A thin strip of dusty road cuts its way through the coconut palms between the warm waters of the Arabian Sea and the magical Keralan backwaters. This road is busy with water trucks, fishermen, bike riding villagers shouting their wares, three wheeled yellow and black autos, farmers leading their tethered cows to fresher fields, taxi […]
Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneur’
Make Better Decisions by Ditching your “Default Alternative” – by Ian Moore
Our brains have developed over hundreds of thousands of years and our evolution has allowed it to make some decisions very rapidly. This development has a Catch 22 when it comes to making decisions. For survival purposes our brains have developed very useful mechanisms however these very mechanisms can cause real issues when making business […]
Entrepreneurs – Completing the Puzzle by Brian Chernett
In the past four weeks, I’ve been talking about an entrepreneur and the qualities and resources needed to put an idea into action. That action is more than likely going to be carried forward in a business. This week, I want to look at three elements of making a business succeed. They are: Basics first […]
Using External Resources to improve your Entrepreneurial Skills by Brian Chernett
Last week I wrote about the qualities you’ll need to make it as an entrepreneur – beliefs, taking action, developing positive habits and drive, all of which come from within. This week it is the resources that come from external sources that I want to consider. You will bring into your new enterprise your existing […]
Sharing the Secrets of Your Entrepreneurial Success – by Mindy Gibbins-Klein
Somewhere between the first £100,000 and the first £1 million of revenues, an entrepreneur allows himself or herself to exhale, tentatively tasting the success that started with a single idea. It doesn’t matter how long he or she has been in business; at some point a thought appears in the mind of the entrepreneur: “I […]
Entrepreneurship and the 3rd Sector – by Charles McLachlan
As my career developed in entrepreneurial commercial organisations, both large and small, I believed I also had something to offer the 3rd sector. Certainly, it was easy to get invited to join trustees, act as a treasurer or get more involved in operational activity. Here was a place that I felt confident I could contribute. […]
The Trick to Being a Successful Entrepreneur? – by Steve Songaila
Sometimes you listen to something and it strikes a chord, I have some very eclectic tastes in music from The Rat Pack, through the 80’s New Romantics and plenty of stuff that is playing on the radio now, probably much to my children’s annoyance! I currently have Alicia Keys playing in the car. Her album […]
Deloitte and The Academy for Chief Executives selected by Birmingham City Council to deliver second Enterprise City High Growth Project
Due to the success of the first Enterprise City High Growth Project (ECHGP) in 2008/9, Birmingham City Council has again selected Deloitte and The Academy for Chief Executives to deliver development programmes to local businesses with major growth potential. Mike Burnage, Managing Director of The Academy for Chief Executives stated, “I am delighted that Deloitte […]
Why I say ‘no’ to being a solo entrepreneur, but ‘yes’ to leading a committed team by Charles McLachlan
Our individualistic celebrity culture dictates that we seek to make heroes of individuals and icons of their ideas. Not convinced? For a moment, just ust think of some of the celebrity entrepreneurs that readily come to mind: Dyson, Branson, Sugar, Gates, Jobs with their iconic products – Dyson: cyclone vacuum cleaner; Branson: Virgin Atlantic; Sugar: […]
How do I know what type of Business I should start? – some ideas for New Entrepreneurs – by Brian Chernett
In this series of blogs about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, I’m looking at issues that face new entrepreneurs as they respond to the need to generate growth in the economy, though, of course, most won’t have come to entrepreneurship for that reason. Let’s look at choosing the sort of business you might want to run. Many […]