How to improve your business instantly with a few simple ideas
A few weeks ago I looked at the older of my two apple apple trees and couldn’t believe my eyes. In the 30+ years we’ve lived in our house, the old tree has always produced green cooking apples… until this year that is! I have absolutely no idea why they have turned red. But for […]
Why you should celebrate more often than you think
It was the Queen’s (actual) 90th birthday last week and, having switched off my computer for the day, I decided to join in the celebrations in Windsor. The happy atmosphere was infectious. Everyone enjoyed it, not just the locals or the foreign tourists – Sandra and Sandy from the reality TV show Gogglebox were in their […]
How to deal with situations that could ruin your small business
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were sitting in our camper in Blakeney, Norfolk, listening to the torrential rain. The force of the water on the roof was so hard that we ended up with a rather worrying leak through one of the roof joints. As we mopped up the puddle, we remembered […]
How to improve your business on a shoestring
Quite a few people contacted me recently after PROWESS published my article about bootstrapping and how it can help a small business to be sustainable. It seems to have struck a nerve with female readers, especially owners of recent start-ups, who genuinely don’t have any spare funds to invest into their business. Women are often […]
How to get everything done when your office is at home
How to get everything done ~ Copyright 2015 Ute Wieczorek-King When I started my own business in the 90s, I wasn’t prepared for all the extra business tasks I had to take on in addition to delivering my core service. And as a result it didn’t take me long to feel overwhelmed. I simply couldn’t […]
3 questions that solve any business problem
In 13 years of mentoring solopreneurs I have met hundreds of women who all seem to experience similar problems and challenges. Whatever the reasons, it is upsetting when customers don’t settle their invoices, associates let you down, suppliers overpromise and under deliver and existing customers take their business elsewhere. And you have no idea why. […]
Follow the easyJet founder’s lead if you want the best business advice
Richard Branson wrote a great article recently about ‘The art of asking for advice’. In it he mentions a talk he once gave in Greece during which a man in the audience asked at least half the questions that came up that day, really taking on board the answers. It turned out that this man […]
A sure-fire way to innovate, increase your profit and be inspired too
Whilst discussing business goals with one of my Circle members recently – she has a great business, I must add! – she told me that without her business support circle she gets too caught up in the day-to-day running of her business and doesn’t focus enough on how to grow it. It is true, in […]