As an entrepreneur, you're often told it's not about the money—until there is none. That's when you realise that while money isn't everything, it certainly becomes the only thing when it's missing. This stark reality is something I've come to understand intimately...
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10 Ways to Ensure Financial Growth in Business
Unless you are one of the few people who were lucky enough to receive a large inheritance, won the lottery, or married into money, you will need to create your own wealth. This is not the easiest of goals given the impact of loadshedding, stagnating economy, rising...
The time has come…put up your Prices!
Every year, without fail, you and I get letters from all sorts of corporate companies we deal with and every year, they all sing from the same hymn sheet: “Blah blah blah your new price increase will be X and you’ll now be paying more than before.” Your bank,...
“You guys are too busy to make money”
"You guys are too busy to make money" This statement took the wind out of my sails when our financial director said it to my partners and I in another business over a decade ago. He was 100% right, we were so busy trying to make our customers and our staff happy, we...
“It’s always about the money!”
I love it when people say to me: "but Harry, it's not about the money." Really?! Do you actually believe that? Now I'm the first to support that money isn't everything. There are a lot of things that are important. I’m also not saying that money should be your sole...
13 Ways to Keep Your Business Youthful
You’ve spent years building a business, now it’s time to monetise. But you’re not sure how to get your business to the next stage, maybe give it a fresh look or bring some youthfulness into the mix? How do you increase the value of your business? Did you know that 8...
How Discounting Can Harm A Business
Some salespeople have a tendency to think that giving a discount is the easiest, quickest way to make a sale. Of course, they may be right, but what about the profit they’re giving away? If a product has a profit margin of 30% and salespeople give a 10% discount to...
How to Fall (BACK) in Love with Your Business
As an ActionCOACH Business Coach – I often meet business owners when they have come to an impasse, with their business. The conversation often starts with at least one of the following statements: “After so many years and so much effort, I thought I would have been...
4 Ways to OWN YOUR GOALS in 2022
It was great bidding 2021 farewell and here we are at the beginning of a new year full of dreams, expectations, and opportunities which we approach with a bit of a “nervous twitch” because the previous two years have been everything but a “walk in the park”. ...