Wonderful Advice for the Would Be Entrepreneur

Wally Bock is one of Americas top management coaches.  To celebrate National Entrepreneurship week in the US and his 25th anniversary in business he has been reflecting on what advice he would give to people thinking of starting a business now.
His advice includes the following:

If you’re thinking about starting a business today, listen. It will [...]

Support for Entrepreneurs

There really is no shortage of support for people who want to have a go at starting their own business.   Just take a look at this website that offers 99 free sources of on-line support for would be entrepreneurs.  And while the web is packed full of advice and guidance the real world marketplace is [...]

Great Quote from Fromm

Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
Erich Fromm (1900 – 1980) Psychoanalyst
If we can look past the masculine language I think this quote from Erich Fromm is wonderful.   I think everyone should have [...]

Venturefest Reflections

This year was my first trip to Venturefest Yorkshire.  This is an enormous annual gathering of entrepreneurs, inventors and investors all looking to build the management and financial teams that they need for business success.  Both private and public sector were well represented.
It was free to attend and extremely busy!
A whole floor of the main [...]

Excellent Resource for the Would be Entrepreneur

http://www.smarta.com/default.aspx
This looks like an excellent site for would be entrepreneurs (with broadband connections and time on their hands)  to listen to other entrepreneurs talking about their ‘enterprise’ journeys.

Is Enterprise Being Too Narrowly Defined?

The Local Enterprise Growth Initiative has provided a welcome injection of cash to stimulate enterprise in some of the most deprived areas of England.
However I am worried that ‘enterprise’ is being too narrowly interpreted as ‘entrepreneurship’ and ’starting businesses’.
The origins of the word ‘enterprise’ come from the 15th century when it was used to describe [...]

Building a Better Business?

Most start-ups have, probably quite rightly, an almost myopic concern with their own operation and its customer base. 
‘What are we going to do?’ and
‘Will enough customers pay for it?’ are questions that obsess the would be entrepreneur.   
‘Will we have fun doing it? is a question that is taken much less seriously - but is just as [...]