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    How to pitch for investment and know what investors are looking for
    Patrick Burge
    • Feb 23
    • 9 min

    How to pitch for investment and know what investors are looking for

    I have pitched, and been pitched to, many times; and seen lots of pitch decks. The questions that always seem to recur when my colleagues...
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    How to give a winning sales pitch
    Patrick Burge
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 16 min

    How to give a winning sales pitch

    At Smorgasbord, we work across most business sectors with clients who want to grow. One of the things we have noticed is that the people...
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    How can SMEs use growth hacking to supercharge their Covid-19 recovery?
    Patrick Burge
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    How can SMEs use growth hacking to supercharge their Covid-19 recovery?

    In 1997 the largest companies in the world were General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell, the Coca-Cola Company, and ExxonMobil. Today none of...
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    How to execute business ideas that focus on a customer’s real problem
    Patrick Burge
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 11 min

    How to execute business ideas that focus on a customer’s real problem

    Voltaire said, ‘originality is nothing but judicious imitation'. In this blog we consider how to execute business ideas that focus on a...
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    Why asking good questions is the life blood of creating the best ideas in business
    Patrick Burge
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    Why asking good questions is the life blood of creating the best ideas in business

    There is a debate around whether developing products and services in business is all about generating great ideas or executing good ideas...
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    Why customer-focused marketing is about the customer more than the marketing
    Patrick Burge
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why customer-focused marketing is about the customer more than the marketing

    We have been running a series of webinars about customer-focused marketing as part of the UK Government-funded Reset Restart programme...
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    Cash, getting to the get-go and then getting going
    Patrick Burge
    • Jun 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Cash, getting to the get-go and then getting going

    So you’ve had an idea about starting a business, you’ve gone through the ‘fear of failure’ stage, the ‘it’ll all be perfect’ stage and...
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    COVID-19 financial support  – 7 steps and plans to avoid falling through the cracks
    Patrick Burge
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    COVID-19 financial support – 7 steps and plans to avoid falling through the cracks

    When I wrote our blog about financial support and the 5 barriers to business growth some time ago, I obviously had no idea that the current
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    Business Plans are Useless ... Business Planning is Essential
    Patrick Burge
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    Business Plans are Useless ... Business Planning is Essential

    Having helped hundreds of companies plan their businesses, we have found the thing that causes the most dread in clients is the thought of
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    What are the 5 Barriers to Growing My Business?
    Patrick Burge
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 8 min

    What are the 5 Barriers to Growing My Business?

    Smorgasbord helps people who are starting or growing a business, by providing funding and support to overcome the five main barriers to...
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    What Could Sport Possibly Teach Us About Business?
    Patrick Burge
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    What Could Sport Possibly Teach Us About Business?

    The world of sport and the world of business have many things in common. Mistaking aggression for being competitive, not always...
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    Coach, Mentor, Adviser, Consultant? I Don’t Care, I’m A Small Business And I Just Need Help.
    Patrick Burge
    • Jun 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Coach, Mentor, Adviser, Consultant? I Don’t Care, I’m A Small Business And I Just Need Help.

    I was lucky enough to meet Kerrie Dorman of The Association of Business Mentors last Tuesday evening at an innovation event at the very...
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    How To Grow Your Very Own BFG?
    Patrick Burge
    • May 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    How To Grow Your Very Own BFG?

    I was listening to David Hyner being interviewed by Ian Brodie recently. No, not Ian Broudie of the famed 1990’s pop combo, The Lightning...
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