Your annual budget: Opportunity to stick, twist or go bust
By Mike France
As a new financial year approaches, Mike France and his firm are laying out the next annual budget and he has some wise words for others doing likewise.
Tag: Founders Diaries
True business agility means getting over yourself
Everybody knows smaller businesses are able to be more adapt and change faster than larger ones, but business agility does not come without groundwork.
Don?t give up too early: You may be ahead of the mainstream
Richard Blanford is a tech entrepreneur building a cloud service business, but has realised the importance of not blindly thinking innovation is mainstream.
Getting the right recipe of in-house and agency support
By Adam Twidell
Gaining experience by utilising agency support on the tech side early on, Adam Twidell explains why this approach is now feeding down into PR and marketing.
As CEO I always get involved with recruitment decisions
By Giles Fuchs
When a business grows the number of recruitment decision required also swells, but Giles Fuchs believes the CEO needs to maintain the same involvement.
Learning to take a step back has been great for my business
By John Savage
Opening new sites and growing the company meant John Savage has had no alternative but to step back at times something he’s found progressively easier.
Digital advertising strategy: Have we reached a tipping point?
By Mike France
For a consumer brand like Christopher Ward, having an advertising strategy that provides evidence of success or failure is key for Mike France and his team.
The Memrise Prize: A project to create an olympics for learning science
By Ed Cooke
While some projects get confined to the waste bin, others bubble in the background. For Ed Cooke, the Memrise Prize has been a slow, but eventual, burner.
I’ve realised building trust is a must for any growing business
By Lee Biggins
In running a company doing business on both sides of the Atlantic, Lee Biggins had to learn about building trust and having faith in the team he’s built.
Working out the right bonus scheme structure for my business
By Rob Hunter
While financial incentives have come under fire of late, Rob Hunter spent some time working out the most suitable bonus scheme structure of his firm.