Have you heard of Packard’s Law? Dave Packard created it (HP founder along with Bill Hewlett). They tossed a coin to see whose name would come first. Packard won the toss & put Hewlett’s name first. Now that’s the sign of a great leader & partnership. Packard believed… ‘No company can grow revenues consistently faster than

Good day…. Are you ready for a business book review? This week it made sense to go down the business idea route. With many likely to start out in business for the first time and existing organisations needing ideas of how they can still grow in the current climate. ‘The Business Idea Factory’ written by

Louis Cheskin was a 20th century scientific researcher, psychologist, and marketing genius… He observed people’s perceptions of products and services were directly related to aesthetic design. And spent most of his life investigating how design elements impacted people’s perceptions of value, appeal & relevance. In the late 40’s margarine was not popular; most people had

Don’t products have to evolve? Let’s take the recent rumblings within the Premier League and other leading European teams about forming a European super-league. Liverpool and Manchester United seem to be leading the UK, with Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur said to be involved too. Also mentioned are Spain’s Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Why do you need to create 100’s of ideas? 💡 Thomas Edison filed over 2,000 patents, but the majority didn’t make a penny. 💡 Albert Einstein published over 300 scientific papers, but the majority are not cited by other scientists. 💡 Pablo Picasso created more than 20,000 pieces of art, but most are not in

When ‘The Beatles‘ auditioned for Decca Records, their executive allegedly said: ‘Not to mince words Mr Epstein, we don’t like your boys’ sound. Groups are out. 4-piece groups with guitars particularly are finished.’ Apple‘s Steve Jobs once said: ‘It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of the time people don’t know

In 1968 Ph.D.’s, George Land & Beth Jarman, gave a test (used by NASA to measure the creativity of their new recruits) to 5-year olds. Then they gave the same test to 10-year olds and next to children aged 15. The results were astonishing… 98% of 5-year olds demonstrated genius levels of creativity. Which dropped

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This week’s business book is about buying businesses… It’s not a secret many people are and will be without work, and one thing they may consider, is starting or buying their own business. Jonathan Jay is an experienced entrepreneur who in the past has started and operated his own businesses. But now spends his time