Recession Passion

It might seem a strange notion that the words “passion” and “recession” might sit together easily in the same sentence. Recessions are seen as wholly negative things by most people. Recessions are a time of decline, of cost cutting, lack of sales, job losses – a time of zero or negative growth. We need to…

Signs of Decay and Delay For Start-ups and Start-up Survivors

The following is a list of “symptoms” of decay in a small enterprise that is in decline and delaying taking the action needed to turn the situation towards survival. Decay sets in and delaying of action strengthens the decaying process. The list is not exhaustive and was developed from conversations with small and micro enterprise…

Ego and the Small Business

Here’s a paradox: It is ego that often launches a successful new business, realising the vision of a single individual or small group and turning into an energetic, fast growth enterprise. It is also ego that can kill off a struggling business, stopping it from changing, recovering and redefining itself. Without the strong will, focus…

WATCH: Your Startup May Need to Start Up Twice, Or Even More!

A successful startup business rarely begins with one big burst of a launch. I suggest there will be several early journeys in the voyage to longer term success.

The Twelve Signs of Death in an Organisation

I use these in a workshop looking at the early signs of business demise… The rate of sales/demand acceleration has begun to decline – even though the curve still increases – the rate of increase is declining – not easy to see unless you do the calculation Things are described as “nice”, as “very comfortable”…