There are only two ways to make money. And if you’re planning to make any money, then wouldn’t it be nice if you were doing something that you enjoy?
A variation of Aristotle’s saying goes like this “consider your skill set, your passions and the needs of the world – where they intersect, lies your calling”.

It’s pretty obvious really! Find something you’re (A) good at (B) interested in and which would (C)  benefit mankind, and then go and do it. It’s often said that the difference between start ups in the …

It is said by people like Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, that we need a triangle to be happy. And that if your place of work, and your home, and the place where you go shopping are all close together then the chances are that you will be happier.
However, that could mean that we should all choose to live in apartments on top of shopping malls and have the office next door. So, I want to take Putnam’s idea one step further and propose the 5 pointed star – …

The title of this article “no nation was ever ruined by trade” is a quote from Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) and it just about sums up what we all need to do in order to be more successful.

Right now (that’s December 2011) the European Union is mired in deep discussion about how to rectify the decline of the Euro, unstable economies in PIIGS countries (and beyond) and the prospect of an even deeper recession. The focus of the discussion, if we are to believe the media (and I do) …

Friday the 2nd of September 2011 saw me attending the dConstruct conference in Brighton as part of the month long Brighton Digital Festival. And it proved to be quite an eye opener both in terms of what I learnt from the speakers and from other members of the audience!
The first speaker in a long list was Don Norman, who at one time was one of the leading thinkers at Apple. He had a good deal to say, and he invoked an extraordinary eruption of tweeting from the floor of the …

Cash, then Systems and then People. That’s the way to grow a business!

More than 50% of small businesses fail to reach their 3rd anniversary, because by that time they have gone out of business.  And the biggest reason that businesses fail is a lack of cash. In order to give yourself a sporting chance, your new business has to focus on bringing in cash. If you can’t do that in the early days, then you really don’t have much of a business.
Once the theory starts working in practice, you then …