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Kickstarter and Toy Monsters

25 November 20166 November 2017 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyCrowdFunding, Kickstarter, management, skills, StartUp

Last night I was at a Crowdfunding London event at Makerversity where Dejan Mitrovic of Densters www.densters.com took us through some of the trials and tribulations of their current Kickstarter campaign for their den building toys. They have raised their minimum and there Read More

London Business School Founders Dinner

23 November 20162 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizLBS, management, StartUp

Last night was the launch of the 2016 cohort for the LBS incubator, again sponsored by Deloitte. The ten companies are chosen from the school’s alumni and covered quite a cross-section of financial, social enterprise and food areas. Interestingly, many Read More

Do you need a Coach? Not an advert!

8 November 20166 November 2017 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyBehaviour, Coaching, management, NED

An interesting article from Inc. Magazine – honest! The October issue to be precise. It suggests four different coach areas; media, business/executive, negotiation and life ones. As with any categorisation there is some simplification. The first point I want to Read More

Seminar – What is your Business Worth? – and how to Increase it!

6 October 20166 November 2017 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyExit, management, skills

On 19th October Henry Campbell-Jones of Hornblower Business Brokers and I are holding a seminar on how to value your business and five areas to start thinking about to increase its worth. How you spend your time as a CEO? Read More

Tolerance

8 September 20166 November 2017 JTLeave a commentBiz, Career, StrategyBehaviour, management, Performance, Reputation, skills

Here is a wonderful quote on tolerance, something I am a great believer in, from Raghuram Rajan, the retiring Governor of the reserve Bank of India. This is from a Quartz article Tolerance means not being so insecure about one’s Read More

What is Your Business Worth? Seminar

6 September 20164 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyAdvisory, Board, Company Sale, Exit, M&A, management, NED, skills

Business owner thinking of selling to move on to pastures new? Then you must come to this complimentary seminar – You will see me! London Chamber of Commerce and Industry present James Talbot, senior business coach, and Henry Campbell-Jones CEO Read More

Kickstarter Preparation

10 August 20164 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyCrowdFunding, Kickstarter, management

Crowd Funding is a concept that I became personally involved with initially though The Ockham Razor  which was launched using Kickstarter. Through this I went along to CrowdFunding London, a networking/education group organised by Rob Hallifax. This last meeting he Read More

Leadership, Practice Pitches And Discount Bubbly!

8 August 20164 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBizBehaviour, Leadership, management, Motivation, StartUp

Last month I went to 3C’s Community, an event organised by Colin Spiller to provide opportunities to wannabe entrepreneurs who want to test run their pitch in front of a live audience. No money changes hands and it is very Read More

Good habits make a better boss

31 May 20164 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, CareerBehaviour, management, Motivation, skills

Four top behaviours that exceptional bosses do, from the pen of Bill Murray jr at Inc. Magazine 1. Avoid assumptions – ask probing questions 2. Be empathetic – know where your employee is coming from 3. Accept blame – both Read More

Too many Directors on your Board?

19 May 20164 January 2018 JTLeave a commentBiz, StrategyBoard, management, NED

Nice little article from Lee Hower of NextView seed investors on “How to Avoid a Cluttered Board Room” If you are in the fortunate position of having too many parties wanting to sit on your Board (and for parties we Read More

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