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Being an entrepreneur is exciting, challenging, rewarding and sometimes exhausting in equal measure! But although your experience of entrepreneurial life will shift over time, one thing holds true - you must always seek to develop your skills, knowledge and personal competencies to stay successful and stay ahead of the curve.  So what key skills should you be investing in...

As an entrepreneur, the new year brings a perfect opportunity to take stock of what you achieved in 2022, reset your efforts and set some new goals. But don't overdo it. The more goals you aim for, the less you will achieve in the law of diminishing returns! Just as a business will set 3-5 KPIs for...

Failure is a part of life, and this applies to business as much to any other aspect of our lives. Overcoming these set-backs and turning them into learning opportunities however, means failure can be a positive. A way of testing and refining ideas and iterating towards better products and business. Key to this is...

The idea of work-life balance has become something of a cliché over recent years, but, if we want to avoid burnout and be the best we can be, striking the balance is important. So, what does work-life balance mean and is it possible to achieve it? Additionally, how does striving for a work-life balance affect an entrepreneur’s...

There’s no doubt that protecting the environment is the top of the agenda in 2022 for businesses, governments and individuals around the world. Building sustainable economies is key to the future, and consumers are increasingly directing their spending power toward companies that can demonstrate they are doing business responsibly.  In fact some recent research...

Taking your entrepreneurship to the next level is one of the most fulfilling things you can do, but it also takes a lot of time and effort. Between finding suppliers, talking to customers, managing a team and thinking about the big picture, it is easy to neglect other areas of your life, including your health. Finding the...

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic now receding from the news agenda, the impact of the pandemic on working practices remains. The pandemic inspired lock-downs have sped up the trend toward digitalisation across all industries. According to a recent survey by McKinsey, company executives have accelerated the digitalisation of their internal operations as well as customer...

I recently looked at what businesses and entrepreneurs should be considering when they approach the question of raising capital investment. For startup owners looking to up the ante and accelerate their growth, a second round of funding may well be something that arises further down the line. It will, however, require a lot of...

With war in Ukraine putting pressure on energy supply, and energy prices going up across Europe, putting pressure on businesses and individuals, never has there been a better time to harness the power of new technologies to find new ways of generating, transporting and storing energy. So, what technologies are out there? And how...

One unexpected consequence of the pandemic has been what is increasingly being referred to as the ‘great resignation’. Whether driven by home-working, which means a greater array of jobs are available to candidates regardless of geography, or by businesses struggling or shutting down during the lockdowns, people leaving their jobs has become a major theme over recent...