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IoD Director of the Year North West 2010
Quite a night, last night. I managed to pick up the Manchester Director of the Year award at the annual Institute of Directors North West dinner, held in Manchester. Around 360 of the great and good...
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Branson Pickle?
Richard Branson has just acquired your business. He’s decided to run your business the Virgin way. Tomorrow, he’s visiting to start the process. Panic! Aside from rushing around with the duster and...
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Martha Lane Fox – Digital Champion
Lastminute.com. One of the big dotcom success stories of the late nineties. Founded by digital entrepreneurs Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman. Seizing the opportunity to see Martha Lane Fox deliver...
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Are entrepreneurs born or nurtured?
Earlier this week I sat on a panel for Insider North West magazine – four leaders being interviewed in front of an audience of around a hundred. Idea being we share our stories, which were all...
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A Business Adventure
Sitting in a bar in Frankfurt last night, having a read of the FT and catching up after a long day, my Blackberry started flashing with an e-mail from an industry contact asking some advice about doing...
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Michelle Mone OBE “Uplifts” Business Audience in Manchester
You’ve probably seen a lot of Michelle Mone recently. Her much publicised separation from her husband after a long term marriage and the subsequent discovery of an affair between her husband and one...
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Raising Dough (From Investors)
When your business starts to grow, it may need investment from a third party. Wherever you look, whether it be government backed initiative, private equity or an angel investor, there are some things...
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Growing Pains
Having spent some good quality time with some superb SME’s this week, it really highlighted to me how when your business grows, a new set of challenges appear mostly around strategy, culture and...
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“Fear is a Liar”– Featuring @olivercookson
“Fear is a liar.” Entrepreneur Oliver Cookson shared this great one-liner with a room full with like-minded people at Insider Magazines annual 42 under 42 dinner, held earlier this month (14/10)....
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Business Agility @tieuknorth #FoundersDock Launch Speech
Last night saw the opening of an exciting intitiative from Tie UK North, a brand new incubator for start-up businesses in Spinningfields, Manchester, more about it here. Asked to do a talk around...
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