With money in the bank it is easy to assume that your business is profitable. But how much profit are you really making? Many entrepreneurs may be missing out and not achieving the level of…
How to ensure effective communication with investors
- March 7, 2019
- Tagged as: Business, communication, investors, management
Raising funding for your business can be difficult for all types of businesses, and there’s not a lot of advice to go on. However, there are some rules when it comes to developing an investor comms…
Why I write self-improvement books
- February 22, 2019
- Tagged as: business books, self-help books, writers, writing
There’s no point in writing books for business people unless you can tell your readers things they don’t know that might be useful for them. Sounds pretty obvious, doesn’t it?
How do bookkeeping and accounting differ and what does my business need from them?
- February 19, 2019
- Tagged as: accounting, bookkeeping, finance, small business
When you start to run a business there are many things you need to know about which may be outside your area of expertise. Getting to understand the day to day management of the financial…
Vital communication skill – listening
- February 15, 2019
- Tagged as: communication, community, listening, skills, teams
Very often when people think of working on their communication skills, they’ll say they need to boost their speaking / presentation / influencing skills. Fair enough – those are indeed applications of communication skills
A to-do-task is shorter than a workday
- February 14, 2019
- Tagged as: goals, motivation, to-do-list, workday
One of the most common misstakes regarding structure I encounter when meeting my clients is that they create to-do-tasks that are too big.
“How do I motivate people?” is a question that we deal with early on in Zoomly’s bite-sized workshop on the topic, as well as how NOT to. There’s more to it than high-fiving people or telling…
Tax mistakes business owners don’t need to make
- February 7, 2019
- Tagged as: Business, finance, tax season, taxes
As an entrepreneur and business owner you have a lot to juggle. Tax may not be top of your list, but mistakes can be costly.
It is amazing what can unfold from one decision. About 12 years ago I joined my local speakers club. Let me shared what has happened since and the 4 steps that you can use to make…
5 reasons for crowdfunding in the year ahead
- January 31, 2019
- Tagged as: 2019, Business, crowdfunding, leadership, management, new year
Another New Year’s party, and another period of making optimistic resolutions. We really, really mean to stick to them but (if we’re being honest with ourselves) they are likely to be ditched by the time…