From the category archives:

Diary of an Entreprenuer

First entries in my diary after buying JDA 10 years ago this month

15 September 2010

The reason I started to write these notes were Judith said she wished she had recorded the early days of JDA I have a hopeless memory and this will be a great way to look back come success or the alternative! I have decided to tell no one of this ‘journal’ so it will be [...]

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I’ve never run a marathon, lost 3 stone, climbed a mountain, got a certificate and my parents didn’t beat me – can I motivate you?

29 March 2010

I once thought “wouldn’t it be nice to get paid to speak” as I too, had sat through, and continue to sit through some rather ropey presentations. Occasionally ropey because of style, or because of content or sadly, both. Presenter’s style, content or use of powerpoint is not the gripe or the subject of this post. The subject of [...]

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Surprise TV appearance – BBC 1′s The Big Questions

11 August 2009

While on a return trip to Easington to dig on Jimmy’s Farm I was surprised to receive an email from a BBC researcher asking if I would take part on BBC1′s The Big Questions on Sunday. I was delighted to accept. The point they wanted me

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Cappuccinos to coppers – what a week

5 August 2009

Monday. My week started with a ‘coffee with kloog’. This is simply a format of me spending time, one to one, with small or start-up businesses. Due to the birth of my new son I had put these on ice for the last month or two but they are picking up. During the two allocated hours [...]

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From retailing to rejections

28 July 2009

Monday kicked of with my role as non-exec for Media Displays http://alturl.com/h22p . Most of the discussion was about customer feedback. In order to get our proposition right I sent out the Media Pack for Media Display to contacts in various areas of the marketing industry and received their comments about pros and cons as well [...]

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From Joint Ventures to Jelly and Cake – what a week

17 July 2009

Another varied week almost behind me. The only negative being an ongoing ‘legal argument’ which I can’t talk about but I offer this advice – have a good team of lawyers with you and keep them close. So Monday kicked off with a trip to Manchester to take part in an MIN http://www.marketingindustrynetwork.com round table about [...]

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From Grants to Gay markets – Interesting week

3 July 2009

Having a catch up day has given me time to reflect on my busy life as an ‘Entreprenuer’. As I am involved in different businesses at different stages of development it leads to very different days.

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5th June – My blog, my son, my heroes hips!

8 June 2009

So on Friday 5th June I started this blog, and due to it being a very clever piece of technology I was able to write one or two posts which automatically updated themselves on the day of launch, 5th June. Now I chose the 5th June as it was exactly two years to the day [...]

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Hello and thanks for visiting Carl’s Blog

5 June 2009

Hello, so I have been persuaded to start a blog. Timing is everything I am told so I thought it would be appropriate to start this on the second anniversary of selling my old business. I tend to plan my career in two year lumps and over the last two years I feel I have ‘re-invented’ myself… Madonna [...]

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