up before hibernation. As a business there are two things you should have fattened up to cope with the inevitable business winters….
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#0313 Compound Interest
It is generally accepted that if you start investing a little early and frequently, by the time you retire compound interest will be kind to you. Same is true for learning. Learn a little, often…
#0312 Story Adds Value
Last night I gave my family a choice of two dinners. Smoked artisan Italian sausage made with grass fed, farm reared pork on a bed of vine ripened Roma tomatoes and sweet red onion. Layered…
#0306 Take My Money
I am occasionally bemused as to how hard it sometimes is to buy something. Unnecessary barriers to me spending money with you. What the !! Attempting to buy something online and no-one has bothered to…
#0290 The Key
A little bit often or a lot less frequently? Cleaning, weeding, gutters, raking, the seemingly mundane tasks that build up until you cannot handle it any longer and then you have to spend hours getting…
#0285 Do
“That’s a million dollar idea!” Nope There is no dollars without action. That action is worth a dollar, now go do a million of them.
#0269 Outrunning the Bear
Are you working harder on your business than ever only to realise you are making the same profit (or maybe less) you were when half the size? This is not an uncommon phenomena mostly due…
#0268 The Slow Win
The question on every Sales Managers lips: What can you close this month, this quarter? Too many organisations I have engaged with in the last decade have operated on the basis of the “quick win”…
#0242 Stand on the Other Side
Our extended family recently gathered at a local park by the water. A park we chose because there was a fish & chip takeaway right across the road. It was a sunny day and the…
#0238 Trust Must Be Mutual
Trust forms a huge part in making a decision to buy something, whether a product or a service. Do you trust the person selling it to you?Do you trust the people who will deliver on…
#0231 The Elephant in the Room
Forget “The Great Resignation” I think we are heading toward something worse. “Mass Insolvency” The obvious ones are the many who have been hit hard by the pandemic, many of which sadly will not be…
#0209 Employee Experience
I had my regular car service recently and even though I feel somewhat gouged by the cost of maintaining my car it all seems OK by the simplicity of the experience I receive. I am…
#0191 Rollercoaster
Too busy, then not busy, busy then not. It is the proverbial rollercoaster of business and the cause of so much angst. There are often a number of factors driving this consequence but the one…
#0170 Kryptonite
Top 5 worst movies of all time: Star Wars (without Darth Vader)Batman (without the Joker)Silence of the Lambs (without Hannibal Lecter)Jaws (without the shark)Rocky IV (without Drago) They of course would never have been produced…
#0168 Best Kept Secret
Over the years I have stumbled across many great Businesses, many with incredibly talented founders at the helm. And yet their businesses struggle. Not because they are not good at what they do, they are.Not…
#0097 Dealing with BAD Debtors
>> Click Here to Listen to JEWELS Read this Blog: Unfortunately it’s part of being in Business. You’ll always get characters who refuse to pay or WORSE totally ignore your request for payment. Bad Debtors…
#0096 BACK to Business Basics
I’m busy, YOU’RE busy, we’re all busy. But that doesn’t seem to stop us from being DISTRACTED by unsuspecting opportunities, ideas or shiny things. Then before you know it, you’re so busy that NOTHING seems…
#0092 DESPERATE for Sales
Soooo many Small Business Owners I speak to have the same issue. “We NEED to make MORE Sales” So naturally my question to them is “So WHAT are you currently doing about it?” Sadly the…
#0075 How to IMPROVE your Cash Flow
I’d like to SHARE a strategy to help turn your cash flow issues around. Make MORE Sales… Let me be MORE Specific, make more CONSISTENT sales – The KEY word is consistent. Sorry for being…
#0074 Cash Flow TIGHT?
Cash is the lifeblood of every business no matter WHAT size and the abundance or LACK of, is what truly makes the difference between a SUCCESS and a failed business. Cash allows you to INVEST…