Sometimes you choose a hobby, sometimes a passion chooses you. And that’s exactly what happened when Peter Letts discovered scuba diving. He first dipped his toes as a diver in 1992, but soon took to the deep end and became addicted to the sport. Almost 10 years later, he left […]
Google Map vs Bing Maps : Which One Is Best?
Before the early 2000s, travel used to be an entirely different ballgame. Those from Generation X and above will remember paper maps probably less than fondly. They could be big and cumbersome, which made it difficult to navigate if you didn’t have someone else to sit shotgun and tell you […]
FT Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘I am more responsible than brave’
Nine months into a brutal struggle for national survival against Russian invaders, Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks tired, with dark circles under his eyes. What he would like to be doing instead of confronting a merciless invader is fishing with his son. “I just want to catch a carp in the Dnipro […]
Rethinking Retirement for Lower Real Rates of Return
The recent research paper, “Long-run Trends in Long-maturity Real Rates 1311-2021,” from economists Kenneth S. Rogoff, Barbara Rossi and Paul Schmelzing shares a fascinating observation: Over the last seven centuries, long-term interest rates have trended down at a slow, steady, pace. The research provides economists and policy makers with new […]
How Taylorr Doubled His High-Ticket Close Rate with Our “Irresistible” Offer Framework
“The offer became so irresistible that selling it is just…it’s butter. It’s so easy.” What if selling your product actually felt easy instead of painfully awkward? Most coaches and course creators think getting there is hard, but it’s actually incredibly simple. That’s what our client Taylorr Payne recently realized (he’s the […]
Passive income books on you’d wish you read earlier
You don’t have to work a traditional job to make money; in fact, you don’t have to work at all. While employment with a paycheck, also called active income, is the traditional method of earning a living, passive income is another overlooked revenue stream. Passive income is the opposite […]
The Innovation Without Tears Manifesto • Derek Cheshire
Many visitors to this blog will have encountered Simon Sinek. He is famous for the phrase ‘Start with the Why’. It would therefore seem arrogant not to take his advice. So here is the Why, How and What of my Innovation Without Tears manifesto. If you want to know more about the […]
Hit It & Quit It with Brooke Daniels, Melanie Greenough, & Scott J. Miller » Succeed As Your Own Boss
Brooke Daniels has over a decade of experience in tech startups and venture capital, and she’s the director of Salesforce Ventures and CEO of Daniels + Co., a business strategy firm supporting entrepreneurs focused on maximizing profit and scalability. Brooke’s passion is supporting entrepreneurs and stemming business failure with a […]
when process eats away at culture
Peter Drucker tells us ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’. In our experience, that’s a near hard-and-fast organisational rule.. But when we assess the current state of any marketing organisation, which is the first stage of most of our engagements, we often discover that there’s something else eating away at culture. […]
How to set your prices as an accountant
How do you gauge how much to charge for the services that your accountancy practice offers? If you want to make a profit, then it’s no time to be modest in talking about money and what your worth is, or worry that raising fees might turn off new or existing […]