While there’s hundreds if not thousands of possible tried and tested business ideas, it never ceases to amaze me how many people come up with weird and rather off the wall ideas. Justin.tv is one of them. The idea is simple, Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and it’s [...]

Whatever your business it’s vital to differentiate yourself from the competitors and much like Rich Jerk that I mentioned previously Ling Valentine of LingsCars.com does just that.

When you first see it, it’s hard not to be overawed by her website:

Yet if you take some time to look around the site it’s fantastically funny and very, [...]

I’m very lucky that my wife I and run our business together, it means that we both understand what we’re doing, why we doing it and the risks we’re taking when we choose a course for our business. It also means we can share my business ideas with each other without boring or frustrating each [...]

The BBC is reporting that wind turbines and solar panels may no longer require planning permission. It seems the government may be moving towards a sensible approach to micro generation and this will remove one barrier for home owners. At present, routine planning applications can take up to three months and cost as much as [...]

This time it’s startupslive run by the same people that bring you startups.co.uk. This is what they say about the events:
startupslive are a series of highly inspirational regional evening events. The events are specially designed to help you start and build your business. With keynote speeches from the UK’s most dynamic entrepreneurs, plus the chance [...]

Despite being a techie and subsequently loving gadgets I have to admit I find it frustrating choosing a new mobile phone. You see what I want from a mobile phone is:

To make phone calls.
To recieve phone calls.

That’s it! Nothing else, I don’t want to “txt msg my m8’s thx”. I don’t want a camera, or [...]

I often find that when I speak to people intending to start their own business they are spending an amazing amount of time, money and effort trying to come up with a totally new idea for their business. In other words they’re trying to invent something new.
I believe that for most of us this is [...]

It’s just under a month now to the Business Startup 2007 exhibition in EXCEL, London. They describe themselves as:
the UK ’s only show designed specifically to help people like you – people with an idea for a business, in the early stages starting a business or determined to grow your small business. What’s more, it’s [...]