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Virtual Lean Selling Machines

November 3, 2010

Can you imagine a business that can reach sales of $9bn per year without having to purchase, store or make any products? This is the question posed by Phil Jones in a recent post on the success of ebay. In our ever flattening world, specialist supply chain experts will continue to be a growth area for businesses [...]

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Who is your local Company of the Week?

November 1, 2010
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We are The Revolution Bar Company of the Week in Manchester this week. This entitles our team to various 2 for 1 offers on food and drink (upon presentation of a business card as proof of ID). An email was sent to our office address today with details of the offer and this was promptly circulated [...]

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7 tips for start-ups seeking VC funding

September 23, 2010

I’ve been reflecting on the key business learning points emerging from the BVCA’s excellent recent event Financing & funding the digital age held in Manchester on 16 September 2010. It was a full day of fast moving panel discussions and keynote speeches that kept coming at a relentless pace until almost 6pm – plenty to chew over hence the [...]

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Digital NW: News round up for the week to 13 August 2010

August 13, 2010

Here’s a round up of the key digital, tech and creative business north west news that caught my eye this week: Fun story about two NW teenagers who have managed to solve a problem related to bus timetables by developing a mobile app within a matter of weeks and on a shoe-string. Even better (or not?) [...]

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Great Work Wins at IoD Young Directors Conference

May 25, 2010
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I was fortunate enough to attend the Annual Institute of Directors (IoD) Young Directors Conference in Manchester today. Here were my key learning points: Katherine Corich (Founder and Group CEO of Sysdoc) stole the show for me with her impassioned plea for the audience members to be brave in leading the charge to rethink business [...]

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Earning a Buck in the Digital Age – Delivering Professional Services to Digital & Creative Businesses

April 20, 2010
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Pro.Manchester‘s Creative session on Earning a Buck in the Digital Age proved to be a compelling discussion on how professional service firms can work more effectively with the North West’s flourishing digital and creative businesses. Held at Halliwells in Manchester, the panel consisted of Simon Wharton, Nick Rhind, Shaun Fensom, Coral Grainger, Philip Hemsted and [...]

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Fun + games for the Budget 2010

March 24, 2010

Today was a busy day working alongside the Manchester Evening News to provide exclusive business tax coverage of the Budget 2010. I won’t cover the detailed proposals here now as a) you can Google Budget 2010 and get a ton of facts + figures and b) you can get my initial reactions by visiting the [...]

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Manchester sparks further innovation with FABLAB launch

March 23, 2010

  FABLAB as an institution is news to me but it sounds like a fantastic idea and – even better – they’ve recently opened their first UK based FABLAB in Ancoats, Manchester. FABLABs offers a mini hi-tech factory where people or companies can design and create pretty much….. anything using latest 3D machine cutters and technology. There are now over 35 [...]

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#003 Speakeasy – Effective Business Communication with Andrew Thorp

February 11, 2010
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It is with great pleasure that I introduce Andrew Thorp as our guest on this week’s Business N2K podcast. Andrew is a business speaker and trainer focusing primarily on effective communication skills within business. Andrew recently launched SpeakEasy within the North West and it is proving hugely popular amongst the local business community.  SpeakEasy is [...]

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Meeting up with Virtual Clients

February 4, 2010

I am looking forward to finally meeting up with a long-standing client of mine this evening – a virtual client.  Although we have worked together for almost 4 years, we have never met in the flesh as he is based in Los Angeles, US.  Yet technology has allowed us to work closely over the years despite the [...]

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