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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…

Is Networking Not Working For You?

There you are in that networking event and you ask a simple question The question could be anything, but in many networking events I have attended it is often “What do you do?” I don’t like this as an opener but I always answer it in a sentence. Then comes the almost obligatory riposte … Read Full Article…

The Paradox of My London-based Business Network

The Paradox of My London-based Business Network Business networking in London can be a lottery for many. I certainly know that my early experiences were less than positive. They started too early, it felt very impersonal, I was asked to give leads to people I had never met before (which I did to find them … Read Full Article…

Quick Business Networking Tips: Get To The Point Quickly!

Quick Business Networking Tips: Get To The Point Quickly! There are 2 fatal networking mistakes that can kill business before it has even been discussed: Talking too much, and not listening. In this video I discuss them… I’d love to know your experiences here. If you want an alternative business networking experience, come along and … Read Full Article…

60 Second Networking Tips: Connect With Your Audience

60 Second Networking Tips: Connect With Your Audience In other people’s business networking events I frequently sit bored as I listen to people’s 60-second pitches. Today I talk about what I feel is one of the biggest crimes of business networking…..the person who reads about their business from a piece of paper! For a different … Read Full Article…

The Question That Will Matter The Most To You Eventually

Nursing has given me a different perspective of life When people are critically or terminally ill their perspective in life changes: often quite drastically. In that moment the lunacy of their lives often flash through their thoughts. A great quote to summarise the reality that meets many people is given by The Dalai Lama, … Read Full Article…

Reflections on Mental Health Awareness Week

This week has been a fabulous insight on initiatives going on for mental health awareness I have been fortunate enough to witness the work of The City Mental Health Alliance, and Ruby Wax’s charity, Frazzled. Both are taking great initiatives to promote mental wellbeing. If you have, or know someone who has a mental … Read Full Article…

How Much Of A Lunatic Are You? A Quick Tip To Reduce Stress

How Much Of A Lunatic Are You? A Quick Tip To Reduce Stress Everyone has the capacity to act like a lunatic, because of their lunatic gene. This happens in its negative form when we reach our breaking point, which is different for everyone. If you are having heated arguments with friends or family, sleeplessness, … Read Full Article…

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