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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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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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