VIDEO - Damien Cranney, founder and managing director of successful design agency Frank, talks about the motivation to start his business, the success he has had to date and what drives him and his company forward.
VIDEO - If you met your most important prospect in line for a coffee or you bumped into the most influential venture capitalist in your space in a lift, could you ''sell it'' in 2 minutes? Let''s see how these guys from the Leap Programme in Limerick IT do it. Leave helpful comments.
VIDEO - Multinational experienced IT and Business Services veteran John Collins recently shared his insights with smallbusinesscan.com.
VIDEO - In March of this year smallbusinesscan was launched at the gala event for Ulster Bank''s Busines Achievers Awards. smallbusinesscan is now proud to be in at the start of 2009s awards. Celebrating and rewarding achievement, these awards are an an important recognition and support for Ireland''s businesses.
For many people, there is considerable confusion about what exactly marketing is about, what sales entails - and anyway are they really different? The answer is that they are. Here's how they both work and contribute differently to your firm's success with clients.
Owners and managers of early-stage growing companies often have mixed views toward the institutional venture capital industry. On one hand, they welcome the money and management support they desperately need for growth, but fear the loss of control and various restrictions that are typically placed on the company by the investment documents.
Growing a company often requires significant financing. Purchasing new equipment adding product lines, expanding the premises or raising additional working capital to fund growth are just some of the reasons why a company might want to think about putting together a proposal to obtain financing.
Experienced angel investors, Ron Conway, Founder of Angel Investors LP, and Mike Maples, Founder of Maples Investments, provide a rare look into the ins and outs of angel investing.
Your capabilities in maintaining perspective (reality vs. euphoria), balancing today's and tomorrow's needs, and coordinating resources are being tested. The original route to success works for some time, but then it stops working so well and hits diminishing returns.
Things to consider when buying or selling a business. If you are considering buying (or selling) your business, please have a look at this presentation on buying a business.
With her natural elegance and persistent hard work, Michelle Kwan is an inspiration to anyone working to achieve great success. Even when the skaters she started out with retired, Kwan continued to compete. Despite multiple injuries, Kwan pushed through. She believes in herself, works hard and takes risks.
How Do You Define Success For Your Company?: Click the pic to the right
As a start up you need to develop a strategic perspective from the word go.
Innovation has become a polluted word with a lot of different meanings. It a one of the buzz words in current management speak, government policy, etc. But everybody seems to have a different interpretation and it is getting in the way of what innovation should be about.
This will guide you through some of the things you might want to consider when you develop your ideas.
Business in not about today. It is about tomorrow.
Sticking to the core Sticking to the core
Execute!