Tips on having a healthy work-life balance
This Easter period is a good time to mute your alarm and recuperate from running your business – But how do you maintain a healthy work-life balance after the break. Entrepreneurs take on too many responsibilities and spend every waking minute of the day working. Finding time to spend with friends and family can be […]
How To Keep Success Simple
The single most important piece of advice that you can give to a young business owner is to keep things simple – In today’s business world, it can be very easy to get carried away and doing so could put a huge dent in any future success. The young generation are been continuously fed the […]
HireHub Founder – ‘Every failure has a lesson to give’
David Elliott is the founder and product manager at HireHub App, which finds and connects people to local professional tradespeople or helping hands. HireHub was launched in July 2015 and already has over 5,000 registered service suppliers. He shares his thoughts on fear of failure. “Without wanting to sound too cliché, I truly believe every failure […]
Carspring Co-founder Gives Lesson On Disrupting The Car Industry
Max Vollenbroich (pictured above) and Peter Baumgart co-founded online car dealership Carspring less than a year ago – Their mission is to completely revolutionise car buying. With the rise of digital retail, and proof of concept state side, one thing is for sure, the traditional car dealership model is in the process of a major […]
Dealing with PR disaster – Bad Publicity is Never Welcome
Bad publicity is never welcome and the way companies respond to it could be the making or breaking of the business. Believing that a company is immune from bad publicity is a sure-fire way of being completely unprepared when it inevitably strikes in some form or another. If there is a clear plan in place […]
Top 5 Tips For Great Business Networking – PrintUK
Top 5 tips for great business networking – PrintUK Everybody knows that networking is a vital part of the modern business world. They say that who you know is often more important than what you know. Networking is the subtle art of growing that list of people you can say you know, and, just as importantly, […]
Startups: How To Spend The Seed Money You Get On An Incubator
Rishi Chowdhury of IncuBus Ventures offers advice on how startups can spend the seed money they get from an incubator programme. There tend to be a few models for incubators – No fee, no funding (usually government-backed in some way), Service fee with zero funding but 0% equity taken (best if you’re looking to raise serious […]
How To Conquer Your Fear Of Public Speaking
Entrepreneurs looking for investors will need to sharpen their public speaking skills – It is natural to fear situations where your innovative idea will be judged. The thought of speaking in public can make you nervous and your product pitching less effective even before you hit the stage. You need to learn how to sell your […]
Top Tips for Entrepreneurs Attending Pitching Competitions
NACUE’s top tips for young entrepreneurs attending pitching competitions this year. So you have a cool idea? Or even better – You have an early stage business and you’ve decided to showcase it in a pitch competition. Bold but smart. Whether you are pitching for funding, trying to drum up some media attention, or simply […]
How To Apply For Your First Startup Incubator – expert tips
Startup incubators have started popping up everywhere and have become a great first step for entrepreneurs, and their fledgling startups over the past few years. These incubators typically offer a period of mentoring and training to help you build a solid foundation for your startup, and ensure you survive and thrive. With so many incubators on […]