Archive for the ‘Small Business Failure’ Category
Happy New Year Entrepreneurs – what have you pruned or cut?
Neil Lewis on Friday, January 7th, 2011The new year is with us – and so this is a great time to ask – what have you pruned or cut in 2011?
Hmm… yes, this might seem strange to ask about cutting at the beginning of a new year – but shouldn’t we be looking to expand and grow, you might ask?
Well yes, but, before you can grow, you have to cut out the deadwood or the slow growth businesses, products and services in order to focus on new opportunities or expanding those things that really are working.
Innovation Challenge…
Neil Lewis on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Research shows that freelancers can solve many of the challenges faced by businesses, agencies or departments that are looking to innovate and grow.
Instead of just being a way to save costs, freelancers are discovering that they bring original ideas and solutions to their clients.
But does it work? Can freelancers help avoid failure and stimulate innovation?
How JK Rowling used failure as her bedrock for future success
Neil Lewis on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, talks about how failure in career, marriage and financially, led her to focus on the one area in which she was truly equipped to succeed.
She says that had she not experienced the failure, she might never have gone on to write one the worlds’s most popular series of books.
5 Ways to Avoid Small Business Failure and Innovate
Neil Lewis on Thursday, August 5th, 2010Hurrah! There has been a shift in business thinking!
Stock investors have rediscovered Warren Buffett’s investment principle of ‘never lose money’ and entrepreneurs are now focused on how to avoid small business failure, rather than searching for growth at all costs.
We need to learn how to avoid small business failure and so that your business has time and space to innovate.
Purpose: Are you making this strategic website mistake?
Neil Lewis on Thursday, July 29th, 2010Why do you have a webiste?
Is it because everyone else has one, so you thought you should have one too?
Anecdotal research tells us that 80% of websites don’t have a clearly defined purpose. So, if you’ve made the classic mistake of building a website and are now wondering what to do with it, or even, whether it works, then read on…
3 Digital Start-up Business Mistakes to Avoid
Neil Lewis on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Digital business (previously called internet businesses) are still all the rage and therefore the majority of new start-up business plans are digital businesses.
But we keep seeing the same mistakes. So here are 3 errors that we keep seeing – and you should avoid…
