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Category: Small Business
Negotiating successfully-10 tips
Reading books give us tremendous advantages in life. The most important one is learning from the hard work and experiences of others. But when we cram more and more information into our head as we read new books and learn from the experiences of different individuals it is easy to forget much of what he… Continue reading Negotiating successfully-10 tips
Regenerating your small business
It is no harm, I guess, that a small business faces a shock from time to time and forces it, and its owner, to regenerate. This can be a scary, disagreeable event but can be exploited to force focus back on what is important for the business, what is seminal and foundational. Any decent entrepreneur… Continue reading Regenerating your small business
A small business is a living thing
Every now and again when you are in business you can face a jolt that shakes you out of any complacency that may have arisen. The paradox when running a small business is the greatest risk to your continued success is probably yourself and your expectation that things will remain the same. Constant. But flux… Continue reading A small business is a living thing
Now is a good time to buy shares
If you were every considering buying shares as a medium to long term investment, and you should, then now is a good time to make a start. Or to increase your position. Shares, over the course of 30 to 50 years, experience frequent price setbacks at regular intervals. And more significant downturns during times of… Continue reading Now is a good time to buy shares
I won’t be exploited
I felt yesterday I was being taken advantage of by a supplier to my business. And I won’t have it. The amount of money involved is affordable for me and my business. And is relatively trifling in the overall context of my business, budget, fee income etc. But there is a point of principle here:… Continue reading I won’t be exploited
Developing my own style of vlogging
I had a consultation this week with a client who made a couple of references to me making my ‘canal bank’ videos. My canal bank videos are the ‘walk and talk’ videos I do at lunchtime down the Royal Canal bank in Enfield. They are simply ideas or observations I have made and I record… Continue reading Developing my own style of vlogging
No interest in bottom feeders
I received an email yesterday enquiring about our professional legal fee to act for a business taking on a lease. When I looked at the email more closely, I noticed that he had sent the same email to what appeared to be every solicitor in County Meath/Kildare. I deleted the email. I have no interest… Continue reading No interest in bottom feeders
Culture and status-easy to overlook in negotiations
I have learned over the last few years to appreciate the importance of the ideas of These nebulous concepts play vitally significant roles in the lives of ordinary people in their daily lives. A few weeks ago, in an employment termination settlement package negotiation, the question of status was what threatened to scupper a tremendously… Continue reading Culture and status-easy to overlook in negotiations
Misinterpreting the data when buying a business
I published a video the other day about trying to save entrepreneurs from themselves. A commenter made the valid point that you should take the time to stake out the business you may be thinking about taking it on, if staking it out is possible. For example, a retail business. This reminded me of when… Continue reading Misinterpreting the data when buying a business