Business Planning

Starting A Small Business

Thumbnail image for Starting A Small Business

Starting a small business is the dream of most people. Only a handful ever have the courage to turn the dream into reality. However, without some skill, luck and perseverance, the dream can quickly turn into a nightmare. Having run my own business for 10 years and starting out with a pretty good background training [...]

Read the full article →

What Does A Business Strategy Consultant Do About Hyperinflation?

Hyperinflation – when you need a wheelbarrow to transport your cash Business Strategy Consultant John Williams of Shadow Stats has updated his report about his prediction for hyperinflation in the US. John now believes hyperinflation, leading to a great depression, will take place within the next 5 years – previously his forecast was within 8 [...]

Read the full article →

Is Your Internet Business Plan Future-proof?

Is the internet ‘a clear and present danger’ to your business model? Internet Business Plan The rapidity of the changes taking place online are bewildering.  They are literally changing the business paradigm and, to established businesses, the threat can be frightening. However, there are also massive opportunities.  Let me give you just one example. I [...]

Read the full article →

How To Make Your Internet Business Plan Fun

Have fun with your planning and goal setting – life is too short to do otherwise Internet Business Plan also better to have fun to achieve. Let me explain how… I’ve turned my internet business plan into a game, and I don’t know about you, but I like to win when I play games. I’m [...]

Read the full article →

Renegade Thoughts On Starting Up A Business

Weigh the risks and rewards carefully The Risks And Rewards Starting and running a small business is tough. You are subject to high levels of mental stress. You need a solid physical constitution because you may find yourself working longer hours than you ever did as an employee. You have to deal with uncertainty and [...]

Read the full article →

Business Plans & Growing Small Businesses In A Sea Of Change

I recently read that the knowledge base is doubling every 2 to 3 years.  If you think about all the millenia that have gone before in creating the current knowledge base, that is an astounding fact. No longer can growing small businesses rely upon everything  in their world continuing just as it did before.  The [...]

Read the full article →

Market Research Will Not Be The Same Without Borders

Borders, the bookshop, has just gone into administration. I love Borders – a vast expanse of books, very few people in the shop and a coffee shop upstairs.  My idea of heaven and a great place to carry out research for new ideas.  When I need some new ideas or inspiration, I head for Borders. [...]

Read the full article →

How To Write A Business Plan

I’ve produced a short video showcasing an actual Business Plan that I prepared for a client who is bidding to take over the tenancy of a pub.  My client had to demonstrate that he was fit and worthy to take the pub over and improve its trading fortunes.  I produced this Business Plan at short [...]

Read the full article →

The 7 Business Building Blocks

Starting a business is a huge personal undertaking involving risk.  This article sets out the framework which I use to support business owners in their quest for a successful and profitable business. A business all starts with an idea which is gradually developed into a vision of what the business could be. Along the perilous [...]

Read the full article →

Vision: Begin With The End in Mind

In ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephen Covey, the second ‘habit’ is ‘Begin with the end in mind’.  This This is not ‘the end’ I had in mind! is based on the principle that all things are created twice.  This means that we first create things in our mind before we create [...]

Read the full article →

How To Work From Home

Working from home is a growing trend that is likely to continue, whether the economy recovers or not. I work from home on a number of projects: Working from home? consulting and coaching on business development The transition from being an employee to working for yourself from home is not easy. Unless it is forced [...]

Read the full article →

Free Mind Mapping Tool

This free application is available at bubbl.us .  Simply sign in to create an account and start mind-mapping.  If you wish to make a donation to the programmers, you can do so. It easy and quick to use and has a number of export and sharing functions. Mind maps are a really good way of [...]

Read the full article →

How To Start A Business: Vision

Starting a business begins with your ‘Vision’ or what it is you want to create. Without ‘vision’ your business has no direction, no ‘guiding light’. To build your business you will inevitably need to involve other people.  You therefore need to be able to clearly communicate your vision and build a shared vision i.e. get [...]

Read the full article →