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benefit from knowledge & learn from others.- » Don’t be an Icarus business! Part 5: Act – but Plan first! Let me be a bit simplistic for a moment and divide the businesses that have come through the downturn into two types: “Pros” and “Wing-its”... Read article
- » Don’t be an Icarus business! Part 4: Stop small ambitions! For what must seem like an age you have struggled – and succeeded – valiantly to keep your business going during the downturn. To get through the month, the week, just the day has seemed like a fantastic achievement... Read article
- » Don’t be an Icarus business! Part 3: Stop under-pricing! In Part 2 I talked about KNOWING YOUR GOOD COSTS FROM YOUR BAD COSTS. Now I talk about the power of pricing: STOP UNDER-PRICING! Part 3: Stop under-pricing!... Read article
- » Don’t be an Icarus business! Part 2: Know your good costs from your bad costs. You already know success requires hard work. In fact, it is hard work on the right things. Based on what successful businesses have done, let me explain what these right things are.... Read article
- » Don’t be an Icarus business! Part 1: Cashflow as the life-blood of the business. Congratulations! You have survived the downturn and your business, unlike so many others, is still alive and kicking. How do you make sure that, just when you have succeeded in surviving, you don’t snatch failure at this most dangerous of times – an economic upturn?... Read article
- » Franchising can be a great route to business expansion, but many fail to understand the pitfalls. Mike Teasdale explains how to assess if franchising is right for you. Read article
- » Lead Your Business to Greater Profitability - the AugMentor Way. In business, have you ever wanted to wave a magic wand and make all your problems go away? I certainly have, on several occasions, but miracles are... Read article
- » Why every entrepreneur should have a mentor… During the last year, two friends of mine have set up successful start-ups. We met recently and the conversation soon turned to their experiences and how they survived in such a tough economy... Read article
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