Jul 29, 2019
You will have all heard, and possibly used, the phrase ‘the right person for the job’ at some point in your scale up journey.
In this episode, though, we talk about finding that ‘right person’. How do you go about it? What are some of the lessons that we can learn from other businesses.
As always, Kevin Brent is...
Jul 22, 2019
Think back for a moment to when you left school. You may have had a clear idea of who you wanted to be and what you wanted to do, ready to get going the moment you walked out of the school gates for the final time; or perhaps for you school was just the first step in education - with university or college your next...
Jul 15, 2019
Can you remember the first time you used a computer? Matt Parsons from Surf Tech IT can - it was a Dell 486 that his Dad brought home. (Mine was a ZX81)
It was this Dell computer from the 90’s that started Matt’s fascination with IT - and it’s something that has borne fruit in the formation of Surf Tech IT.
After...
Jul 8, 2019
When you first hear Nigel Busby, you’ll be forgiven for thinking that he has a very laid back attitude to his business, InControl Marketing, and his scale up journey as a whole. But that laid back persona covers an incredibly driven and ambitious business owner that has taken his company to a unique position in its...
Jul 1, 2019
When you first started in business - did you have a plan? Maybe it was a grand master plan that would cover the next 20 years, or maybe you kept the plan short and manageable, just the next six months.
Whatever it looks like, thinking through and capturing a plan is one of the first things that many business experts say...