Can you ever really “work” at something you love? My son loved taking photographs and was very good at it. When he tried to turn photography into a business he fell out of love with it. When he did something else to earn money he went back to loving photography. This isn’t unusual. When people are […]
Don’t let your business sink! It can happen slowly, gently, almost without you noticing. You may have money coming in, but never quite enough. You may be owed money but just can’t get people to pay on time. Whatever the reason, running out of money is the reason most small businesses fail. Planning is boring, […]
“Life is what happens while you’re busy making plans” Allen Saunders, John Lennon and others This little cartoon often pops up on social networks (it’s creator is never mentioned but it looks like it might have originated at Dog House Diaries – give them a like). The implication is that there’s not much point in […]
When you buy something expensive, what are you really buying? It was Christmas. We’d been in the bosom of our family for several days. We exchanged that look that said, “Let’s escape!” He said, “Where do you want to go?” I said, “Somewhere that sells extravagantly expensive cocktails.” We’d just left a house with a […]
How do you come up with that killer business idea? Rob Percival was a maths teacher who did a bit of coding on the side, building websites and dabbling in being an entrepreneur. Over a period of eight years he created a few businesses that didn’t work (Homesexchange.org anyone?) and two businesses that between them […]