Google’s Squillion Dollar Problem
Just how much shareholder’ cash should a business hang onto? I’m not afraid to say I am a fan of Google: I love it to bits and want to publically…
Airline: WARNING!
It’s about time Michael O’Leary relocated to Mumbai. I have this slightly crazy picture in my head, probably formed during boozy breakfast meetings in Wetherspoons, drinking pints of lager with…
Simply Buying
In business, how you buy stuff is often more important than it seems. In the long and distant past, I was the supply director for a large telecoms company involved…
The Human Mutt
The next time your dog barks at the TV, beware, it might cost you. Consumer marketing is simply wonderful: the best developed area of marketing, it provides a tremendous learning…
Managing Change
It’s not just what you do but when you do it. If your business doesn’t change, as the world changes around you, it is very unlikely that you will be…
The Handbag Index
Has the recession now begun to hit the nouveau riche? If you can afford a Hermes handbag, Cartier jewellery, or a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch, then you probably don’t have much…
The Joe Lewis Way
If only Joe Lewis would manage my pension fund. Joe Lewis, one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs and the 7th wealthiest person in the UK, who is rumoured to…
James Dyson for Prime Minister
Unfortunately, you can’t just wish your way out of a recession, or work harder, you need to innovate. The truly, truly, truly, wonderful recent idea, that Greece’s economic problems…
Irn-Bru To The Rescue
It looks like Roger White, the CEO of AG Barr, is onto something. There will be many of you reading this who have never tasted Irn-Bru. Well, the advert opposite…
Joint Ventures Don’t Work
You need complete control to make the most of any business. I once worked for someone who one day shouted at me across his rather palatial office “I will, never,…
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