Global Sales Workshop for ambitious Business Leaders (Grants available) [kwiqq]

Today’s economy requires businesses to be extremely good at client acquisition and sales. Even the best solutions can be harder to sell – no matter how much value is delivered. With companies concerned about cash flow and delaying purchasing decisions indefinitely, it may not be enough to focus exclusively on a solution’s business benefits. About [...]

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 [...]

Online (UK) Angel Investment community to the rescue [kwiqq]

During the economic turmoil companies are feeling the pinch, especially startups. Many entrepreneurs aren’t sure how they would pursue the projects they have been working of for the last few weeks. This is where Angels come in nicely. Angel investors are generally serial entrepreneurs who have some money to invest in new business ideas. The [...]

Let the economy not deter you !

Context: “BreakingNewsOn Europe’s Stoxx 600 falls more than 7%, its biggest drop since 1987, Bloomberg TV reports” I’m now even more focused/determined to prove that a startup can be built even during difficult times. It doesn’t have to rely on massive investment capital ($25 million or above) to sustain and grow over the years. I’ll [...]

Are social media agencies (like Kwiqq) doomed ? [kwiqq]

Under the current financial crises (+ billion dollar rescue bill failing) many blogger like Mr Mark Hendrickson are asking startups and silicon valley to brace themselves for the nuclear winter. This triggered a thought, if startups stop investing in new websites guess there will be no orders for social media agencies like ourselves and we [...]