When running a project and it’s running behind plan when should you quit and when should you carry on? Here’s a technique you can apply to the projects you’re working on to decide when to quit and when to carry on. Earned value analysis One way of using numbers to help support decision making is [...]

It’s often said that there’s no such thing as a bad idea. Whilst that maybe true in brainstorming sessions, having too many ideas can be bad for business. Knowing when to say no can help you ship on time and can help you develop a simple user friendly product or service. But start adding too [...]

A few months ago I came across Chris Ducker, an English guy who for the last 10 years has been living and working in the Philipines. 5 years ago he set up his own outsourcing business Live To Sell.  I’ve spoken to Chris many times over the last few months and I’m delighted that Chris [...]

Last week I heard a podcast with Maren Kate from  Escapingthe9to5.com where she interviewed Micha Kaufman of Fiverr.com. It was such an interesting interview, I decided to check out fiverr.com and see it for myself. For those not in the know, Fiverr is a market place where services are exchanged at the fixed price of $5, [...]

Earlier this year my wife and I flew  to New York. Despite 22inch fall of snow overnight (yep, you read that right), we had a fabulous weekend and in between the various snow showers, my wife and I escaped into Barnes and Noble on 86th & Lexington Avenue, just down from Bloomingdale’s, for a coffee. [...]

Today we’re featuring a guest post from Eduard Ezeanu from PeopleSkillsDecoded.com. Eduard is a communications coach from Bucharest, Romania. You can follow Eduard on Twitter, on his blog or on Facebook. Today’s Friday Follow (#FF)  is Eduard.   Over to you Eduard:

This is the last post in the series How to Grow Your Business. You can catch up with the previous posts in the series here. In times of change, you need to be aware of the environment in which your business operates and be ever vigilant to changes. In this final post we look at [...]

If your business grows to such a size that you need to recruit people, you should think of it like  the process of making friends. Choose well and your business will be all the better for it. Choose poorly and it will bring you (and your business) down. But, it’s even more important to choose [...]