DYS Launch Weekend: Can you really produce a quality Online Marketing Product within a day?

DYS Launch Weekend: Can you really produce a quality Online Marketing Product within a day?

Can you really produce a quality Online Marketing Product in a day? We are doing a live experiment to find out! A few weeks ago I attended a weekend event where I pitched an idea, had people volunteer to join my team and then started my first Tech Company within 24 hours and it got [...]

10 things I learned about getting your story to journalists

10 things I learned about getting your story to journalists

I have been very fortunate these past weeks to attend some very well organised events within the centre of Birmingham. The first was Launch48 which was well documented in this article: 10 Things I learned about a new startup. The second, which I attended today was Launch: Meet the Gaming Press. Launch Gaming event was [...]

Business Focus: BeHiring.com Innovative Recruiting Startup

Business Focus:  BeHiring.com  Innovative Recruiting Startup

Welcome to the new feature where I look at a business in-depth. This ‘Business Focus’ aims to inspire and motivate you within your business, whilst giving you answers to issues that you may be facing too. We start with a very innovative startup within the Recruitment Industry. A startup that within a few intense month [...]

Validating niche ideas – How to check that your niche ideas are actually as good as you think they are.

Validating niche ideas – How to check that your niche ideas are actually as good as you think they are.

This article is the second in the ‘Finding Profitable Niches’ series. You can read the first article here: Finding Niche Ideas – 5 Ways to generate ideas   In the first article in this series I discussed 5 ways to generate great niche ideas. This article takes it one step further and now that we [...]

10 Things I learned about a new startup

10 Things I learned about a new startup

Many of you will know that over the weekend I pitched an idea at a launch event, won both backing and a team, then had 48 hours to produce a working business before presenting it on Sunday evening. Yes, 48 hours from concept to production. The event was called Launch 48 (Birmingham) and it brings [...]

Chase the big fish with just the same effort.

Chase the big fish with just the same effort.

A little food for thought before you all make new year resolutions and targets for the year ahead. This year I had a number of options with a number of ventures. There were much smaller paying jobs which required effort to find the customers then only a little persuasion to convince somebody to buy. The [...]

To make it big – you have to be seen by the right people

To make it big – you have to be seen by the right people

Whilst walking home through the bitter cold wind, I was suddenly hit by a thought which on the surface seems so simple, yet holds a very deep meaning. The thought was simply : To make it big – you have to be seen by the right people Think about it, too many of us spend [...]

Being successful in business

Being successful in business

Being successful in business is important to help us rise up the career ladder and to ensure we feel the sense of achievement and fulfillment that a lifelong career brings. Before we discuss ways of becoming successful in business maybe we should explore what success in a business sense actually means. Naturally, it means many [...]

Making your first dollar online.

Making your first dollar online.

In this article I will prove it is easy to make your first dollar online. I am often asked how I made my first dollar online. It’s an interesting question but it’s story starts over 12 years ago. I searched through the Internet as a teenager hoping to make my millions. I found an FFA [...]

Create a business in 7 days challenge – Day 3

Create a business in 7 days challenge – Day 3

Congratulations you are almost halfway through the challenge. But, there is still some way to go so no resting yet. By now, you should have completed the tasks for both day 1 and  day 2 and have a first draft of your e-book completed. Please do not worry if you did not manage to complete [...]