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...

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...

In 1997 the largest companies in the world were General Electric, Royal Dutch Shell, the Coca-Cola Company, and ExxonMobil. Today none of...

Voltaire said, ‘originality is nothing but judicious imitation'. In this blog we consider how to execute business ideas that focus on a...

There is a debate around whether developing products and services in business is all about generating great ideas or executing good ideas...

We have been running a series of webinars about customer-focused marketing as part of the UK Government-funded Reset Restart programme...

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...

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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The world of sport and the world of business have many things in common. Mistaking aggression for being competitive, not always...

I was lucky enough to meet Kerrie Dorman of The Association of Business Mentors last Tuesday evening at an innovation event at the very...

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...