NOTE: Updated for the 2021/2022 Tax Year This is not legal advice, it’s just what we have learned through our experiences. If you are not in the UK, the rules and figures will be different, so please do your own research before jumping in. If you have concerns or questions, please contact HMRC or consult […]
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Last summer we ran an experiment to set up a business in two hours. Stop looking at us like that. We created a VERY BASIC FREE website and a Twitter account. We focused on a very specific niche and spent most of the two hours following and chatting to the audience (about twenty minutes was
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One of the most important things to do as a small business is open up your product or service for online payments. But of course, as a bootstrapping start-up, you don’t want to fork out for a fancy eCommerce or online shop right off the starting line because how are you supposed to know it’s
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Alan’s first business was called ‘AD-Dynamics’. What do you think ‘AD-Dynamics’ did?Exactly… No idea. No-one knew what he actually did. His second business was called ‘Enjoy Presenting – Dynamic Business Training’. What do you think that one was about?Well, lots of people don’t like giving presentations so Alan trained people in business (in his unique and dynamic
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This article is what a Doctor would call MED. A minimum effective dose. Â You can spend the best part of forever building and tweaking a website. We like quick and dirty. Not like that. We want you to spend the minimum amount of time and money on getting an EFFECTIVE website online so you
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Imagine the scene:A lecture theatre at a Russell Group university (UK equivalent of Ivy League). We had been invited to run one of our training courses inside the university to help around 60 students and alumni get their ideas started. We’d been there since 10 am sharing the content which you’re about to read. It
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Most small businesses miss huge opportunities by focusing on the first sale only. This article will help you think of the 5th, 6th, and 7th sales and building a long term business. When we first started a business, we put so much effort into finding the first customer!We go out there and we give out
The three main reasons why people don’t get the results they want from their business are: Lack of focus on one idea.Lack of focus on the ideal customer.The size of the action they take is too small. Marketing is what you do to put your product/service in front of potential customers. Sales is what you
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When is the WORST POSSIBLE time to have debt when you’re running a business?
At the beginning, when you have no customers, and it will take you 9 times longer than you think to get one.
You don’t need a business plan to start a business, you don’t need money and you definitely don’t want to be starting a business in debt. What you need is hope, confidence and a customer.
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“What do you do?” is about job descriptions and activities that set you up to give the kind of answer that doesn’t sell what you do, it doesn’t motivate or inspire anyone (especially you). There is a better question…
The question that will really help is “Why are you doing it?”
