Ask Mike: How do I get the bank manager to give me a loan?
Mike has mentored over 1000 entrepreneurs personally – and often the same sorts of problems crop up. Hence “Ask Mike” – your business, entrepreneurship and growth questions answered! Email your...
View ArticleAsk Mike: Sources of Finance
Mike has mentored over 1000 entrepreneurs personally – and often the same sorts of problems crop up. Hence “Ask Mike” – your business, entrepreneurship and growth questions answered! Email your...
View ArticleTendering
Companies can go bankrupt gearing up for a big pitch they have little chance of winning Who is the high-profile individual who would add significant credibility to your offering? I...
View ArticleThe Price is Right
Sales down? Margins squeezed? Worried about the recession? If so, here is a top tip: put your prices up! I often run regular sales workshops with early stage companies and...
View ArticleFund from Revenue!
One of the most common questions in my inbox is “how do I get funding for my new business?” Of course it all depends on exactly what type of business...
View ArticleRescue Remedy
It is useful to remember the lessons of the last recession of 1991. Keith Steven not only remembers 1991; the events of that time are the ‘defining experience’ that drove...
View ArticleSending down the elevator
One of my most challenging activities is providing mentoring to people who have just sold their companies. They have gone from poor to rich in an instant, and the euphoria...
View ArticleAsk Mike: My Customers Always Pay Late
Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… In the early stages of a business, the idea of chasing up invoices is a...
View ArticleThe Seven Stages of Finance
The key factor in delivering good mentoring is to understand your own strengths and weaknesses. In my case, my own particular blind spot is finance. It is not that I do...
View ArticleYour Growth in 2015: Seedling, Sapling and Mighty Oak
Now the recession seems to be behind us, I am sure many of you have ambitious plans for growth in 2015. If so, this is now the time to start...
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