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Generating Business
Often our Freelance clients find that after taking the scary leap into being self employed the next challenge is building a good client list, preferably one with great clients who pay first time (please see out blog on Credit Chasing) and are regular return visitors/customers. However, one thing they have often never been before is a Sales person. A lot of people forget that once you start up on your own – it’s not just your job you have to be amazing at, whether you are a specialist in IT, Chocolate Making, Hairdressing, Deep Sea Diving, Singing, Teaching, Joinery –…
Financial Projections for Business Plans
In a previous blog, we talked about the essential ingredients to writing a good Business Plan. In this post, we’re going to look at the financial projections that should go along with said plan. It used to be that banks & investors would look for 5 year projections! That was back in the 90’s when the business world was a little bit more predictable and a lot less disruptive than it is today. Trying to figure out what will happen in 6 months, never mind 5 years, is hard enough given today’s markets! However, if you’re writing your plan with…
Crowd Funding – The New Venture Capitalists
We all know times are tough, and the current economic situation is making the growth of new businesses and the innovation necessary to sustain that reputation much harder. Access to finance is problematic, the perception is that the High Street banks are not lending, and public sector cuts have meant a similar reduction in the amount of money available for grants. The pressing need to find new and better ways to support startups and encourage entrepreneurship and community social responsibility has been answered with the global phenomenon that is crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is actually not a new invention, it has been…
