I met an entrepreneur the other day who lost everything in his small business. At one time the small business was highly successful. He took a back seat, moved to a another town and went into semi–retirement. Disaster struck. His manager who he’d trusted to run the business stole everything out of the business until there was nothing left. Continue reading “Comebacks in small businesses can be a hard and long path”
Before you pull the trigger on your new business consider the four legs of the table

I met an environmentalist the other day retrenched from a large environmental nonprofit who is looking for a job with another organisation or institution because he can’t work as an independent consultant as he is hopeless without the structure of a formal environment.
Some business people find handling administration and finances, working out their sales, cost of sales, preparing a basic income statement and implementing office systems difficult to handle. These people typically say “I’m bad at admin”. Continue reading “Before you pull the trigger on your new business consider the four legs of the table”
