Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurs archive offering advice and tips to help small businesses start and succeed in business.

Advice

How to select a partner for business collaboration

In the second part of his series on collaborating with competitors, Peter Rouse discusses how to identify and approach a potential partner.

Advice

Why sharing opportunities with competitors is a viable business option

In the first of a new three-part series, Peter Rouse argues that 'co-optition', when companies interact with partial congruence of interests, can be fruitful in business.

Business Ideas & Planning

Why a de-risking process is necessary for entrepreneurs

Simon Middleton outlines the importance of a rigorous de-risking exercise when approaching a business concept.

News

Small business owners burning the midnight oil

Almost half of company owners admit to regularly taking work home with them, research finds.

Advice

Vesting schedules: What to know

In the third part of his first series of articles on sharing a business, Peter Rouse discusses the concept of vesting in relation to an asset and the shares in a company.

Business Ideas & Planning

Establishing ownership and reward in a start-up company

In the second part of a series, Peter Rouse investigates how entrepreneurs can navigate shared ownership in the early stages of business.

Finding and selling to customers

How to improve the accuracy of your sales forecasting

James Cox explains how inbound marketing can help you forecast sales more scientifically and therefore more accurately.

Advice

Sharing ownership in start-ups

In part one of a series, Peter Rouse discusses the concept of shared ownership in new businesses.

Business management

Do entrepreneurs need a university education?

Entrepreneur Tina Boden explains why university is not necessary for those with entrepreneurial ambition.

Business Ideas & Planning

What makes a successful entrepreneur?

Simon Middleton believes there is a specific pattern which highlights those entepreneurs most likely to succeed. He tells all to SmallBusiness.co.uk.

Business management

Why now is the right time for small businesses to prepare for Christmas

Chloe Thomas reveals the measures small companies should take to make sure they maximise the most lucrative time of the year.

Blog

What should the government be doing to help SMEs?

From taxation to red tape to start-up competitions, company owner Tim Pat Dufficy discusses the factors that impact on small businesses in the UK and how the small business sector can be boosted.