Is it too early to be talking about New Year’s resolutions? Well if you’ve always wanted to start your own business it’s not. The old saying – it takes 6 years to create an overnight success! Starting a business requires planning and planning starts with research. And research takes time. Market research can help you…
I came into contact recently with an old student. He had a fantastic business idea selling a product that was growing in Europe and had enormous potential in the Australian market. He rang to say he had just finalised his business closure. He was a little bruised and battered, but thankful for the process to…
Why do you want to start a business? Maybe you have a great idea for a business, no ideas but a desire to start a business or perhaps you’re ready to take your hobby and make ‘real money’ from it. For the people I have worked with on business training there are a group who…
According to research there is no correlation between success and hours worked! In todays business environment you don’t necessarily use most of your time to make products – you make decisions. How to market, how to sell, how to be creative. To paraphrase #Seth Godin (from his book Small Is the New Big): Richard Branson…
I went to a ‘start your own business’ presentation this week – yes as a mystery shopper – but also to meet some people. (Please note I did openly tell the presenter my purpose and she loved it!) The presentation was great – I love it when you get that reinforcement that what you are…
“A year from now you will wish you had started today” Karen Lamb There will never be a day when you cross all the to do’s off your list and then say “Great, that’s all done now it’s time to start a business!” There are always things to do, events to get through, significant milestones…