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If you are an entrepreneur or operate a small business, then you may be looking for ways to build upon your success and grow your business into an empire. Here we are going to look at five simple ways to do just that!Hire the Right PeopleNo matter what kind of business you operate, one of your biggest and most important assets will be the people you have working for you.If you want your business...
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The launch of the f:Entrepreneur campaign celebrating the inspirational women running their own businesses in the UK A campaign to identify Britain’s 100 most inspiring and multi-achieving female entrepreneurs has officially kicked off, with dynamic businesswomen across the country encouraged to apply to join the ranks of the f:Entrepreneur #ialso 100.Startacus recently launched Impacting F...
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Ruth Kudzi is a qualified Success coach, speaker and blogger. She built a six figure business on maternity leave and is now a multiple business owner. Her passion is empowering other women to start up and develop their dream businesses. Here, she shares an article recently published on her own site which gives thought to how you can use your existing leadership skills to become a successful entrep...
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Isabelle Ohnemus, Founder of fashion-sizing shopping platform EyeFitU shares a few sustainable & useful ways of maintaining that important healthy work/life balance. Isabelle Ohnemus is the Founder and CEO of fashion-sizing shopping platform EyeFitU. Isabelle’s background in international finance gave her the solid foundation to turn her passion for fashion and desire to help change the...
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Even in this age of supposed enlightenment, a little authority and power, however minute, meaningless, or even imagined, can then go to people’s malfunctioning heads. Particularly in a still sadly female-deficient industry like tech, when these people are men, the result can be a hostile environment in which the women affected often feel they cannot say or do anything about it. Intelligent a...
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Your moment has come… it’s pitching time! Here’s two minutes worth of tips to help maximise your chances of success.   Nerves won’t help you now- They serve no purpose at all, and could actually ruin your chances success, so you must get them under control.  Many an entrepreneur has been reduced to a jittering wreck by a pitching opportunity that was foiled by...
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Alternative Sources of Income to Support Your Small Business Running a small business can be financially draining, especially during the first year of operation. It’s one of the pressures which prevents many people from pursuing their ambitions of self-employment- the bills keep on coming whether you are running your own business or not!   For many though, this needn’t prevent t...
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One of the great conveniences of being an entrepreneur in the 21st century is that much of the skill and knowledge needed to create and lead a successful business can be easily gained through the wonders of the internet!   In days gone by, you would need to spend a substantial amount of time attending costly business courses in order to develop your entrepreneurial toolkit.  But now, a...
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Bettina Pickering is the founder of Aronagh (www.aronagh.com), a leadership and behavioural change consultancy, that helps entrepreneurs create and adopt the mindset and behaviours they need for success. How well do you perform when you are surrounded by negative people? When the physical work environment has constant interruptions, too much clutter or does not reflect your business? When the ...
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Bettina Pickering is the founder of Aronagh.com, a behavioural change and leadership consultancy, that helps entrepreneurs create and adopt the mindset and behaviours, they need for success.  She shares her advice on how to deal with rejection when running a startup.  Being told ‘no, thanks’ or ‘not at this stage’ or ‘come back, when you have done x’...
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