I’ve always found small businesses compelling – what makes them work and the challenge of going it alone are to me the most interesting questions in business. And after 19 years of running my company, BHP, I admire SMEs more than ever.
Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneur’
Birthday news from Rory MccGwire, founder, BHP
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged Birthday, business, Donuts, entrepreneur, Law, Marketing, small business, SME, startups on 20 April, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have your say! Business regulation
Posted in Advice for your business, Business Plan, Ideas, inside business support, Life as an SME, Random thoughts, Successful entrepreneurs, tagged business regulation, Doug Richards, entrepreneur, Manifesto, regulation, rory mccgwire on 14 April, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Earlier this year, entrepreneur and founder of The School for Startups, Doug Richard, published his Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto – a “declaration of rights” for small businesses. The manifesto sets out eight demands to a new government, each of which addresses a different key concern for businesses. In the build-up to the 6 May general election, Donut [...]
Mum’s the word
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged business, businesswomen, entrepreneur, flexibility, multi-tasking, mumpreneur, time management on 15 March, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Start Up Donut’s week-long celebration of mums who run businesses – mumpreneurs, kitchen table tycoons, business mums, businesswomen, call them what you will – is over for another year. What did we learn?
Marcela’s story begins
Posted in Life as an SME, tagged business, entrepreneur, product, Rico Mexican Kitchen, startup on 15 February, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We normally start doing something new because we think we have a chance to succeed. Well, at least, that’s what I keep on saying to myself: “look, you’ve put your all, people like Mexican food, and your Mexican food has soul, YOUR soul in it” Well, yes, and??? Surely, giving your all and having a good product should be enough to make your business work, shouldn’t it?
True net gains?
Posted in IT, tagged entrepreneur, target market, USP on 2 February, 2010 | 11 Comments »
“Small firms should increase their website presence,” urges BBC entrepreneur expert Howard Graham in a new piece on the BBC website.
Necessity is the mother of invention
Posted in Successful entrepreneurs, tagged entrepreneur, successful business on 17 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I lost count of the number of times my parents told me this rather irritating expression when I was small. However, recently I have met two women entrepreneurs who demonstrate just how true this old saying is. Both have used their skills in and love of cooking to create successful businesses.
The passion of creative start-ups
Posted in Advice for your business, Business Plan, Successful entrepreneurs, You and your idea, tagged creative, entrepreneur, Expert, start-up, survival on 2 September, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bristol Media, the superb network for Bristol’s creative community, recently asked me to put my Marketing Donut hat on, and take part in a panel discussion about how to get your creative business started. I was called in to talk specifically about social media marketing. The discussion was ‘a game of two halves’. First up, [...]
