Recruiting employees for your business is one of the biggest challenges you can face as a first-time entrepreneur or when your company puts on a growth spurt. No matter how big or small you are, your company is only as … Continue reading
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The Importance of Cash Flow in Business
One of the most stressful aspects of running a business is managing cash flow. Using an analogy, if a company runs out of cash flow, it will die just like a fire without oxygen. This is why it’s crucial to … Continue reading
DON’T BE AFRAID OF YOUR EMOTIONS IN BUSINESS – USE THEM TO POWER YOU ON!
One of the ways that I control my emotions in business is to redirect them and make them more productive. What do I mean by this? Well, if you’re feeling down about something, normally this would stop you in your … Continue reading
SHOULD YOU LEAD WITH THE HEART OR THE HEAD IN BUSINESS?
The head and the heart are two different things, both with very different agendas. Your heart can often influence decisions based on a fluffy, overly-optimistic outlook on everything, oblivious to all the negative stuff that could be going on. Your … Continue reading
MENTAL HEALTH IN BUSINESS: ARE YOU IN CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS AS A BUSINESS OWNER?
For most, trying to control your emotions is near enough Mission Impossible. Once those chemicals start to kick in, you become a different person. Sometimes mental health in business is completely out of your control. What’s more, for most of … Continue reading
DEBT, CASHFLOW AND RESPONDING TO THE UNFORESEEABLE IN BUSINESS
In a previous post, I talked a bit about how debt can creep up on you when you’re not watching out for it. Now, I’m going to get a little more granular about my experiences with debt and how, sometimes, … Continue reading
WHY YOU SHOULD GET A BUSINESS ACCOUNTANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
I only have 3 words to say to you: Get. An. Accountant. As soon as humanly possible. Business accounting is straightforward at its very foundation: money in – money out = profit. Right? Kind of, but… no. This is why … Continue reading
HOW BUSINESS DEBT CAN CREEP UP ON YOU… IF YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
‘Debt’ is an evil word in the business vocabulary and can kill your business in a heartbeat. Most businesses accumulate debt at some stage. I absolutely have lots of experience in dealing with business debt – so I thought it … Continue reading
NOBODY WILL EVER UNDERSTAND YOU AS A BUSINESS OWNER – DEAL WITH IT!
Business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs… we all have certain personality traits, and most people won’t ever understand or empathise with us. When it comes to running the business, we’re the evil ones. It’s a hard truth of growing a business: for … Continue reading
YOU’RE FIRED: KNOWING WHEN IT’S TIME TO RIP THE PLASTER OFF
If you’re going to grow a business, you must be able to hire and fire people – and the timing needs to be absolutely spot on. In this post, I’m busting taboos and talking about firing. Yes, there will be … Continue reading