Beg and borrow
Finding finance will be a continuous challenge, warns John Teeling.
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Referrals best source of new sales Sales & Marketing
08.Mar.2010 Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks, says to anyone starting a business that the best way to get sales is referrals.
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Focus on cash flow Advice & Strategy
26.Feb.2010 Ivan Yates's overriding tip to anyone starting up in business is to always stay focused on cash flow.
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Issues for minority entrepreneurs People
25.Feb.2010 People who fall into the minority entrepreneurship category - people with disabilities, from ethnic communities and the over 50s - face additional and distinctive challenges that mainstream entrepreneurs don't face, says Dr Thomas Cooney, director of the Institute of Minority Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology.
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Why do a training programme? Your Development
25.Feb.2010 Acknowledging he is somewhat biased, Dr Thomas Cooney, director of the Institute of Minority Entrepreneurship at Dublin Institute of Technology, is an advocate of people taking part in some sort of programme if they intend setting up in business.
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Stick to the knitting Advice & Strategy
25.Feb.2010 Ivan Yates, chairman and managing director of Celtic Bookmakers, former TD and co-presenter of Newstalk 106-108 fm's Breakfast says he believes in "the tyranny of the multiples" and that "the likes of Tesco will rule the world", so when it comes to taking on competition in the current climate he is pragmatic.