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Inspiration and ideas for those looking to start-up a new business venture.

Regularly updated with new business ideas, new business opportunities and new advice on starting and running a successful business.

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  • A Business Lesson From Gerber Legendary Blades on Nov 13, 2009 in Entrepreneurship

    I’ve recently been looking for a multi-tool and naturally I’ve ended up looking at both Leatherman and Gerber’s offerings. As the market leaders it’s hard to avoid them! Both appear to offer excellent products but so far it’s Leatherman tha...

  • Event (Sports) Business Ideas on Nov 9, 2009 in Business Ideas

    On Saturday I ran my first ever trail race, the EnduranceLife Coastal Trail Series. I entered the 10K, which was more than enough for me at the moment. They also run a half and full marathon version of the race. It was an amazing experience, trail ru...

  • Ouch Google Found Malware On My Site! on Nov 5, 2009 in Site

    When I tried to access this site today I was shocked to find that Firefox informed me that I shouldn’t visit the site as *I* was distributing malware/badware. Here’s what I saw instead of my homepage:   Even worse when you view this site i...

  • Fixing Hacked Wordpress Blogs on Nov 5, 2009 in Business Opportunities

    Today has been a rather frustrating day, instead of getting on with my next MBA assignment – having managed to find a spare week to work on it – I found myself working hard to find out why Google thought Business Opportunities and Ideas was d...

  • Recent & Frequent – Repetition Marketing Pays on Nov 4, 2009 in Marketing

    Marketing communication is most effective when it is repeatedly brought to the attention of your target market. Why? Most prospects do not respond immediately to the first thing they see about you; Or perhaps even several of them. Why? Yo...

  • Health, Beauty, Wellness and Spiky Green Plants on Oct 30, 2009 in Business Opportunities

    The following is a guest post from  Stuart Mourant. Suart is a personal trainer I met when at the gym I joined earlier this year. I spent quite a lot of time talking to Stuart whilst I was in the gym, sometimes about training, mostly about busin...

  • Unintended Consequences on Oct 14, 2009 in Marketing

    Earlier this century, a wealthy western government ran a campaign intended to discourage drug use among teenagers. The net results were as follows: More than two-thirds of the teenagers surveyed recognised the adverts; 80 percent of parents said...