Business Planning for Designers

How Planning Will Make 2015 a Great Year for Your Business Why Business Planning for Designers is Fundamental to Success As January draws to a close it may seem a little late to be devising a strategy for a successful 2015.  It’s never too late, however, to take the first steps if you haven’t already done […]

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Business Interruption Contingency Planning

What To Do Before The Solids Hit The Fan Every business, and more importantly every business owner, has times in their life when the personal has to take priority over the business in a major way.  It may be a really positive thing like getting married or the arrival of a new baby.  More often than […]

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Is Technology Killing Time Management?

Is Technology Killing Time Management? Apps There’s an app for that!  I’ve recently been exploring new options for time management tools.  It’s quite amazing the number of apps, programs or extensions (if you use Google chrome) available.  There are many wonderful time tracking devices that can block unproductive websites, report how many days, hours, minutes, […]

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Cloud Computing Strategy

Cloud Computing Strategy – Do You Have One? With the release of IOS 5 for Apple mobile products, interest in cloud computing is at an all time high. Firstly what the heck is cloud computing?  Well…it is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.  Think of your data, software and processing […]

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Succession Planning – How To Break It Gently

Succession Planning How To Break It Gently As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, or in some cases has gone beyond  their ideal retirement age, so succession planning rears it’s ugly head. I say ugly, because succession planning within a family business is a potential minefield of hurt feelings, business and financial ruin, misplaced family […]

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