Yes, I watched the five.tv show The Business Inspector again this week. Even if you don’t like Hilary Devey’s style, she certainly seems to know her stuff. I personally have found some of her tips very useful. And if you’ve missed these hour long programmes, you can watch them again at www.demand.five.tv.
In fact I had a double dose of Hilary this week, as I watched early this morning one of the previous programmes that I’d missed, the one with the cocktail bar owner who wasn’t making nearly enough money. By an analysis of his figures, she pointed out that he could make an extra 35p per cocktail if he bought in less expensive spirits. Despite some resistance, the owner [read more]
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Definitions of failure
Up here in Moray, we have a new scheme being run by the Highlands and Islands Enterprise service. It’s a business mentoring scheme, where already successful business owners are paired up with other business owners who want to grow their business. I met with the man who is responsible for organising this up here, and I was telling him a bit about my background. I mentioned that our business in Ireland had gone belly up in the credit crunch.
What he said next had me pricking up my ears. ‘We have links with MIT in Boston, Massachusetts, and over there they have a different attitude to failure than we have. In fact, you’re not considered successful until you’ve had at [read more]