David Summerton Business Consulting
An Essential Entrepreneurial Strategy Running your own business is a very exciting but demanding process, not having to follow a corporate plan with which you may, or may not, fully agree with and subscribe to. You are now in the envious position of making and shaping your OWN strategy and are free from the constraints …
The Building Blocks For Successful Entrepreneurs For successful and long-term business development there are four key areas or themes that need to be uppermost in your mind when setting out on your Entrepreneurial journey. Theme 1: Entrepreneurial Behaviours. This includes identifying opportunities, obtaining and levering in resources to allow the business to grow, networking, creativity …
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Do I Have Entrepreneurial DNA? There is no “typical” Entrepreneur: we are all individuals with our own drivers and passions in making our business everything we want it to be. In the early stages we will be totally committed, inseparable from the cut and thrust of what the business needs, eventually leading to a position …
What Is Entrepreneurship? Having an idea worth chasing, thinking of products and services that people need but cannot find, making a profit, re-investing profits to grow the business, doing something very different and being at the cutting edge of the market. All worthy descriptions about how you want your business to grow and develop: you …
How Entrepreneurs Should Keep Customers Happy Good customer experience is not just a matter of delivering a product or service efficiently, although performance at this level is important. There are often emotional and situational elements too. If you fail to consider the feelings and perceptions of your customer, responding to queries and complaints as quickly …
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4 Red Hot Tips For Every Entrepreneur Nothing ever stands still and the line between a successful and unsuccessful business is often down to the way in which the entrepreneur works to modify and refine the business model. This drive for development and enhancement of the initial idea or strategy often makes us nervous, yet …
Where Can Entrepreneurs Get Innovative Opportunities? Innovation usually builds upon things that are already taking place – unless, of course, you have something truly fantastic which breaks the current mould and is a true game-changer! Finding innovation is not an easy task, but the following sources are frequently used to get that germ of competitive …
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Innovation Principles For Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs usually start with an idea and then try to find a market for it. Ideas are prompted by personal experience or the knowledge that things can be done in a better, more efficient way. Entrepreneurial innovation tends to flow from inventions that find a new home in the marketplace rather …
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