Beg and borrow
Finding finance will be a continuous challenge, warns John Teeling.
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Banks versus venture capitalists Raising Finance
22.Mar.2010 When it comes to start-ups raising finance in the current climate, banks are mainly focused on security while venture capitalists are going to want to know more about the business itself, according to Maurice Mortell, chief executive of Data Electronics.
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Don't cut corners on recruitment People
18.Mar.2010 If you're setting up a business one of the areas you should never scrimp on is hiring the right people, according to Maurice Mortell, chief executive of Data Electronics.
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Lessons on leadership and delegation Advice & Strategy
11.Mar.2010 An individual entrepreneur can take things a long way - but only to a point, according to Will McKee and his son John who together authored a book entitled 'STAR: Leadership behaviours for stellar SME growth'.
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Research your market Advice & Strategy
10.Mar.2010 Knowing the market you're going into very, very well is one of the fundamental pieces of advice Anthuan Xavier, entrepreneur and current chairman of a number of growing companies, would give anyone thinking about starting their own business.
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The Seven-S approach to planning Advice & Strategy
08.Mar.2010 Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks, is an advocate of the so-called 'Seven-S' framework as an aid to anyone at the business plan stage of setting up.