Myths of Entreprenuership So, you got a small business, its up and running (finally) — does this make you an entrepreneur? What is the difference between running a business and being an entrepreneur — and does it really matter? According to the highly acclaimed book “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do […]
7 principles for a successful website What makes a website successful? How do you measure its usefulness? There are no secrets to what makes a website successful, but its always useful to remember the key principals for a successful website.
Donald Trump University? When I first heard of the Donald Trump “University” I thought it was a really cool way of giving back to the community – a social enterprise to help teach success, and what it means to be entrepreneurial in life, at work, at home and in business. However the site isn’t really a University – […]
Can 8 men in a room really make poverty history? The Live 8 event was, in my opinion, a fantastic world-encompassing I watched it on the BBC digital service, allowing me to track back and forth from the events in London, Philadelphia and other events at a press of a button. I really liked the Philadelphia event, I was very surprised to find out that […]
It came from the 80’s! Do you remember those teenage movies from the 1980s? Remember how no film seems to recapture that time as well? Remember how the movies seem to capture moments in montage moments that stirred the soul? Movies such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Back to the Future and so forth were the embodiment of my childhood […]
Scarface game: Vice City rip-off? Al Pacino is set to return as Tony Montana in a video game version of Scarface. Apparantly Tony Montana didn’t die at the end of Scarface, or so a new video game tells us. Al Pacino and a load of heavyweight hollywood actors will bring the world of Tony Montana to the small screen.
How to guides… The Guardian has an excellent range of how to… guides on technology, and how to make the Internet work to your benefit. The how to guides include: How to research your family tree How to use BitTorrent How to sell books online How to make the most of eBay How to use RSS How to […]
How to lose 1.3 billion The Guardian has an interview with Nick Leeson, who lost 1.3bn. Last week he was appointed commercial manager of Galway United in the Irish second division. Read the full article with Nick Leeson…
UK election – do we care? So, who’s going to win the UK election, and do we really care? I think we do, we care about issues – not about politics, I think we care about how we’re going to pay the bills, save enough money for a pension, a holiday – I think we care, as a nation, how well […]
Do I need a business plan? One of the most common questions I used to ask before I started a business was do I really need a business plan? You might be in a situation where you are asking yourself the same question. The bottom line is; it really depends on what you want to do.