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How To Approach An Investor

Do you know how to approach an investor? Whether you are looking for funding yourself or want to work as an introducer in the funding world, it is a busy market where many people are making the same mistakes. The transition for me from job to entrepreneur was interesting. When I first left nursing I … Read Full Article…

All Feedback Is Positive, Even When It Seems Otherwise

I was once in a training programme where we learned the importance of feedback We had various tasks to do, which brought up a few personal issues for some people in the room. We then had the opportunity to take the stage and share what we had learned. One of the students used every opportunity … Read Full Article…

How to Be Interesting And Stand Out…

Do you know someone who is interesting? More importantly, when was the last time that you heard someone say something at a business networking event that made them stand out from the crowd? I have been to other business networking events where I have been asked to speak about networking skills. I always enjoy proving … Read Full Article…

Dementia and Death – Dealing With a Family Crisis

Last week I was asked to speak about stress at work at a company away day Because of a personal family crisis leading up to the talk, I changed the content at the last minute to reflect this. The timing was too perfect for such a talk so I decided to use myself as a … Read Full Article…

The 5 Business Networking Crimes

I know, before I start that there will be those of you reading this who do not agree with me on my definition of business networking crimes Indeed the amount of people who I have met at other business networking events who will see this as the “to do” list still surprises me. It certainly feels … Read Full Article…

Can Your Mobile Phone Help You In A Business Networking Event?

What is Business Networking and Can Your Mobile Phone Help You? Recently I hosted one of many networking groups that I have been running. It was in the evening and a small group of enthusiastic networkers came along. Because I had not known whether I would be able to host it or not, due to … Read Full Article…

A Clucking Great Christmas Story

Every Christmas needs a touch of magic Whether that is a great Christmas party, a kind deed done, an unexpected pleasant surprise, or something completely left-field in an almost unbelievable way, Christmas usually delivers. This year I was gifted with the latter from my friend Sophie Carter. I met Sophie over 5 years ago and … Read Full Article…

3 Things All Business Funding Pitches Should Include

This week I was asked to review and assess 27 pitches for funding between The Giant Health Event and The World Labs launch event. I saw some great businesses with great ideas, yet I found several of them making the same mistakes. In today’s video I cover 3 mistakes that most of the pitchers … Read Full Article…

Do Your Family Have The Lunatic Gene at Christmas?

Do Your Family Have The Lunatic Gene at Christmas? If Christmas may not always go 100% smoothly, flowing with Christmas cheer and love for all. I have spent much of my life studying this phenomenon, one which I believe is due to The Lunatic Gene. After sitting on a book script for … Read Full Article…

Why Most Investment Pitches Fail Before They Even Begin

Once again, I sit on an investor panel waiting for our next candidate to pitch us their business for investment The entrepreneur walks to the front of the room with their laptop in hand, goes on the stage, connects the cable to the projector and….it doesn’t work. This then leads to increasingly frantic interventions which … Read Full Article…

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