Deborah Lester-George invited me over to Newbury News Limited today for the launch of the West Berkshire Business Awards & a bite of lunch, 3rd lunch this week! I arrived a little early as I like to do and met … Continue reading West Berkshire Business Awards Launch @NewburyToday
Paul Britton and the team at Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce put on a Technology Conference to remember at Microsoft today. Let me tell you about how my day rolled out… Started early, hate sitting in traffic, pulled up outside … Continue reading Thames Valley International Technology Conference 2015 Review
Tired of waking up, the tent dripping with moisture… it doesn’t have to be like that anymore! Thermo Tents have come up with a innovation in tents that keeps the temperature balanced while dulling the noise from the rest of … Continue reading Do you love camping? You’ll love this…
I had organised a crowd funding event at Reading University this week and it was interesting to observe the build up… Business people need to be 2 minutes from their cars so they can escape at will… students need to … Continue reading Most of us are pretty rubbish at asking for help, would you agree?
We’ve got an event in just over a week, 4th March at Reading University and we’d like YOU to sponsor it… Original idea was to get 50 business people to pay £20 to join us… the £1000 giving us the … Continue reading Sponsors Needed for Reading University Crowd Funding Event
We’re always on the look out for those special people in the community to come and join us at Windsor & Eton Rotary Club. So I thought I’d take you through a “typical” Rotary lunch at our club. 1-2pm most … Continue reading A typical Windsor & Eton Rotary Luncheon
It’s that time of year to gather the holiday brochures and dream of exotic destinations or you may want to book that all important business trip. As you do, just consider epidemics, extreme weather, seismic disasters, political unrest, dodgy hotels … Continue reading Are you sitting comfortably?
I contacted Felicity Ford AKA Felix via Kickstarter and asked her a couple of questions around crowd funding… What is great is seeing her January blog saying thank you to all her supporters, giving them all a mention in her … Continue reading Saying THANK YOU for a job well done
We’re hearing more and more about Crowd Funding but what is it? Come and join in our event, better still help us crowd fund the actual event! Better still, if you have a great idea, why not pitch the attending … Continue reading Reading University Business Society Crowd Funding in Real Time
Are you in London? Come on down to TFM&A for a marketing bonanza! Technology for Marketing & Advertising 2015 is the real, heavy-hitter UK event for marketers by marketers. It assembled over 8,000 marketing professionals last year, sharing a wealth of … Continue reading You joining us for #TFMA2015
Having just made it through January most businesses will be feeling the sting of the ever dreaded tax bill. On one hand tax is a good thing – our money keeps the country running. However paying too much tax is … Continue reading Best foot forward for 2015 – getting good tax advice and support makes it so much easier
Magna Carta is all over the news at the moment, with this year marking 800 years since its sealing at Runnymede in 1215 by King John. The picture above is of a pageant held at Runnymede in 1934 to celebrate … Continue reading Preparing to launch our Magna Carta Appeals
It was five years ago, this week when I was made redundant and instead of working for others, chose to run my own micro-business against all odds. The business name needed to be relative to what I delivered and be alphabetically … Continue reading Five years on and growing strong
I had 30 minutes to write something this morning and wanted to focus on the Dragon Boat race… Reminded of the photo above and how I thought it was the best smiley photo of me… how the Dragon Boat race … Continue reading Why is it important to SMILE?
I just read about this young man yesterday… WOW…meet Easton LaChappelle… He met a 7 year old girl who had a prosthetic limb that was very basic in its functionality but cost $80,000 and so he decided he wanted to … Continue reading The Power of Positive Thinking
I’ve got some interesting meetings lined up this week which could result in a very busy first six months of the year… Most of this has come out of me being strategic in the doors I am knocking on… my … Continue reading Looking forward to this week…
Yesterday I launched our first crowd funding campaign at GROW @ Green Park Innovation Hub before beer & pizza! GROWing Readings Digital Academy… we’re offering desk space as a thank you for funding 10 laptops that can be used by … Continue reading GROWing Crowd Funding Campaigns
Have you been wondering how you might get around the problem of people having a favourite social media channel? Requiring you to have the same conversation on each channel separately? Worry no more… we have a solution and you can … Continue reading CrowdChat.Net Professional social media engagement
Russell commented on what happened at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris last night… Is he way off Piste or about right… have your say below… Continue reading Has Russell Brand got this right…
Join local business people for a spot of Slow Business Networking at the Stag & Hounds, Binfield on Friday 16th January… We will meet on the third Friday of every month from 10am – midday before it opens for business … Continue reading Networking this Friday Binfield
This year I plan on pushing out the popular discussions from the Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group at 1PM each day… Each blog is pushed out to nearly 1,000 people directly & then thousands more via Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook… … Continue reading Looking to share your ideas?
I’ve talked before about creating a heart beat around your online activity… This also applies to offline meetings! I have a couple of appointments lined up this week, follow ups to last week, which I plan on arranging most every … Continue reading Creating a rhythm around your activity
If you’ve been wondering how to get started with crowd funding then you’d best join us for our Crowd Chats, starting next Tuesday 13th Jan 4:45pm #buildingyourcrowd Crowd funding requires two things 1. A Crowd 2. Generosity of Spirit… Mean, … Continue reading Crowd Funding Steps to Success
Gunmen have attacked the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people including the editor and celebrated cartoonists. It was interesting to hear on one UK journalist comment on the news last night that terrorism works… if … Continue reading Je Suis Charlie
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