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How to get your pricing right
You may have the most brilliant business idea in history, but without a sound understanding of the way finance works, you will struggle to grow your fledging business. One of the most common mistakes when starting out is to concentrate too much on the names, logos, website or premises of your business, and spend too little time on working out the hardcore finances.
Continue reading...Ten things they don’t tell you in business school about running your own business
Friday, March 18, 2011
Cashflow, not a great business concept, is what keeps your business afloat in the long run. You can have a whole stadium's worth of fantastic ideas, brilliantly executed, but if you don't keep on top of your utility bills, tax payments, NI costs and other administrative tasks, your business will fail.
Continue reading...Why right now is the perfect time to launch your own business
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The power of the internet is perfect for small businesses: once you were constrained by geographical boundaries, now thanks to social media, Google searches and the power of Facebook and Twitter you can potentially reach hundreds of thousands of prospective customers across the country - and the globe
Continue reading...The secrets of running a successful home business
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Stay in your PJs, lose your emails, file your tax return late… how to learn from my mistakes working from home The secrets of business success, by Marianne Curphey People who have “proper” jobs have a funny concept of what it is like to work from home, possibly because when they do have a day [...]
Continue reading...The key to business success is just doing it
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
If you want to run a successful business, or are thinking of quitting your job for a new life of independence, then start training for a marathon now. Or a Channel Swim, or a triathalon, or a 5k fun run or anything which pushes you physically and challenges you to aim for a long-term goal. [...]
Continue reading...Are you hiding in your dead zone or living in your purple patch?
Friday, September 17, 2010
Are you hiding in your dead zone or living in your purple patch? If you want to run your own business and make a success as a entrepreneur you need to ask yourself two key questions
Continue reading...Financial wisdom I wish I’d known at 22
Thursday, July 22, 2010
I bought my first house at 22, took out a mortgage, made my first investment in shares and started my first job. Here's what I wish someone had told me then
Continue reading...How much do you think you deserve to earn?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
If all your money worries were taken care of, how much would you like to earn?
Continue reading...Who needs money anyway? Maybe you’re too scared to be rich
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Always a bit skint? Does your money only just reach until the end of the month? Do you wish you had just a little bit more spending money? It could be because that’s what you are most comfortable with. I came across this amazing exercise while reading Brandon Bays’ new book, Consciousness The New Currency. [...]
Continue reading...Why you might as well forget about retiring
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thinking about retiring at 60? Think again. If you are in your 20s, 30s or 40s now there is practically no chance of an early state pension for you. Whoever wins the General Election today will have the biggest financial headache on their hands. Our national debt is now on an almost unimaginable scale. What actuaries [...]
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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