Starting Out
Are You a Sole Trader or Do You Need a Company?
When they start out, all entrepreneurs must make a decision about the legal structure of their businesses. In other words, are they planning to be a sole tra...
Are You Ready to Stop Being an Employee?
There’s a world of difference between being an employee and a self-employed business entrepreneur. An employee, particularly one in a large organisation, p...
Becoming a Social Entrepreneur
In many respects, a social entrepreneur is the same as a business entrepreneur. Both need the same ability to turn opportunities and ideas into reality. Soci...
Courses and Qualifications to Develop Entrepreneurial Skills?
According to recent research, half of young people in the UK would prefer to be in business for themselves. They want to be entrepreneurs. The reality is tha...
Does Your Age Matter in Business?
Despite the prevalence of opinion and comment about business being more suited to youthful entrepreneurs, the facts tell another story. People over 50 years...
Evaluating Your Business Skills
Entrepreneurs who evaluate their skills don’t waste time struggling to achieve something when another person can do it for them more efficiently. Entrepren...
Finding a Business Mentor
A business mentor is not a consultant or a coach. A mentor is also not a business partner. A business mentor is an expert who listens to you and gives suppor...
Finding Inspiration for the Big Business Idea
It can happen that an entrepreneur has a sudden inspiration for a great business idea. Such an idea may arrive out of the blue from goodness knows where, and...
Get Expert Business Advice
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with seeking business advice. To do so is not a sign of weakness or incompetence. On the contrary, it’s a sure indicatio...
Grab New Opportunities
Some entrepreneurs may sound glib when they say that business opportunities are abound. When listening to them, an understandable response is “Where are th...
How to Succeed Without Much Money
No magic formula exists for succeeding in business without much money. But there are certain tips worth following. Home Office Work from home if possible. Se...
Keep Your Business Ideas Safe
It’s not unusual to hear of business ideas that people have stolen and used to make money, leaving the originators of the ideas penniless. Some of these st...
Qualities of an Entrepreneur
In many respects, entrepreneurs are like everyone else. They are ordinary human beings with a mix of qualities and character traits. Some of these qualities...
The Importance of Setting Goals and Changing Them
Everything has a beginning and an end. This is as true for entrepreneurial activity as for any other aspect of life. Many people don’t see life and activit...
Why I Might Need a Solicitor
For entrepreneurs starting a new business venture, employing a solicitor may seem an unnecessary expense. Good solicitors, however, can save businesses money...
Why I Might Need an Accountant
Some entrepreneurs assume they need an accountant; others believe they can manage without one. Either way, what many entrepreneurs fail to do is properly con...