Business Growth Tips

Unless you are planning to close down the business on your final day and extract no value from the sale of your business, then you don't really have to care what happens. Recent surveys show approximately 60% of small business owners have no succession plan in place. However, a ...

By Ayo OtubanjoCash flow isn't just a worry for struggling businesses. You may have built a cast iron strategy and the future looks bright, but take your eye off your cash flow and you won't be there to enjoy it.Here are the top 5 reasons why your business needs that free-flowing ca ...

By Ayo OtubanjoImagine sitting in a meeting with prospective investors. You are asked some questions about your business' financial performance of the last three years. Should you simply hand over the statutory accounts your accountants have prepared for you? Or do you have key performance metrics t ...

By Ayo OtubanjoIt doesn't matter what you know or how good your work is, if your doubts and fears hold you back you will never reach your potential.  A brief blog isn't going to transform your mindset in 2-minutes.  But it might just spark your curiosity to start on the road to a more positive, ca ...

By Ayo OtubanjoIn my first blog, The Key to Business Growth, I explained how good marketing always beats better products or services.  So what is good marketing?Good marketing need not be pretty, or clever, but it must deliver a clear and accountable return in revenue.  Don’t view your marketin ...

From an early age we are told that if we work hard enough, success will come our way.  We are told that the quality of our work will be noticed and we will be chosen by our bosses and clients.As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”  ...