by James McBrearty | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Power Climb, Self-employed, Start-up
To celebrate Small Business Saturday 2016, you can get the kindle version of my second book for free. My book is full of easy to apply tips for small business owners, covering many areas that commonly cause issues. Power Climb is endorsed by Ivan Misner, Ph.D. Dr...
by James McBrearty | Nov 15, 2013 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Personal tax, Power Climb, Self-employed, Start-up
Starting tomorrow and for one week only my second book, Power Climb, will be discounted in the Amazon kindle store: The promotion runs from November 16 to November 23, after that it will revert to the standard price.
by James McBrearty | Oct 31, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Finally in this chapter, I revisit some of the points from the hot dog seller story. When you’re reading news articles it’s important to realise that...
by James McBrearty | Oct 30, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. When people are only seeing reports talking about big business in the press, they may think that small business doesn’t matter. I’d like to share a couple of...
by James McBrearty | Oct 29, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Running a business used to be lonely, but now with all the opportunities for networking online and offline it doesn’t have to be. Every business needs someone...
by James McBrearty | Oct 28, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Taking time out from the business to plan for the business is also an important task as an entrepreneur. A good time to do this, in addition to normal regular...
by James McBrearty | Oct 27, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. I’d like to discuss, in the middle of this chapter on entrepreneurship, downtime. You may think that you are looking to grow a business, not take time off, so...
by James McBrearty | Oct 26, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. I have talked about how in many cases time can be exchanged for money in order to grow a business. This is particularly relevant with the restricted access to funding...
by James McBrearty | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Some people consider that entrepreneurs are risk takers, in my own research I found an interesting study asking ‘why do pilots make better CEO’s?’ I’m a...
by James McBrearty | Oct 24, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. You may have heard of Michael Gerber’s three roles theory for business owners… As a business owner you now have three roles you need to manage instead of just the one...
by James McBrearty | Oct 23, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Finally in this chapter, we come to the issue of online security and hacking. Business websites continue to be attacked, costing owners both in time spent trying to...
by James McBrearty | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog, Power Climb
An extract from my second book, Power Climb: Growing Your Small Business which was published in 2012. Websites should evolve over time, and it is good to regularly review yours to make sure it is up to date. Many sites have a ‘current news’ section or a...