The Business Ladder Blog

Here’s a look at five key qualities that make an outstanding entrepreneur. See here at the BBC News site.

Here’s some good advice from lovemoney.com on how to manage your money.
A fool and his money are soon parted… so be smart!

A very interesting video by the RSA* about the psychology behind human motivation – things might not work quite as we assume!
Definitely recommended viewing for anyone running or managing a business. View it here.
* Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

New article up: a few saving tips for small businesses, looking at a variety of areas where savings can be made.
Smart savings mean greater efficiency, which leads to greater profitability! So money-saving is almost always worth dedicating a bit of time to.

Businesses of all sizes routinely send out invoices but so often miss a trick in the promotional potential of this usually humdrum document. In fact, including promotions with your invoices can not only promote repeat business but it can even attract new customers.
You could mention a special offer providing a discount when presenting the invoice [...]

Here’s a very interesting visual look at 20 well-known company logos that have developed over time, some over the entirety of the 20th century. As they explain, “companies evolve just as people. You have to roll with the times or you wind up getting squashed.”
A salutary lesson for businesses of all kinds!
Check them out here [...]

Bob Parsons, US entrepreneur and founder of the world’s largest domain registrar GoDaddy.com, takes us through 5 big lessons he wishes he’d learnt at business school (assisted by a beautiful young lady…).
See the video here.

We have a new interview up on the resources part of the site – a very thought-provoking interview about sustainability in business with Giselle Weybrecht, the author of “The Sustainable MBA: The Manager’s Guide To Green Business”.
To find out more about the book and to order a copy for your business, you can visit www.thesustainablemba.com.

An interesting post from Officebroker.com saying that a survey by Aviva has shown that over half of UK small businesses have actively adapted their business in order to survive the recession.
Have a look at the article here.

A small piece from HRreview about ‘Blue Monday’, supposedly the most depressing day of the year for employees due to a combination of factors including weather, fading euphoria from the Christmas holiday season, and a full return to work and paying off debts. Reasonable suggestions include cancelling meetings scheduled to be held on this most [...]