After a Brainstorm – How do you Pick the Winning Ideas?
Marcela We’ve all experienced the value of running a structured brainstorm or idea generation session to come up with some new ideas. There are some excellent books on the subject to…
Can private equity add value to your business?
Private equity refers to a purchase or sale of company shares to a private investor, meaning that such investments are only carried out between individuals or companies. In contrast, public…
Revolutionising your project management
Enterprise resource planning has undergone many developments since it was first devised. However, of all the developments, the most groundbreaking has to be the move to cloud based ERP solutions.…
AIFMD: an Overview and Timeline
Background AIFMD, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, came into effect in July 2013 and has remodelled the regulatory context inside the EU for alternative investment funds, private equity and…
Resilience in business
Going into business is becoming a very attractive option for many people, and after finishing further education many students are choosing to become entrepreneurs instead of looking for a conventional…
Common sense but often ignored ways of growing your business
I talk with many small business owners and something continually surprises me is how much extra income they are passing up by not leveraging the four common sense business growth…
10 tips for staying focused and getting things done
We all drift, and even the most disciplined of us. I often find myself wasting time checking email more than I should or drifting unproductively through some research task. How…
Leadership and the future
With an increasing number of youngsters looking to their own future and deciding they want to go it alone and become entrepreneurs, it’s vital for companies and countries to address…
Lower Paying Contracts May Be Taking Up Too Much Of Your Time
In accordance with a newly released survey, IT contractors are dealing with extended freelance jobs for less money as opposed to freelance work that will pay more. Findings by the…
3 things that might hold you back from being a social business
In one of my recent posts, I spoke about the organisational culture and senior management buy in required to be a truly social company. So you have the budget, you are ready…