It’s been just over a month since A1 Business Forums merged with the KashFlow Forums to create the KashFlow Business Forums. We’ve since tidied up the forums a bit to reduce the number of different sections and use human-friendly forum names instead of search-engine friendly names. This should make it…
Andy Barr at 10Yetis is my “go-to guy” for anything PR related. I asked him if he’d be kind enough to write a guest post for my blog. He said no. I reminded him about the incriminating photos I have of him dressed as a belly dancer doing unspeakable things…
So here’s the challenge we faced: Our support system runs on Kayako eSupport using Rackspace Cloud and a mySQL database Our main system (our application, or admin area – everything!) runs on our own MSSQL server. As the business is growing, the volume of support tickets is growing too and…
Entrepreneur Country’s ‘The Unfair Advantage’ Forum takes place on the 1st February at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. We’ve been sponsors of Entrepreneur Country for a year now. It’s a great organisation. To get a feel of what they’re about, read the Entrepreneur Country Manifesto. This year…
Starting and growing a business is a lonely experience. Everyone thinks you’re mad and your family want to know when you’re going to “get a proper job”. The only people who can really relate to what you’re doing are others doing the same thing. When I got started, something I…
So you’ve decided to start a business, you are now officially an entrepreneur. There are a few things you need to do straight away… Business Cards First up: business cards. Raised print, full colour, printed both sides is usually the best. Don’t stress over what to put as your job title.…
There’s lots of jargon thrown around the world of business, and even more thrown around in IT. So the software business is drowning in it. I’m going to attempt to de-mystify some of the common phrases that are cropping up around the world of SaaS. I’m starting with an easy…
It’d be easy to assume there are no winners in the “tax and axe” emergency budget. You’d be wrong. It’s a great budget for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs’ Relief Lifted To £5 Million If you sell a business, you only pay 10% on the first £5m of gains, as opposed to the…