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Short-term business follies

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Jon Stow

Sometimes I meet people who do not so much have a business plan as be after just making a fast buck. They try to follow every trend, or start implementing a strategy they just thought up in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Run too fast, fly too high

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Jon Stow

Many successful people in business are prepared to take risks, which is why they get ahead of the game. I admire some who have take calculated risks to be a huge success. I guess Richard Branson would be one example … Continue reading →

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Do you really have a business? Part 4

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jon Stow

A few years ago I said I would help a friend who was thinking seriously about buying a nightclub or “venue”; that is one which had live entertainment. Of course I was happy to help my friend, and said she … Continue reading →

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The physics of getting expert help for your small business and for yourself

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Jon Stow

I have a confession. I like to know how everything works. I like to know how my cameras work, ancient though several are. I like to know how the universe works so I buy and try to read the books … Continue reading →

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New Year business predictions – why we should treat them with caution

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Jon Stow

  Clairvoyants Has your in-box suffered an influx of New Year predictions? Mine has. Some of the subjects are predictable of course: How will the economy fare? What trends will we see in the property market? Where will technology go? … Continue reading →

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Running your business the right way

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jon Stow

              Most of us are very serious about our businesses. Many people work very hard but do not use their time well. It is so easy to get involved in matters which don’t make … Continue reading →

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How to get the right result in your service purchasing

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jon Stow

We know what we want? It is easy to think we know what we want when buying in services, but we do need to check what our supplier thinks we have asked for. After all, if we buy a new … Continue reading →

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Really not a football post

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Jon Stow

And I don’t mean a goal post. It is just that sometimes we can use sport to illustrate a point about business. So to a cliched quote “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting … Continue reading →

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Did you miss the boat?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jon Stow

Don’t rue your luck Recently I have witnessed people publicly regretting that they did not manage to create a worldwide on-line network before Facebook appeared. Why didn’t their big idea grow the way Facebook did? The fact is that hard … Continue reading →

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Why starting a business is hard work for the brain

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Jon Stow

Holiday times are when we have space to think about the future, and for some it will be to seek new opportunities in starting a business. When we go back to first principles to start a new business we need … Continue reading →

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