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Achieve growth by buying another business

Achieve growth by buying another business

When to hire your first (or next) employee

When to hire your first (or next) employee

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Choosing a business model

Choosing a business model

Alternatives to a business loan

Alternatives to a business loan

Calculating your break-even point

Calculating your break-even point

Reducing your overheads

Reducing your overheads

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Working out an effective marketing budget

Working out an effective marketing budget

Assessing a new growth market

Assessing a new growth market

Market research tips for busy business owners

Market research tips for busy business owners

Building and improving capacity

Building and improving capacity

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Protecting your competitive advantage

Protecting your competitive advantage

Understand your key financial documents

Understand your key financial documents

Letting go and delegating control

Letting go and delegating control

Tracking the flow of money

Tracking the flow of money

Preparing your business for sale

Preparing your business for sale

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Defend and justify your pricing

Defend and justify your pricing

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Finding the right successor for your business

Finding the right successor for your business

Crowdfunding explained

Crowdfunding explained

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Budgeting for expansion

Budgeting for expansion

Creating a cash reserve

Creating a cash reserve

How to validate your new idea

How to validate your new idea

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Six steps to better cash flow

Six steps to better cash flow

Examine your offshore competitors

Examine your offshore competitors

Four signs your business is set to expand

Four signs your business is set to expand

Value your business accurately before selling

Value your business accurately before selling

Key steps to increase your profit

Key steps to increase your profit

Tactics to increase profit

Tactics to increase profit

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Maximize the value of your business before selling

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Improve your cash flow

Improve your cash flow

Why cash flow and profit differ

Why cash flow and profit differ

Finding new business verticals

Finding new business verticals

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Structuring an earn-out

Structuring an earn-out

Five ways to understand the competition

Five ways to understand the competition

Cashflow forecasting

Cashflow forecasting

Easy and effective market research

Easy and effective market research

Pricing and costing accurately

Pricing and costing accurately

Collecting debts effectively

Collecting debts effectively

Outsourcing to build capability

Outsourcing to build capability

Developing an early warning system

Developing an early warning system

Asset finance guide

Asset finance guide

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Researching the viability of your new idea

Researching the viability of your new idea

Dealing with a cash crisis

Dealing with a cash crisis

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Developing new products and services

Developing new products and services

Creating Nondisclosure Agreements

Creating Nondisclosure Agreements

Managing seasonal demand

Managing seasonal demand

Collaboration and partnering

Collaboration and partnering

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

Why separate business and personal accounts

Why separate business and personal accounts

Guide to closing your small business

Guide to closing your small business

Calculating the cost to start up

Calculating the cost to start up

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Managing a cash crunch

Managing a cash crunch

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

Driving online traffic to your website

Driving online traffic to your website

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Assessing a new market for viability

Assessing a new market for viability

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Understanding and improving working capital

Understanding and improving working capital

Preparing your business for outside investment

Preparing your business for outside investment

Write a great business plan

Write a great business plan

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Improve your chances of getting a loan

First steps to selling your business

First steps to selling your business

Improve your spending efficiency

Improve your spending efficiency

Check your business can scale

Check your business can scale

Due diligence when buying a business

Due diligence when buying a business

How to form strategic alliances

How to form strategic alliances

Finding the right employee

Finding the right employee

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Automating new lead generation

Automating new lead generation

Finding ways to save money

Finding ways to save money

Making your dollar go further

Making your dollar go further

Improving your profit margin

Improving your profit margin

What you should know about angel investors

What you should know about angel investors

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Manage your debt and get paid on time

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Unlocking the cash in your business

Unlocking the cash in your business

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Start-up FAQ’s

Increasing prices without losing sales

Increasing prices without losing sales

Sources of small business funding

Sources of small business funding

Protecting your intellectual property

Protecting your intellectual property

Using social media to grow your business

Using social media to grow your business

Low-cost marketing strategies

Low-cost marketing strategies

Understanding financial ratios

Understanding financial ratios

Extending your cash burn rate

Extending your cash burn rate

How to protect your business idea

How to protect your business idea

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

DIY marketing tactics

DIY marketing tactics

Five tips to get started

Five tips to get started

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Lowering your carbon footprint

Lowering your carbon footprint

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Avoiding credit card fraud

Avoiding credit card fraud

Ten ways to retain great employees

Ten ways to retain great employees

Building an online distribution channel

Building an online distribution channel

Working with cash flows and budgets

Working with cash flows and budgets

Raising capital for your business

Raising capital for your business

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Defending competitive advantage

Defending competitive advantage

Selling your business to your employees

Selling your business to your employees

Create a smart promotion plan

Create a smart promotion plan

Determining your exit strategy

Determining your exit strategy

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Building competitive advantage

Building competitive advantage

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

How to reduce business costs

How to reduce business costs

Five strategies to increase profit

Five strategies to increase profit

The seven most important things buyers want

The seven most important things buyers want

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Avoid running out of money

Avoid running out of money

SEO tips to improve your ranking

SEO tips to improve your ranking

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Identify what drives your business

Identify what drives your business

Liquidizing assets to raise cash quickly

Liquidizing assets to raise cash quickly

Checklist to set up your business

Checklist to set up your business

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Bootstrapping to start up

Bootstrapping to start up

The difference between cash flow and profit

The difference between cash flow and profit

How to sell more to current customers

How to sell more to current customers

Four strategies to build business resilience

Four strategies to build business resilience

Five steps to improve your marketing

Five steps to improve your marketing

Organizing your business for sale

Organizing your business for sale

Develop a pricing strategy

Develop a pricing strategy

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Keeping track of your finances

Keeping track of your finances