Entrepreneurs are all mad!

Am I mad?, are you mad? are we all mad? Maybe not all of us are mad but I do think that there are a growing number of entrepreneurs who could be seen to be mad. Well, that’s the wrong word to choose, I don’t mean mad, I mean we have two personalities, maybe more....

As an entrepreneur, do you build dreams?

There are only two types of business people I work exclusively with one. I don’t work with professional managers. These are the people who run a business on behalf of the shareholders. I have nothing against these people and they perform a vital function , but I find...

Passion and love

In business you’ll find yourself working longer hours, working harder than before and you’ll never be seeing the volume of ‘stuff’ you need to do decrease. At that point you may look and question why are you in business? I find that it is great to take time out from...

You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off…

Did they listen? Anyone and everyone will recall the infamous line by Michael Caine in the Italian job. It’s funny in itself and if you haven’t seen the scene you can watch it here. But it does serve a powerful management lesson, everything and anything is always your...

How a Firestarter makes me FILDI…

I’ve recently, well a month ago, come back from a National Entrepreneurs Conference in Birmingham. It was a 2 day event at the ICC with the main hall crammed full of business owners from solopreneurs to multi-millionaires. Guest speakers included Steve Wozniak (or...