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Silence: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 9

December 22, 2015May 6, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Christmas, Growth Business, Christmas, New Year, Planning, silence

This month we are running with a great series of TOP 10 tips for your business survival for the traditional break, and on into the

Review: Top 10 Business Tips For Christmas – No 3

December 14, 2015May 6, 2016 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Christmas, Planning Business, Christmas, coaching, entrepreneur, model, mouse, New Year, owl, plan

This month we are running with a great series of TOP 10 tips for your business survival for the traditional break, and on into the

Networking to make a difference!

November 2, 2011March 9, 2015 Elaine Rogers Business Skills, Planning Business, name tags, networking, questions, sean gallagher, smart networking

I have met Seán Gallagher twice recently. Ironically it was over cups of tea. Whilst networking! Seán thinks networking is akin to going to an

Declare War on your Business!

November 1, 2011November 1, 2011 Elaine Rogers Business, Change, Planning 33 Strategies of War, beliefs, Business, business strategy, business survival, dragons den, Napoleon, Planning, War

It is important for that business owner, to constantly watch trends, be familiar with their market, and adapt to the changes that invariably happen. We also need to keep an eagle eye on what the competition is up to, and notice what they are changing, and are those changes in line with consumer changes, or are they trying to influence the consumer / client.

The Mindset Of An Entrepreneur

June 16, 2011March 20, 2015 Elaine Rogers Goal Setting, Success attitude, Business, business idea, business planning, entrepreneur, small business, smoking, start-up

This blog post is dedicated to RW and written to invoke thought, not provide you with the skills and attributes needed to be an Entrepreneur. There are hundreds of articles out there to provide you with the “know-how”. I am exploring the “why-how”.
If you are not a risk taker, stay “on the ladder”. The ATTITUDE part begins with Courage. Courage is hard to learn, but possible. We become courageous when we assert ourselves as Entrepreneurs. We become courageous when we believe in ourselves. We become more courageous when we allow ourselves to live the dream.

Barcamp Cork IV – Sat 20th Nov

November 15, 2010February 26, 2017 Elaine Rogers Business, Change Barcamp, BarcampCork, Business, Business Coaching, business development, business planning, conference, cork, managing, networking, Sales, seefin, start-up, strategy, unconference

Well, it is that time of year again.

Barcamp IV Cork is on this Saturday Nov 20th, Webworks, Cork City.

Rural Business – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

January 22, 2010October 28, 2014 Elaine Rogers Business Business, business idea, idea, Planning, rural business, start-up, Success

The average small business owner can be found renting an office or office space in a town (urban) or on the town’s periphery (rurban). Another