I provide a range of services to new companies ranging from mentoring through to interim management. I am available as a speaker, advisor or director. If you are starting a company, I hope you find these articles useful. If you need help in creating a company, do get in touch, I may well be able to answer your questions, develop your plans, and make things happen.
If you get the marketing right and have the right management team, you will succeed. This is a Powerpoint Presentation given to the Flying Start rally in Newmarket in November 2006. It includes:
You may think you know, but if you really talk to your customers and see your business from their perspective, not yours, you could be in for a surprise. Get this wrong and you will be in trouble, get it right and you could double your profits.
Read the articleSuccessful companies dominate their market. This e-article describes how to shrink your market to a size you can dominate.
Read the articleAn introduction to open source software, presented to the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. This explains how open source works, what is available and suggests a strategy to evaluate open source and Open Office.
Read the articleAdvice based on my experience of merging mailing lists. A simple step by guide of how to merge lists, with information on removing duplicate records.
Read the articlePackaged software is not the same as bespoke software. This article looks
into the differences.
"How to Start a Business", above, gives advice on setting up a
business.
Many universities and other research organisations have developed valuable inventions. They are aware that they can exploit these to bring in useful funds. This article outlines the process of spinning out and exploiting an invention.
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Best regards
John
John advises a student at the Flying Start rally