Tag Archives: small business

Falling down

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Jon Stow

  I fell over the other day. I do not make a habit of it and I was rather surprised. My first reaction after finding myself on the ground was to check for damage. Because it was a cold windy … Continue reading →

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Does watching TV dull our business brains?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Jon Stow

There is a school of thought that watching TV is a waste of time and I understand that view.  I can see that for soap addicts in the UK there is a potential to waste fifteen hours a week watching … Continue reading →

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Hard work and small businesses

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jon Stow

It seems obvious that you have to work hard to make your small business successful. Of course it is true that you have to apply yourself to the essential tasks needed to keep the business running smoothly. What you need … Continue reading →

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What do you stand for?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Jon Stow

  Supermarket blues and reds Big business or small business – we all have to have a type of offering our public understands. What do we represent? Whom do we represent? Even the best most experienced businesses can get confused. … Continue reading →

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Monday, Monday, so good to me

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Jon Stow

The Mamas and The Papas sang: “Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be” It seems the rest of their Monday did not work out so well, but I look forward to … Continue reading →

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Don’t be afraid to ask for help in your business

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Jon Stow

We have all seen how having too many customers coming in at once can ruin the reputation we have built. We have to take tough decisions to turn away business and if we handle ourselves well then we may even … Continue reading →

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Taking time off from your small business

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Jon Stow

We all need a break. We know that. Sometimes we let ourselves be tied to the mill. In the early days when we started, we learned that businesses do not run themselves. It might have seemed that the more we … Continue reading →

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Business software magic in the Cloud?

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Jon Stow

Soothsayers Predicting the future is a fool’s pastime, especially when discussing technology of any sort. Yet we all have to try to anticipate our hardware and software needs in running a small business because we do not want to buy … Continue reading →

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Promoting your start-up business – Part 5 – Networking

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Jon Stow

  What is networking? What do we mean by networking? It means getting to know people. We are a social species, and of course some are more social than others. I am quite a shy person by nature, and really … Continue reading →

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Payment issues and being the door mat

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Jon Stow

Everyone we meet in business is different; they have different visions, different ideals, different lifestyles and different ideas about paying their providers. It is the different ideas about paying that concern us here. My business is different from most accountancy … Continue reading →

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