When you started their own businesses was it to generate income or to create an asset or group of assets that can be sold in the future?

As your business grows you're going to need more manpower, so you can continue to delight your customers.
You need to build a strong team and that includes an expert management team. Here's how

There's never enough hours in the day especially for a business owner! When I'm coaching it's one of the most common questions: 'How do I save time?

Deciding to start your business seems such an easy decision. But betting on yourself to start, grow and build a thriving business is a scary proposition.
Here are 20 questions to ask before you start!

For most people running a business is all consuming; it takes every waking hour to keep your head above water. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Yes, a growth strategy is challenging but when you’re so busy working in the business it’s hard to make the best decisions.

A good business model is the staying small model. That doesn’t mean no growth, it means steady controlled organic growth. And for that reason, I give you permission to stay small, remain profitable, take home enough money and enjoy life and some more free time!

Discounting can be a tricky subject. It can go wrong very quickly. First be clear about your objectives. Then review our list of 11 tactics to a giving a discount.

A robust growth strategy for any business is customer retention alongside new customer acquisition. We all know that recruiting new customers is around five times more expensive than retaining them, so it makes financial sense to hang on to the ones you have; it saves a lot of effort too.

If you worked for someone else you had a boss, someone who told you what to do and how to do it. You could ask them for help. They would keep you on track with deadlines and make sure that you delivered on time and within your budget. Now you're the boss.....