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Tag: Passion

Juggling your life passion and your full-time job

September 18, 2019

By Abid Khan

For most of us, quitting our day jobs to follow our passion seems completely unrealistic. So, if your full-time job is the job you need, then your passion should be the job that you choose.

8 signs that you need to change careers and kiss your 9-5 goodbye

May 2, 2018

By Staff writer

Remaining in a job you hate is more common than you realise, even if you’re high up the corporate ladder. This is something I identified with, that was, until I left my comfortable management position to become my own boss and freed myself from the 9-5.

Why falling in love with your product can be fatal

April 20, 2017

By Staff writer

If you’re bringing a technology-based product to market, then you could be at risk of falling in love with your product to a dangerous extent.

Rocket your sales with founder selling make people want to buy from you

January 30, 2017

By Staff writer

If you’re trying to grow your business organically you?ll need to make sales (and lots of them!) to become successful. If you’re a funded firm, you’re likely to need to make even more sales to keep the hungry VCs off your back and provide the return they crave! This will require a healthy dose of founder selling.

Charlie Mullins: The UK is a nation of entrepreneurs, not just shopkeepers

September 5, 2016

By Charlie Mullins

This week is, traditionally, one of the busiest in business. The schools are back from summer holidays and, therefore, so are many of the business owners that drive the economy forward.

What can your company be best in the world at

July 28, 2016

By Andrew Low

The above question is both as stunning in its simplicity as it is difficult to answer. It is the central concept of the compelling business analysis book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins first published in 2001.

What are key ingredients to being a customer-led firm Passion and ambition, says Virgin Wines CEO

November 17, 2015

By Shane Schutte

The core idea of the customer-led company is to focus on needs and not products. With this in mind, Real Business talked to Virgin Wines CEO Jay Wright about how the customer’s needs should be central to any business.

The story of an FD who chose to work part-time to fuel his passion for cycling

July 16, 2015

By Chris Chapman

An experienced finance director, Paul Turner is also a passionate cyclist. Some seven years ago, he became a portfolio FD to accommodate in his life the things he truly enjoyed.

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