I’m a big fan of Innocent drinks, not just because their smoothies are fantastic, probably the best on the market, but because I love their marketing and their brand - as I’ll discuss in a future post.

I’ve just been forwarded an email from them which reads:
Some things just aren’t right. Tartan jeans for instance. And [...]

This is the sixth post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.

I’ve never met one but I’m told that door to door vacuum cleaner [...]

This is the fifth post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.
What could be simpler than washing cars, we’ve all done it (probably as [...]

This is the fourth post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.
The Internet has enabled anyone to start their own business selling anything and [...]

This is the third post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.
Hat tip to JB of Multilingual Marketing for this idea that he/she posted [...]

This is the second post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.
There are thousands of aspiring writers out there desperately looking for a publisher, [...]

This is the first post in a series of seven inspired by the third episode of the current series of The Apprentice on BBC. These business ideas are aimed at anyone wanting to start a business on a budget of £200 or less.
One business opportunity is to set yourself up as a leaflet distributor. It’s [...]

This evenings episode of The Apprentice on the BBC got me thinking, while I’m a great believer in bootstrapping my businesses it seemed to be a novel idea to some of the candidates.
So I’m setting myself a challenge for the next seven days - I’m going to post a new business idea each day that [...]

I saw on the BT weblog that HSBC are seeking entries for the thier 2007 Start-up Stars awards - but hurry entries close on the 13th April!
The awards started in 2000 and offer £85,000 of cash and prizes, including £25,000 for the winner and £7,000 for the runner-up. This year they have a new “green” category.
 Start-Up Stars [...]

Whatever your business idea it’s easy to get distracted with the day to day running (or by the excitement of starting) your business while losing focus on your idea.
For your business to be a success it’s vital you keep distractions to a minimum. I suggest you do this by outsourcing absolutely everything you don’t need [...]