Ahh, starting a new business venture. Whether it’s your first company or your 21st, the excitement of following those entrepreneurial dreams cannot be beaten. But you cannot overlook the harsh reality that the failed businesses easily outweigh the successful ones. If yours is going to be different, you must start to appreciate that you aren’t…

It has often been said that we are living in the age of the passive earner. It is true that an increasing number of people are developing a real interest in the processes of generating income without doing anything, and there are also an increasing number of ways to do just that. One of the…

While there is no better feeling than turning out for work every day when you are your own boss, there are still a lot of traps on the way to success. You might be ready to change the world and to show your previous employer what you are made of, but you should also pay…

So, you’ve taken the plunge and moved your start-up business into an actual, real-life office space. You’ve upped sticks from your living room and found a swanky little space in the city from where you can build your empire. However, in this ‘honeymoon’ period between your business and its new home, you have to make…

Surviving as a small business in this day and age can be hard. You probably already know that many new businesses that start out excited about their new venture, give up within the first few years of trading. This can be due to many different factors. Some people just haven’t acquired the skills to be…

When you set up a business in an office environment there are lots of considerations to bear in mind. You need to get all of the hardware and software you need to succeed as a business whilst giving proper consideration to the business premises and area. It can sometimes be easy to overlook things, especially…

When you put lots of money and effort into starting a business, you want to make sure it performs as successfully as possible. You should view your business as an orange, and aim to squeeze every last drop of juice from it. Unfortunately, there are many small business owners that don’t manage their business as…

  Perhaps you are starting a new online business this year. If that’s the case, you need to learn how to master the web. A lot of people make the claim that starting an online company is easy. It doesn’t take a lot of time, and it certainly doesn’t mean you need huge amounts of…

Networking, it’s a skill that we all need at some point or another in business. When the opportunity to work a trade show arises, it is a prime chance to get in cahoots with other companies and entrepreneurs. You could potentially make a lot of successful contacts for the business there, and everybody else goes…

Every business makes mistakes. Businesses are run by people and, due to human nature, we’re prone to errors and poor judgement every single day of our lives. Whilst it’s an inevitability that we’ll mess up from time to time, though the majority of us always strive towards perfection, at the very least, that doesn’t mean…