With the 14th of February traditionally being Valentine’s day, it made sense for my focus to be love and how that pertains to business. But what is love in a business context? After giving it some thought, I realised that love and business are not such a strange...
A 2021/2022 report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that women displayed 20% less confidence when it came to their ability to start a business vs their male counterparts. What caused this? Perhaps it was the Covid climate that was intimidating for...
As we enter the final month of 2020 many of us can look back on this year and agree that it has brought about many challenges that none of us would have thought of or planned for at the start of the year. The year has presented us with some highs and some lows, both...
Let’s be honest: 2020 has been a pretty crappy year. Really weird things have happened all across the world. Whilst you’re still trying to get your head around one issue cropping up another five others have already happened somewhere else. Even if you’re doing well...
Why some businesses thrive while others implode during economic downswings remains a puzzle to many entrepreneurs. Often, they mistakenly assume that all businesses must suffer through recessionary cycles. In reality, some companies are essentially recession-proof,...
The lockdown of our economy has made Business Owners and Marketing Managers rethink the way marketing is done and how they can attract new customers. Many Small Business Owners have traditionally relied on word-of-mouth referrals, networking events, and have had to...
Sounds fabulous, doesn’t it? Of course, we all want that – NOW more than ever! Especially given the brutal reality of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the significant global change experienced daily. Economic stability, stable trading conditions, customer loyalty,...
We have just entered the first week in Level 1 of a long Lockdown as well as the fourth quarter of 2020 and it is a reality that our economy is facing many headwinds. Business owners have had to face many new challenges, learn many new ways doing things whilst...
Change is the one thing that is always certain and we are living in such a rapidly changing world that our heads are spinning. Fear, financial challenges, and the very nature of how we—as individuals and as businesses—will have to work in the future are challenges we...
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