Small Business Marketing 101   No matter how brilliant your business idea, if people don’t know about it, you’re going to struggle to get any customers. Problem is, getting started with marketing for small business owners isn’t so easy. Understandably, your focus will probably be elsewhere, like managing operations or keeping an eye on finances, leaving you little time to build a website or post on Instagram. And even when you do get a chance to look into your marketing, […]

7 Signs You’re Ready To Start Your Business   Here’s a hard truth: you will never be truly ready to launch your business. You can always get more experience, learn more about running a business, and expand your network further. But there is a right time to turn the door sign over to “open”. Unfortunately, knowing when that is is just as difficult as it is important. Misjudge the critical moment, and you could be doomed to joining the 90% […]

If there’s one thing you can be sure of, success is very hard to come by when you first set up a business. According to The Telegraph, 20% of startups fail in the first year, and 60% don’t make it to their third birthday.   The main culprits? A lack of funding, poor management, an ineffective business model and fruitless marketing.   Even if your business does overcome these hurdles and make it past its third year of trading, it will still […]

Unleash your inner entrepreneur and become the real thought leader you aspire to be.  Building your own business is just one step to completing the structure of your new freedom income goal. Completing the six steps to building the foundation of your company is just one part of the process.   You need to leave behind the growing pains and unleash the beast that is your inner entrepreneur. The business world is ruthless at times, and you should start building yourself […]

Investors Love Confidence: Embrace It  If you have the passion and work ethic to make your dream a reality, why let your self-esteem get in the way now? Nothing is more frustrating than having your business plan laid out before you but lacking the self-esteem to pitch it to anyone – let alone your friends or family. It can feel like a daunting task compared to the research you have done to start your own company. But, if you have […]

What’s A Day In The Life Of An Entrepreneur Like? Flash cars. Big houses. Bigger paycheques. The entrepreneur life certainly sounds glamourous – but is it really all that it’s made out to be? While some entrepreneurs that launch uber-successful businesses might be living up to these expectations, others are not so lucky. And even then, there is no right or wrong way to run a business, so every entrepreneur’s day-to-day life will be slightly different.  That being said, there […]

Contrary to popular belief, starting a business doesn’t always mean 60-hour work weeks, long nights and meetings at the crack of dawn. In fact, success doesn’t have anything to do with working hard at all. What you should be focused on is working effectively. Rethinking how you work won’t just help you build a more profitable business but give you more time to enjoy your life outside of work. This blog will explain the three ways you can work more […]

How to Get Started: Six Steps to Start Your Business   Build the foundations of your business with these six steps   Starting your own business can be a bit of a daunting task. All the tips you see online repeat the same titbits over and over again. It’s time to shake it up with some fool-proof steps to creating your own business. Speaking of business, did you know that only 21.8% of entrepreneurs have a degree in business or […]