When I received the invitation to contribute to The University of Sussex as their first Entrepreneur in Residence, I had to do some research. Although I’ve heard of the term I must admit I wasn’t clear on what would be expected of me. Here is what I discovered before taking on the role and how that’s played out in my first year in this role.

Even with a business degree, working in a handful of startups and running an accelerator programme, starting up The Good Business Club hasn’t been a walk in the park. But I do attribute my past experience with enabling me to know where to focus my attention and along the way I’ve picked up other lessons that I want to share with you today.

Okay, so you’ve got your business idea and you’re thinking it’s probably about time to start sharing it with the wider world. I want to share with you my approach to spreading the word about The Good Business Club in the first few years and what I’ve learned that’s enabled us to engage the audience we want.

If you’re a first-time entrepreneur it wouldn’t be uncommon for you to be thinking that growing a team would eat into your time and cost the business money. I want to challenge that perspective and share how a team could actually free up your time and make you money.

As with all my purchases, I am conscious of the impact buying books has on the planet. Here are three switches you can make to buy your books ethically and sustainably.

Starting up a business is not just practically a hard endeavor but one that will test you personally. I’ve been reflecting on what habits I’ve built to enable me to ride the emotional rollercoaster of being a business owner and wanted to share three that have been life-changing to myself and my business.

I sat down again with Kristina Pereckaite to review our top books of 2021 and I’ve captured my personal top 10 books with key takeaways for each.

Here are my suggested 5 activities to do before investing any more of your time and money into a new business idea.

My focus for 2021 was to ‘level up’ in all areas of my life and on reflecting on where I was this time last year, I am proud to say I’ve done that in my business - The Good Business Club. But I couldn’t have achieved what I have this year professionally without the contribution of amazing people around me whom I’d like to acknowledge.

Are ‘vision, mission and values’ useful tools when stating up or just part of the bombardment of business jargon you are faced with as an entrepreneur? Here is my take.

Hear from purpose-led founders I have worked with about what the journey of starting a good business looks like and discover what lessons they wished they had known before getting started.

Hear from purpose-led founders I have worked with about what the journey of starting a good business looks like and discover what lessons they wished they had known before getting started.

Have you noticed that there has been a dramatic shift in people's priorities over the last 12 months? But as things begin to ease out of the third lockdown and into a 'new normal', how are we going to maintain habits and rebuild our businesses so they are fit for the unknown future?

90% of startups fail and under 50% of businesses make it to their fifth year. Those are staggering numbers. What is it that only a handful of entrepreneurs are getting right? Over the last seven years I’ve worked with more than 100 other businesses and what I’ve discovered to be the ‘key to success’ may surprise you.