Getting Investment Into Your Business – Equity
This is the next instalment of a series of blog posts I’m writing about how and why you need to get some extra cash into your business, so that it can grow and flourish as a grown up business.
How
The “how” section of my blog is full of delicious and useful tips on how to run a successful business, all gleaned from my experience of running my own businesses, and the hundreds of different companies I’ve helped to grow over the years. Get stuck in…
Getting Money Into Your Business – Cash Flow Model
When I see a business which needs some money to do new things, the first thing I’ll look at is the organic cash flow model. This is where you finance the new things from the money which is already coming into the business.
What’s a grown up business?
I keep talking about this idea of a grown-up business, and it’s one which seems to resonate with a lot…
Persuading The Bank To Lend You Some Money
One of the major doom and gloom statistics reported in the news is that banks are lending less and, in particular, are lending less to smaller businesses.
What are your networking plans for Xmas?
I was just arranging to meet up on a cake date with the lovely Jacky Misson. Jacky suggested that we…
Marketing Ideas 3 – Get A Campaign Going
The third instalment of a series of marketing tactics and ideas for your business. Are you the sort of person…
The difference between share options and shares for small businesses
Share options are one way to give shares to employees. However, setting up a share option scheme is not always…
How Nixon McInnes Sold Me A Ticket
I’m always looking out for good examples of marketing which I can share and steal for my clients. Here’s one from today. Last week, Will McInnes started hinting on Twitter about his company doing a new event.
