Older Posts - May 2011
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25 May 2011

Why is our city the best in breed for small businesses and start ups?

The internet has breathed new life into our city. Today it's best in breed for small businesses and start ups, particularly the online sector. But what makes it so great? Why is the Brighton & Hove business landscape so exciting and fertile?

There's the beach for a start. The sea is hard to beat at lunchtime whether it's chucking it down or blinding you with sunshine. Brighton's close enough to London for rock 'n' roll... but far enough away to be as chilled as you want it to be. The night life blows your socks off. There's so many fantastic restaurants you can eat somewhere different every weekend for years. And (surely) there's more hairdressers per head of population than anywhere else.

But that's just surface stuff. Dig deeper, escape from Western Road, forgo Churchill Square [more...]

 

Time to move out? Test drive a rented executive office

Is your home office so full – or small - you're bursting out at the seams? Maybe you can't work at home any more because working in your home means you're never able to switch off and end up working even more hours.

Maybe it's important that you have client meetings and you feel you don't look professional as you can't or don't want to, invite people to your home.

It's lucky that in Brighton and Hove we're completely geared up for small businesses and rented offices in all shapes and sizes. Whether it's just occasional hot desking or renting a desk and a phone in a shared office to going the whole hog and renting a serviced office just for your business. [more...]

 

Keep your 'passion' to yourself. This is business!

Sometimes I think if I hear one more person say they're passionate about what they do, I'll throw up. It must be one of the single most over-used and worn out ways on the planet to describe how you feel about your work.

As it turns out, I'm not the only one. Business experts agree that approaching a small business or start up with undiluted passion isn't always the best idea. It can end in tears, especially when your shiny-eyed zeal closes the door on reality. Falling in love can cloud your judgement just as badly in a business context as a personal one.

Interestingly one US expert and author, John Bradberry, sees passion as addictive. [more...]