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Posted by David Tebbutt on 5th October 2008.
Sometimes it’s good to see what’s going on inside other companies. It might make you feel you’re not alone. Or maybe it alerts you to stuff that’s going on that you weren’t aware of.
Collaboration software has been getting a darned good airing over the past few years and, to listen to the enthusiasts, it’s this [...]
Posted by Sara Scott on 2nd October 2008.
It’s been a while since I contributed to the blog. . .
And as well as spending that time contemplating my navel, I’ve also been giving the whole practice of marketing some serious thought. . . .
And my conclusions are:
- At best marketing (and brand) plays a significant role in underpinning (and in some cases sense [...]
Posted by Gill Millington on 1st October 2008.
Mortgage Black Monday is what it’s been called. The day when one in ten mortgages were pulled.
And that’s been just one day in a shocking few weeks when banks have been collapsing or being swallowed up by new super-banks, while governments around the world are bailing out the financial sector … or not. [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 29th September 2008.
A company called Orthus decided to share with me the results of 100,000 hours of spying on users in different organisations. The statistics were a by-product of the company’s service which looks for leakages of sensitive data. Some of its clients use the information to educate users, others use it to nail miscreants.
Most of [...]
Posted by Alex Bellinger on 25th September 2008.
It’s rare for me to plug events on the blog here at SmallBizPod, but I’m speaking at one of them and pleased to be part of the blogger relations activity for the other.
What’s more I reckon both events will appeal to the startups and small business owners amongst you.
The first is Small Business 2.0, a [...]
Posted by David Tebbutt on 22nd September 2008.
Had a demonstration session from Adobe the other day. It was making its Connect Pro strut itself with a whole bunch of us from Freeform Dynamics. Very impressive it was too.
What is it? Another web conferencing service. Or you can buy it for in-house installation. We were using the hosted service. It uses [...]
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SmallBizPod #53 - Thursday 16 August 2007Remarkable entrepreneur, Jennifer Irvine of The Pure Package, talks about her gourmet food business, overcoming adversity, the power of PR and celebrity clients. Details | iTunes |
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SmallBizPod #57 - Enthuse, Exceed, Enjoy. King of Shaves.Will King, CEO of King of Shaves, on taking his shaving products business from year one debt of £30k to #2 in the UK market. Details | iTunes |
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SmallBizPod #55 - Saturday 29 September 2007Jon Smith, CEO of First Artist Corporation on rapid response, growth by acquisition, listing on AIM and the business of premiership football. Details | iTunes |
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