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New series of The Apprentice

March 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in TV

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For those of you living under a rock out there, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice with Sir Alan Sugar has just started in the UK. It’s on Wednesdays, BBC 1 at 9pm. If you’ve missed it or don’t have a TV, now is a good time to get acquainted with the BBC’s amazing iPlayer service.

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When is the right time to become an entrepreneur?

March 27th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Starting your business

Several people have asked me over the last few years how I decided to follow entrepreneurship as a career choice, rather than pursue the more obvious paths of consultancy/banking/accountancy that my time at university (should have) prepared me for. The truth is, there was little to decide - for me it just happened. I did ave to make some sacrifices though, and this article should help you to go through a logical decision process should you be contemplating dropping out from whatever you’re doing and following your dreams.

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A brief introduction to Google Adwords

March 25th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Google

Here is a short article I wrote for the soon-to-be-launched website holidayhomeexpert.com. It is designed to be an easy to grasp introduction to the concepts behind advertising with Google Adwords, and act as a base from which to delve further into the world of online Pay Per Click marketing.

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Everybody has a business idea

March 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in My day, SMEs

I firmly believe that just as people say that everybody has at least one book inside of them, so do they have a good business idea. A perfect example of this cropped up (no pun intended) when I had my hair cut yesterday. What should have been a standard 20 minute trim turned into an hour long discussion about angel funding, thanks to me not keeping my trap shut about how everybody should act on their entrepreneurial impulses. More »

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Springwise.com - entrepreneurial inspiration

March 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Inspirational websites

I love springwise.com to bits. Why? Because every day they tell the story of a new startup or emerging consumer trend that’s just sprung up. It’s a great resource for keeping your finger on the pulse; the startups they report on range from the inspiraitonal to the truly wacky, but all are worth reading about. If you have and hour or five, take a look around their archives and see what’s making it big in the world.

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A day working in a startup

March 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Working in a Startup

I thought it would be useful for any aspiring entrepreneurs out there to find out what the reality of working in a startup is like. Today was fairly rubbish by my standards, so this post should be doubly useful as an insight into the reality of helping to launch a new company. More »

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