By jimsym on May 4, 2008 in Deborah Meaden, Dragon’s Den, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Theo Paphitis | 0 Comments
Hi, Enjoy the post. If you find this blog useful, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed so you don’t miss out on the nuggets. Thanks for visiting! Biofuel-powered transport company JPM Eco Logistics became famous when every Dragon from BBC’s Dragon’s Den wanted a share in it.
Paul Merker (joint company owner) [...]
By jimsym on Apr 18, 2008 in Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs | 0 Comments
“Can you sell a loss making business?” is a question I was asked recently.
And of course the answer is yes!
There could be many reasons why someone would want to buy that business, for example:
It has patents that another company could use or develop to make profits with
The company order book has plenty of orders another [...]
By jimsym on Mar 17, 2008 in Entrepreneur | 0 Comments
My wife gave me a quote which I rather liked and have put next to my computer. I looked it up on the Internet and found what I believe is the original. And that is:
“You’ve gotta’ dance like there’s nobody watching,Love like you’ll never be hurt.Sing like there’s nobody listening,And live like it’s heaven on [...]
By jimsym on Feb 12, 2008 in Business Growth, Competition, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, coaching | 0 Comments
Of course you want to be a business that’s growing and one that’s making a positive difference to your employees, customers and suppliers.
If you fit the bill you should sign up for the contest to find “Bank of Scotland Corporate Entrepreneur of the Year.”
It’s got a certain ring to it hasn’t it?
And even better you [...]
By jimsym on Nov 16, 2007 in Business Growth, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, coaching | 0 Comments
It’s vital that executives realise that when they’re appointed they’re not also anointed with God-given powers to drag their firm into the economic stratosphere.
Equally coaches needs to understand that each business is unique and not simply a cookie-cutter exercise in “helping” people see they need coaching.
Sometimes some coaches suffer from the delusion that they know [...]
By jimsym on Oct 15, 2007 in Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs | 0 Comments
Richard Branson Talks Turkey At TED
Get some inspiration and see Richard Branson being interviewed. He gives us the reason Virgin Brides didn’t do well. And he says what’s it like to face what seems like certain death.
Do you know how many companies this rebel billionaire has? They show a pile of them on the screen [...]
By jimsym on Aug 28, 2007 in Entrepreneur, Manchester Tales | 0 Comments
One day, probably about 10, maybe even 15 years ago someone new arrived at the chip shop in Manchester that I go to. He’d bought the shop, lock, stock and smoking fryer.
Under the old owner the chip shop opened sporadically, and not necessarily according to the time-table swinging from the front door. Under the old owner [...]
By jimsym on Sep 14, 2006 in Amazon AStore, Amazon Book Store, Book Review, Business Books, Entrepreneur, Felix Dennis, Money making | 0 Comments
Felix Dennis categorizes how rich you are, going from the comfortable poor (£1 to £2 million) right up the super rich. Which one do you aspire to? Oh and by the way Dennis believes certain people wont get rich…