Six weeks into the new financial year and I’m only just now reflecting on the last one! And what a year that was… my first as a business owner. I took a big risk leaving my high paying corporate job to start out on my own – wide-eyed and expectant, hoping at every turn that I hadn’t made the wrong decision.Continue reading
Category Archives: Strategy & planning
4 top tips to balancing strategic focus and client workload
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you might be wondering where I’ve been the past few weeks. The truth is that I’ve fallen victim to the common (but good) problem that I’ve taken on some new clients which have kept me so busy that I haven’t had time to keep up my blog.Continue reading
12 common risks SMEs ignore until it’s too late
Business owners are brave. They’ve created a product or service they believe meets a need or solves a problem and then pour their heart and soul into turning that into a successful business.Continue reading
Small business reality check
One of the reasons I love writing this blog is I get to share my experiences as a business owner with other business owners. And hopefully in the process I can help others to learn from my mistakes and find a smoother road for themselves.Continue reading
When it comes to income… diversify, diversify, diversify
Income diversification. I learned the meaning of this term early in my career in financial services. At that time, the definition that was most relevant for me was this one… “A risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will, on average, yield higher returns and pose a lower risk than any individual investment found within the portfolio.”Continue reading