Archive for February 2010

Fitting Products to Markets (and vice versa)

I (Arthur, VentureNavigator Product Manager) often get asked to review other people’s product ideas, concepts and businesses. This blog post looks at the five areas which often get overlooked:

Getting the Job Done
Competitive Analysis
Supply Chain Analysis
Routes to Market and Market Entry
Sustainable Revenue

Let’s look at each one in turn, but quickly you’ll appreciate how they are all [...]

10 ways to improve your cash flow

Our guest blog this week comes courtesy Nick Braithwaite. Nick is Sales And Marketing Manager for Clearbooks, providers of  Small Business Accounting Software.
It is often said in the business world that cash is king; a saying that should become a motto for small businesses during hard times. A company may be profitable however if its [...]

Ultralight Start-up or Ultra-TIGHT? Why being cheap is the best way to start-up

So, you have read all the leaflets, looked at the websites, know the difference between Angels, Venture Capital  and loan guarantees…ready to go?
Whoa!! Stop right there! No No No!
Unless you are Dr Boffin and have just discovered a cure for cancer, in which case the following does not really, entirely and absolutely apply to you, [...]