It was just after the dot-com crash in 2001 and investors were gun shy. They had lost a lot of money on technology companies and they didn’t want to lose any more. So the timing couldn’t be any worse for my friend Matthew, a young entrepreneur who needed to raise …

Becoming a Key Person of Influence (KPI) is a full-time job, which forces you to work outside of your business. You need to put some thought into your pitch, invest time publishing content, pluck up the confidence to produce some materials, use free tools on the internet to speak to …

Every entrepreneur enters business thinking they’ll get more time, more money and less stress. But most of the entrepreneurs I’ve met and spoken with experience the opposite. They suffer stress, anxiety and all sorts of emotional highs and lows. Entrepreneurship was meant to be fun, it was meant to be …

I regularly share business related content and tips to entrepreneurs and business leaders through blogs, social media and talks, to inspire them to keep going and help them strategise. However some people have the opposite reaction and get discouraged. They feel that it’s going to be a long and difficult …

When was the last time you got a rush of people who all want to buy from you, and you had to turn away potential clients? When was the last time you had to raise your prices just so people couldn’t afford you? Getting people to purchase your product/service is getting tougher …

Most people believe that the journey an entrepreneur takes is unique to every individual, and no one holds onto this belief more than business owners themselves. But in thinking that their own journey is completely different from anyone else’s, they get caught up in its details and miss the actual …

Being highly visible online – in the right way – can open more doors offline, too. They can set you up nicely for awards, accreditations and features in print and broadcast media. Here’s some steps to take to build your online/offline Profile: 1. Be YOU online. Don’t hide behind a brand …

We often hear about entrepreneurs as if they are standalone individuals making magic happen, rather than people with support behind them. But when people succeed in business or in life, you can bet there’s a team of people working together to achieve the results. Without a team, you’ll fall into …