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Is Your Business Backable? (0)

11/18/11 •

If your business is backable, then your business plan should convey just that.
This pathbreaking book looks at a business plan from an investor’s perspective.  What does your backer need to know?  What concerns do you need to address? What opportunities do you need to highlight and justify?
Launched in November 2011 in the U.K., The Financial [...]

How to Be a Princess? (0)

7/26/11 •

A year ago I shared some musings on what it takes to excel at the world’s oldest profession.  Recent events have got me thinking about what it takes to excel at the world’s most glamorous profession: princess.
Earlier this month Kate rubbed shoulders with some genuine Hollywood royalty, including Barbra, Nicole and JLo (and her mum!).
And [...]

Backing You, MBA! Is Launched! (0)

7/07/11 •

ARE YOU PLANNING TO GET AN MBA? If so, what will you do with it? Will you stay with your current or pre-MBA job or business? Or are you planning to shift career?
Think of yourself as a business. Use the tools of strategic due diligence to assess if you would back you in your current [...]

What Does Gauguin Tell Us? (0)

1/03/11 •

This post is probably just an excuse to write about Gauguin, having just visited the amazing exhibition at the Tate museum in London.  But at least the visit has stimulated me into opening the blog – after some months away while writing a new book, Backing You, MBA!
The layout of the exhibition is by subject [...]

Screening: How Well Placed Are You? (0)

10/11/10 •

The second part of the job screening process is to assess how well placed you would be to get in and then succeed at this job or business.  Again gut feel is all that’s needed for now…
For each job or business, think initially of just these two criteria:

Your relevant capabilities—How you would rate against the capabilities required [...]