The Paradox of Ofsted
As Government release their latest publication on Home Education, I ask what part does Ofsted have to play with off-rolling.
A New Dynamic : Working With Shareholders
- Posted: April 27, 2015
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
In 2013 I decided what my software company eFiling needed was a little bit more than what I had to offer on my own. The past year has been a very busy year, lot’s of change and lot’s to do. So I thought I’d share some things I’ve learnt about working with a new dynamic of […]
Selling Your Business : It’s Nothing Personal
- Posted: May 4, 2014
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
I’ve sold a handful of small businesses over the years and spoken with a few people who have done the same, or people who wish to. So I would like to share with you a few key things I’ve picked up along the way to help you through the process, should you be lucky enough […]
Don’t get too attached to your business
- Posted: April 24, 2014
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
If we were talking perhaps 10 or so years in the past when I was still fairly new in running my own business I would have bestowed the virtues of holding the all the cards. How important it is to remember your business is YOUR business, don’t bring in any shareholders unless you really have […]
Too young to start a business?
- Posted: September 3, 2013
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism / Young Enterprise
My 11 year old daughter has decided she wants to start her own business so that she can earn her own money to buy her own things. She took it upon herself to use the home computer to design her own logo, design her own brochure/flyer and even set her own price list (with some […]
Record Numbers of New Companies Registered
- Posted: March 11, 2013
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
I attended a Companies House meeting last week, a regular event for me, and they do like to cross of the highlights right at the start. They make for some quite amazing reading though; Year to date the number of new companies being incorporated in the UK is up 7%, and more so that is […]
Remaining Professional At All Times
- Posted: November 9, 2012
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism / Young Enterprise
I’ve just been to a local bank to have my ID verified for a new business I’m involved in, and that business isn’t banking with my usual bank so quite naturally they don’t know me. Something happened at this bank that I see so much from young people in particular, but also more mature people […]
10 Years On… Part 3
- Posted: September 25, 2012
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
I finished my last blog post at the start of 2005, mentioning during 2005 we got a few awards and moved from our second home into a proper office. I also mentioned that was when I purchased UK Business Forums. The start of 2005 was very much head down as I was looking to recover […]
10 Years On… Part 2
- Posted: August 30, 2012
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
Following on from my previous post, which I’m pleased seems to have been very well received, I’m going to continue from July 2003 and what the next couple of years had in store for me up to the beginning of 2005. If you haven’t already read the start of this story, you should get up […]
10 Years On…
- Posted: August 23, 2012
- By: Richard Osborne
- Category: Entrepreneurialism
- Comment: 1
I’ve just been writing my latest newsletter for Quick Formations, and part of the story for this newsletter is that the company turns 10 years old in September; and the newsletter had a very big risk of turning into a blog. The reason is because I’ve learnt so much, I’ve experienced so much, and I […]