Getting clients to pay you on time

You’ve done the work. You’ve invoiced the client 60 days ago. You are still waiting to get paid 30 days after payment was due. It’s time to chase for payment. It’s never easy chasing clients for payment. However, this is business and you are entitled to be paid for...

Confirmation Bias

    Most business people these days have too much information and not enough time. We don’t have the time to weigh up every facet of every decision. This tends to encourage us to take shortcuts where we can. As such, we often go into a meeting or a negotiation with an...

Business risks: How do you sleep at Night?

At our next Accelerator Club we will be looking at the risks a small business faces. Any search on google will reveal a vast array of potential pitfalls. At our session we will look at some of these and consider what are the most important we need to be prepared for....

Concentration….say again?

  In my out of work life I mix with a group of people that use the phrase ‘say again’ quite regularly. Is it a modern thing or the fact they engage in a lot of radio communication? One thing is for sure, in a busy world concentration is under threat. In the detailed...

Pomodoro

We often put out copies from articles on how to make better use of time, to help achieve that often elusive ‘productivity’ improvement many of us need. The link (from Flipboard) below will take you to an article about the Pomodora technique. This essentially works...

Wake up and smell the coffee!

This was a popular phrase in the dim and distant past. Many an advisor would be telling their listeners to wake up and see the changes coming, be ready to grab the opportunities that are just around the corner. This morning on BBC Radio 5 Lives Wake up to Money...