If you’re planning on starting up a side business, perhaps going freelance, you have to be ready for a slow start. Though some people are up and running in a relatively short time, the majority of people aren’t. It can take some time to build a successful business, especially if you’re working in full time…
The joy of a day off
It can be quite stressful to spend a lot of time working. It can particularly stressful, though, to be fixating on the same problems all the time. You turn up day in and day out and bang your head against a wall until you feel like you have made some progress. It is crucial, though,…
Getting out while you’re ahead
Leaving a job can often be an extremely tricky and daunting task. Let us take my most recent departure, for example. I worked for the NHS but I knew I was sinking into a rut. I had made some good friends, was earning a steady wage but the chances for career progression were limited outside…
Going into business with friends
People over the years have sat down and thought about making businesses; going into the details of finance, the ideas, the field and the dreams for where your business might go. The one thing people always think about is going into business with friends; it takes away the risk of working with people you might…
What is business?
“Business” as a term was something that always confused me growing up. I understood what a “businessman” or “businesswoman” was – someone who wore suits, carried briefcases and was generally pretty well dressed and rich, but what did they do? Business was offered as a course at school but it seemed a lot of maths….
Setting up your own company
I am sure you have read a million blog posts about business in your time browsing the business blogs. Hell, even reading through the weekend newspapers has a number of business tips and tricks and insights from the brightest business minds in the country. I am not one of these people but, chances are, neither…
Monetising YouTube
YouTube has become one of the internet’s most incredible sensations of recent years, maybe even the most impactful thing the internet has ever seen. As the popularity of the website surged people inevitably started to think about money and how they could make it from the service. Musicians got involved, performers got involved and so…
Setting up your own online shop
Many people dream of setting up and owning their own business. The simple truth of that whole endeavour is that it is extremely expensive, especially in the traditional sense; buying a location, which is one of the most expensive parts, hire a staff, buy stock, and that is all before you even consider the overheads…