From individual machine parts to revolutionary new product designs, too often those behind an original design forget to ensure their intellectual property is protected.
Employees owning shares in the company that they work for isn’t a new concept. In fact, in 1950 the ownership of the John Lewis Partnership was passed to trustees to benefit those who worked for the business.
Starbucks founders Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker famously built their $79 billion dollar coffee empire on the back of taking out a small loan, so when is the right time as CEO to take out a loan to grow your business?
Today we are blessed to have female wonder women in business to lift us to new realms of possibility, providing us with the inspiration to reach new heights and possibilities. The business prowess of women is not a new phenomenon nor is it something which has arrived linearly to the emergence of increased scrutiny surrounding […]
Preston Moss is the President of Blanchard & Calhoun Insurance Agency Inc, and has been with the firm since September 1980 with his strongest focus in sales. Preston tells us about Blanchard & Calhoun and their hard work spanning 100 years of history, having recently celebrated their anniversary. How do you ensure the quality […]
Liz Ivens is a Journalist and Public Relations Consultant. Below, Liz discusses how powerful the media and PR can be for promoting your brand—when done correctly. All publicity is good publicity, right? Rarely. The media—whether print, broadcast, online or social—is the most effective medium for raising the awareness of a business or brand. And […]
Richard Kleiner became a Partner at Gerald Edelman in 1986, aged just 27, and was appointed CEO in 2007. Since 2007, Gerald Edelman has grown considerably, increasing its income by 95%, expanding out of London, gaining four new Partners and doubling its employees (80 in 2007, 160 today). Richard tells us about the inner workings […]
Sylvia Sage, Programme Director at Corporate Learning Solutions, discusses how culture and respectful working environments are a must for any business space. A business is nothing without its people. But workplace discrimination, bullying and harassment are rife in the UK and are affecting staff morale and harming performance. Far from being the odd isolated incident, […]
Steve Whiting, COO of Agile Solutions GB LTD, looks at why a data management culture offers huge opportunities to businesses. The business landscape has completely changed in a short period of time owing to the fast-paced integration of technology solutions that have come with the digital age. Due to this change, our personal lives […]
Every single day of your business life can be hectic, with strict deadlines, lots of meetings and packed personal calendars. Most of the time, as passionate people with a heart-felt purpose, we like to work this way. However, if we don’t occasionally connect to ourselves, we start to function purely from our head with little […]
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