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Going from zero to one billion…
How some start-ups go on to become extremely successful has always intrigued me… I mean companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft & even electric car titan Tesla. So, when I came across ‘Zero to One’ by Peter Thiel I was extremely pleased. But I’m not sure if you know who Peter Thiel is? He’s co-founder
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Why have a big hairy audacious vision?
It’s important to have an audacious vision, but maybe not quite as audacious as electric car and spaceship entrepreneur Elon Musk has… Do you know what it is? He wants to colonise Mars. I’m not kidding, this has always been his long-term vision. How do I know? Well, I read his only authorised book (written
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Why practise makes perfect in business too?
Top golfer Gary Player once said, “the harder I practise the luckier I get”. You could say this about many different sports stars, who dedicate their lives in pursuit of the perfect round, game, or race. A while back I read Bounce (written by Matthew Syed). Matthew is a well-respected journalist and author, who earlier in his life
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Family has great time planting trees…
Visiting families are getting involved and planting our trees too… Over the weekend… Redouane and Lina with children Zara and Maryam, called at mental health charity Shiva Trust, and had a great time planting 60 of our trees near the new pond development. You can get your very own tree planted by subscribing to any of our
good to great
Can you go from Good to Great?
Are you ready for a ‘good to great’ business book review? ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins is a No. 1 bestseller and has now sold over 4 million copies. It’s an amazing study on why some companies manage to go from a good company to a great company, by sustaining high growth over a
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Why you should forget Black Friday?
Forget Black Friday & ignore Cyber Monday… Our special offer is running now & right up until midnight on 31st December. Buy 1 of our own brand printer cartridges (ink or toner) & get your 2nd cartridge (cheapest) at HALF PRICE! You can buy as many as you want, and you’ll get each 2nd cartridge
Einstein
What Einstein said about compound interest?
Apparently, Einstein once said… ‘Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world’ and ‘the greatest mathematical discovery of all time’. When discovering this, it reminded me of a fable: George had worked hard all his life, was clever with his investments and amassed a wealthy estate. His 2 sons (Paul & John and his
rossendale way tree planting
Rossendale way provides tree planters!
Meet Kris and Tess, they were walking the Rossendale Way yesterday… Whilst the Shiva Trust charity team were out planting our trees, and unbelievably, Kris & Tess decided to join in for an hour or 2. The Rossendale Way is a 45-mile circuit walk, and takes you over wild moorland, where you can explore a
silicon valley apple park
A secret from Silicon Valley
Did you know? In 2005 some Silicon Valley tech firm firms (including Apple, Google & Intel) had a secret agreement not to poach employees from each other…. Straight up, it’s true! More than 64,000 people in Silicon Valley were affected and in 2015 Judge Lucy Koh approved a $415 million settlement. The aim of the
Shiva Trust Charity
Charity benefits from planting trees…
Meet Adrian (25) a Shiva Trust charity volunteer… Yesterday he planted 200 of our trees, all on his own. WOW! What an amazing person! You can get your very own tree planted with a donation to mental health charity Shiva Trust, by subscribing to any of our office technology solutions, including print & scan technology,
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Why it was a tree mendous team effort…
The most amazing tree thing happened… You know about our plant a tree campaign, don’t you? Where we and a group of other local businesses have pledged to plant trees on behalf of our customers, to help in the fight against de-forestation and climate change. And that now, we’re working in conjunction with mental health
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Can Walt Disney inspire you to achieve?
Want to start your own business, but not confident you’ve got what it takes? Maybe the story of Walt Disney (yes, he’s a real person) can inspire you? In 1923 as a trained animator and aged just 21, Walt up sticked from Kansas City and moved to Los Angeles, to follow his dream of working
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Why is it raining printer cartridges?
We’ve spotted a problem for small organisations & primary schools… The printer #technology solutions available are either too expensive or designed for much bigger organisations, with a high cost of entry and expensive printer cartridges. So, we’ve designed a solution for small work groups of 1 – 5 people or a primary #school classroom. It
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Here’s customer service as it’s very best…
I love reading about how other organisations look after their customers… I’m not sure if you’ve heard of Nordstrom? Back in the 90’s they were famed as having the best customer service in America. This book, written by Robert Spector (a freelance writer) in 1995, includes in depth interviews with the Nordstrom family, their employees,
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