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Richard Reed shared some lessons last week that I thought I’d share with y’all who couldn’t make it to the event at London Metropolitan University.  I posted lesson one here: Have a mission that works. So, what’s the second lesson? Lesson 2: Things that start small can get big; (and then small again) The founders [...]

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Last week I went to see Richard Reed, founder and CEO of Innocent Drinks give a talk at the London Metropolitan University.  If you ever get the opportunity to see him then I’d recommend it.  He’s a fairly entertaining presenter and I enjoyed myself immensely. Lesson 1: Have a mission that works Reed himself makes [...]

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Who said “it is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time”? Hmm? How far ahead should an entrepreneur look? Nobody would advocate lack of planning but trying to cater for every future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be [...]

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@Dreamstake is a network for creative entrepreneurs and last week I attended one of their events: Female Superheroes.When events like this go well, it’s like cocaine for business-minded folk.  Suddenly you feel great and want to rush away to execute your ideas!  There was a good turn out, lots of energy and inspirational stories.  It [...]

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I tweeted a couple of thoughts last week about social networks and these caught the eye of creative Dave Black of Black Arts. There’s a lot of pressure for businesses to get to grips with the variety of social media ‘out there’ and embrace them all!  But is that the right thing to do?  Dave says [...]

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I thought Dave Black’s response to last wk’s post “Keep it simple, stupid” contained some good points so I’m posting it here for those who might find it useful.  StartupCafe’s Jess also made a good point about being forced to describe what you do in 7 words only – how many of us can do [...]

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A friend likes to call me contumacious.  I prefer to be described as willfully disobedient.  Both mean the same thing.  But which is easier to understand? Contumacious of course!  (Relax, I’m kidding). I was cornered by a man this week who interrogated me for a while  before I thought it only fair to ask him what [...]

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Current business model wisdom holds that increasingly, companies must provide excellent customer experiences to remain competitive. In other words, to stand out in a crowded market, successful companies must turn good products into fantastic services.

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With an abundance of digital agencies and software development companies dotted about the landscape like currants in a spotted dick (it’s a pudding), what can you do to be awesome?  The usual answers are: provide an exceptional service, beat expectations, produce cool, innovative products etc  But I was thinking along the lines of something less [...]

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Women only tech/web/startup events are well attended.  If these same women were to attend mixed networking events, the gender ratio of ‘typical’ networking events would start to improve and perhaps these wouldn’t feel quite so male-dominated.  I raise this point because men and women bring with them different qualities and it would be a shame [...]

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