Trade-Intel

There is no free handout when starting a company, so securing capital early on is crucial. The first financial choice entrepreneurs must make when beginning a business is whether or not they wish to finance their own company with their own money. A bootstrapped entrepreneur starts and grows a firm …

Career development, social life, competitive salary and me-time – these are four things we should consider when weighing up our work life. Many people have struggled to maintain a harmonious relationship between their work and personal lives, especially if they are well remunerated. But, of course, enjoying healthy finances can …

By Jim James, Founder EASTWEST PR and Host of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur.  In the recent episode of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur podcast, I explored the opportunity for Kindle to be a social media platform for your book or for the book that you’re helping to promote.  This is something that you …

When you first start pitching your business idea to the world, there is no worse feeling than someone telling you they don’t think it will work. Since that is your deepest fear, when someone articulates it, as someone invariably will, it will rip to your very core. It happened a …

Bill Gates was once asked what he thought was the most significant invention in business in the last hundred years. Everyone expected him to say the desktop PC or the internet or something related to his world and career. He said the Limited Liability Company (LLC). He felt that the …

By Jim James, Founder EASTWEST PR and Host of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur.  Alastair McDermott helps invisible experts become visible. Talking on the recent episode of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur podcast from Galway, Ireland, he said that this problem is dear to his heart because it’s something that he encountered himself.  Image …

Anyone wanting to become an entrepreneur may sometimes have to work against overwhelming odds. Being an entrepreneur requires you to have certain habits that maximise your potential and help you build a successful business career.What characteristics should an entrepreneur have to achieve success? What should they do to make the …

I’m always intrigued when I meet successful people, entrepreneurs or otherwise, to understand their fitness habits. Over time this has led me to identify three different types of fitness activities that serve three very different but important functions to an entrepreneur. Before I jump into those, let me preface this …

Most people think a deal is about how much cash you need now and how much later, and these are the only parameters they consider. It’s probably because we are used to buying property, and most people know how to buy a house: cash plus mortgage. That’s it. However, business …

By Jim James, Founder EASTWEST PR and Host of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur.  Joining me in the latest episode of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur show is Holland-based Erwin Lima who is a published author and storyteller. He’s also the co-founder of a new company called StoryLab.ai. His company uses their Artificial Intelligence …