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12 weeks left this year – how to get lots done!
The usual year-end panic about hitting targets and fulfilling plans is upon us. Here are my 4 tips how to make the most of the 12 weeks left in 2018.
Why I love paying for interns (and other reasons to hire them)
Tasked with staffing decisions? Consider hiring (and paying) an intern! There’s many benefits to helping the next generation into the saddle.
13 reasons why TED is such a successful business
In just over a decade, TED has become a global super-brand, known and respected by all the right people. What management decisions led to its meteoric rise?
3 tips for winning and retaining major clients
What steps can you take to attract the attention of major clients? And, even more important, how can you ensure they keep coming back for more?
Mobile advertising explained by a world-leading expert
How is mobile advertising evolving? Why should you care about it? Which opportunities can you make use of as entrepreneur or even as a consumer?
Why you will never see banner advertising on this site (warning: contains rant)
Are you as tired of online advertising as I am? Enjoy my ad-free website! I’ll rather find unusual ways to monetise my content.
Save someone’s life – fire them!
How to ensure that your organisation does not waste time and precious resources on staff that don’t contribute sufficiently.
10 reasons why I relaunched this blog
If you ever wondered why writing a blog is beneficial for you, this list should be useful for you. My very own reasons why I bother writing this blog.
This chap took his company from Zero to $180m in just 2.5 years
How do you pull off the fastest Start-Up-to-IPO in the history of the London market? Kuba Wieczorek, founder of Eve Sleep, reveals his 5 magic ingredients.
Insights from a disruptive fintech entrepreneur
How to build trust and grow your business? Inshaan Malhi, founder and CEO of online mortgage broker Trussle, shares his thoughts.
Building and scaling a platform – 8 lessons learned at BorrowMyDoggy
Rikke Rosenlund shares her pearls of wisdom from building and scaling up BorrowMyDoggy, the wildly popular dog-walking community website.
Why the Head of Innovation at HelloFresh nearly got arrested (and other lessons learned)
Luke Grob on the importance of customer focus and how it has helped grow meal-delivery service HelloFresh into a $2bn business.
10 lessons from a wealth management platform that went from Zero to $200m
Paolo Galvani, founder of digital wealth management platform Moneyfarm, shares his experiences of building a company from scratch.
My trilogy of investment books
