by Michelle | Aug 15, 2014 | Business Start-up, Business Success, Customer Experience, Entrepreneurs
You know you have the perfect product or service, you’ve got some clients, but you’re having problems taking your business to the next level. And you’re wondering why. Maybe you’re not fishing where the fish are or maybe you’re trying to be all things to all...
by Michelle | Aug 1, 2014 | Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs
Raising finance for your entrepreneurial dreams, just like much else in entrepreneurial-land, has likely been harder than you thought it would be. You need ‘x’ amount of money but the bank is only willing to give you ‘y’. I’m sure you have thought in the past, if only...
by Michelle | Jul 15, 2014 | Business Success, Entrepreneurs
As the old saying goes, “if you at first don’t succeed, try, try again”. But what if, when it came to building a business, the pain of the “try, try again” part was a lot easier to avoid? It’s no secret that starting up your own entrepreneurial venture can be fraught...
by Michelle | Jul 1, 2014 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
As the end of the financial year draws to a close, lots of stories in the media will tell you now is a good time to review your numbers and get planning the next financial year. And whilst that’s great advice, it misses something important that we business owners are...
by Michelle | Jun 17, 2014 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Freeing up time, Outsourced Admin, Outsourcing, Phone Answering
There’s a lot written about written about start-up entrepreneurs on the internet. Everybody is either becoming one or wants to be one. And more than a handful of people you meet at the average networking event describe themselves as one. But in fact, once upon a time,...
by Michelle | Jun 3, 2014 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering
When I first began building my business, I think I had the wrong idea. I think so many business owners do. You see, I thought (and it’s kind of funny some 15 years later), that if I worked hard enough for a little while – at the front end, the rest would be...