How To Get Paid on Time

Posted by on Mar 31, 2010 in business, customer service | 0 comments

Recently I attended an FSB How to Get Paid on Time seminar and it got me thinking.  What do we do to ensure we get paid on time?  The following ideas provide a great place to start: Do you have written Terms and Conditions?  Are they explained in detail to each new customer, or posted out with every invoice and bill?  Better still, are they listed on your website?  Why not? Be upfront....

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An Entrepreneur is a Hero!

Posted by on Jan 16, 2009 in entrepreneurship | 0 comments

When you think of a hero, what sort of person comes to mind?  Soldiers and warriors?  Freedom-fighters and life-savers?  Possibly the odd scientist or artist? What if I said that an entrepreneur is a hero?   What if I claimed that business is a heroic activity? This idea isn’t new to me but it might be new to many people in the UK and Ireland, so I thought I should introduce it. ...

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Why Do Olympic Gold Medal Winners Bite Their Gold?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2008 in entrepreneurship | 1 comment

I have a mate who’s the real, original, lateral-thinking type.  You know the sort – into technology and conspiracy theories in equal measure.  He advised me to invest in gold, but I took this as the outworking of some doomsday scenario and politely declined. Looks like my mate will have the last laugh though.  It seems that gold is one of the best ways to invest your money now that...

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