Bootstrapping and Innovation, don’t go together?

We have some fantastic example of high growth businesses, they tend to be in the IT, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, medical research etc. Although just being in these sectors and having an offering which is compelling isn’t good enough. Story Let me explain, I recently read a book which highlighted a company with an innovative product. [...]

Business Plan template to ‘Grow a business’

Image by Raymond Yee via Flickr For anyone looking to start a business. The document is a template of a business plan for developing a social networking software company. This business plan was built over three months in 2007, to plan our growth. The document serves as a mock business plan. Business Plan template to [...]

Revisiting Crunch.co.uk: End-to-end accountancy solution (for freelancers) [kwiqq]

Crunch is a new accounting solution which allows small businesses to manage their finances. We covered them four months back, now just revisiting their progress. Crunch at first might appear to be another SaaS (Software as a Service) application, where you manage your invoices, suppliers, clients etc. Although in reality it is a 24/7 accountant. [...]

Business Plan template to ‘Grow a business’ [kwiqq]

Image by Raymond Yee via Flickr I have been getting several requests to point friends to a business plan template to help them growing their business. I thought it would be a great opportunity to dig out a business plan which I wrote in 2007. What’s a business plan ? A business plan is a [...]

Webchat: Business finance – busting the myths

Make Your Mark is hosting another very interesting webchat tomorrow: ‘Business finance’ at 1pm. From the webchat: Whether you’re at the start-up stage, have a burning idea, or want to take your existing enterprise to the next level, how to access finance will always be an important consideration. If you’re fed up of the doom [...]

Tips on how to build a business [kwiqq]

My Background I’m one the growing bread of entrepreneurs in the UK who built a business right after graduating from university. I’m the founder of Kwiqq and Anderstand. Recently I have been active in the helping others developing their own business through Make Your Mark and launching SUE (Sussex University Entrepreneurs). For my efforts with [...]

Live Webchat (1pm today): Managing Cash Flow [kwiqq]

During the economic downturn CASH IS KING. I can’t emphasise enough how important it is for a SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprise). Several media companies including  BBC’s Panorama have covered cash flow. Although the programmes left entrepreneurs and business owners with more questions than answers. With banks not lending to businesses, things can quickly start [...]

How does your typical UK Entrepreneur look ? [kwiqq]

Interesting to read that there is a study to find a typical entrepreneur ! Read the entire article on Startups.co.uk ‘s blog. Statistic reveal that the majority of entrepreneurs are white males, in their forties, who live in the South East. The article shines light on some interesting statistics on small business owners: Age Category: [...]