Sir Isaac Newton was a renowned 17th Century scientist who, among other things, formulated his three famous laws of motion that to this day are taught at school and underpin classical physics. When Newton was alive,[…]
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Category: entrepreneurship
If only an exit was this easy
Exits are usually illuminated and clearly marked. The doors often open outwards to make egress even more straightforward. If only exiting a business was as easy as leaving a building. In reality, growing a business[…]
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Start-up as you mean to go on
To paraphrase Matthew 7:24-27… 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise entrepreneur who built his business on the rock. 25 The depression came along, the costs[…]
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Make your way calmly towards the exit
People whom are lucky enough to survive a fire tend to be those positioned near an emergency exit, having clocked the evacuation route ahead of time, and are sufficiently alert and agile to jump to action[…]
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Creating leverage in your business
Mechanical levers have been used by human civilisation to reduce the effort needed to move objects since the Stone Age and thus helping lasting monuments such as Stonehenge and the Pyramids to be constructed. Archimedes[…]
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Does your business lase?
When an army is marching in step, there is a powerful resonance that can instil fear in the heart of the enemy. The regimented advance is focused, controlled and impressive. So much so that battalions[…]
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Shedding light on the startup spectrum
Not all businesses are created equal. When an entrepreneur or group of would-be co-founders set out to start a new venture, their business idea and mindset will often define where on the enterprise spectrum their[…]
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Data data everywhere, time to stop and think
As your startup business grows, you’ll be generating all kinds of data. Probably not Big Data like the big boys, but still enough to swamp you with information such that you can no longer see[…]
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Entrepreneurship: action this day!
One of the things you quickly learn about running a small rapidly growing business is that the sooner you do something, the sooner its impact is felt. Moreover, the ability to do something and then[…]
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Entrepreneurship: Never a dull moment
Being an entrepreneur brings with it an endless succession of challenges. Thankfully most of them are also interesting; even if some can bog you down in bureaucracy because they revolve around government-induced paperwork and compliance.[…]
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