Starting Up

Overnight success will usually take at least 15 years...

Know what you want to do — and how to do it, says Elaine Edwards from Juice Moose LAURENCE UNDERHILL EE170309_LU01_04

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

AFTER 15 years of working as a homoeopath with a strong interest in nutrition, I felt I would like to use these skills in a more sociable environment.

Opening a juice bar seemed like a natural progression from using juices as therapeutic aids.

So, in the summer...

Temperament is a key ingredient in John's success

Cake-maker John Peck founder of Peck and Strong MDG280409_MT07_01

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

I STARTED the business in 1980 after graduating from the University of Exeter with a psychology degree. Having been a student at Exeter, I knew what...

Belief in yourself and your product is key to success

Charlie Collins, founder of Ayrmer Software OLIVER SANDERS EE200409_OS04_02

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I DIDN'T set out in life to run a business. I was quite happy being employed or working as a subcontractor. When you are young you just want that...

Staying positive and good research are key to business success

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

BEFORE I started my own business I worked as cabin crew for Monarch airlines. I was with the company for 11 years, travelling around the world....

Small businesses are crucial to keeping our town centres healthy

To be good in business you have to have optimism, says Ian McCord, of Martian Records GARETH WILLIAMS EE260109_gw04_11

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

MARTIAN Records is a partnership between Martyn Alford and me. We started selling second-hand records and CDs on market stalls around Devon in 1989....

It will take more than a love of what you do to guarantee success

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

I HAVE always been involved in construction. When I left school I went to Exeter College and studied construction and then went on to Bristol...

Wine school's founder advises: allow time for your firm to ferment

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

I HAVE been in the wine trade for 40 years, working as a wine merchant, producing TV wine programmes and now educating people about wine. My wife...

Throw everything you have into making your business successful

Naomi J Ryan recently started up her own estate agent business — running it from her laptop at home LAURENCE UNDERHILL EE270209_LU03_06

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

I BEGAN my estate agency career with Jon Carden in the late 1990s, where I was employed as Jon's secretary. It was here that I took a keen interest in...

Starting Up: Exeter independent retailer Insideout

Nicky Edmunds, of Insideout home ware and gift shop in Princesshay, Exeter MATT MINSHULL EE230209_MM03_06

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

ON October 31, 2003, my husband and I locked the front door of our family home on the outskirts of London and handed the keys to the estate agent. We...

Offering more for the money could help you through tough times

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

IT was while lying on a beach in the Maldives in 2001 that my wife April and I first considered starting up a wine merchant's business. Perhaps you...

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