People find standing up and presenting to an audience one of the most stressful things they do in their working lives but it's something anyone can achieve. As with learning a musical instrument or a new language, it can be mastered with the right guidance and by constant practice.

I...

What makes a good mentor/mentee relationship?
Since Mentor first appeared in Homer's Odyssey, we have been exploring and developing the relationship between a mentor and a mentee. For almost everyone reading this blog, there will be one person, whether a teacher, a friend or someone in business, who...

Resilience - what is it and how can you acquire it?

In last week's blog I talked about the importance of resilience and the sad news of the suicide of CEO and founder of Las Vegas based ecommerce site Ecomom. Since then I have been thinking about all aspects of...

The CEO and founder of Las Vegas based ecommerce site ecomom killed himself last month. His start up, for which he had such high hopes, has failed and is being shut down. I read this with great sadness, as I see young entrepreneurs every day of my working life and...

Why is an entrepreneur like a locksmith? Because he gets paid whenever he makes a bolt for the door.

It's a popular joke about entrepreneurs but it sounds like sour grapes to me. I'm going to get rid of a few stale preconceptions for you and introduce some new...