Nov 27, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
Josh Byers was one of the first winners of one of our $1,000 entrepreneurship grants. At the time he had grand plans to start a confectionery brand selling the UK’s first caffeinated lollipops. In the six months since then he has gone from just a rough idea to a...
Oct 18, 2017 | Business, Entrepreneurship
I want to start a brand of gin. I want to do it cheaply (ideally for around £10k or less) and make lots of money from it. Easy huh? And I am going to write about it in real-time so you can follow along and see it succeed, fail or just meh. Edit: Episode 2 is out...
Oct 4, 2017 | Business, Entrepreneurship
A little over a year ago I launched a consultancy. It was a side business and I don’t push it very much, but I still get a few clients every month almost all of which are brand new or wannabe entrepreneurs. Post: How I Started A Consultancy Business The...
Aug 23, 2017 | Entrepreneurship, Publishing
As a blogger, I am not rewarded for being nice. I am not rewarded for everyone agreeing with what I say or people liking me. I am rewarded for being an arsehole. 99% of my visitors find my site from Google. So let me explain how Google works. They don’t rank...
Jul 17, 2017 | Business Ideas, Entrepreneurship
The problem with trying to find advice online regarding starting your small business or being a successful entrepreneur is that it’s like drinking from a fire hose. Half of the advice is made up and another half is written for businesses operating in 2002. So over the...
May 18, 2017 | Entrepreneurship
Often people think about business as a funnel. You get someone in at the beginning, and then take them on a journey where at each step you try and upsell them. There is usually one entrance point, and all the upsells are value adds or a better version of that original...
