The Running Commentary

It’s been a while

It’s been a good while since I last posted. Much of this time has seen me start and stop posts at various moment. Fifteen months later now and I guess I need to put something down! First things first, I can’t quite believe that both my kids are out of school now? I officially have…

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100% Improvement on the year before

A second post this year – a 100% improvement on the year before.  This somehow feels like a bit of an achievement for me, finding a few moments to layout some thoughts that have been with me for this year. This probably a little longer than normal, but there are many thoughts that have been…

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Entrepreneurial Learning

Entrepreneurial learnings

Walking the road of an entrepreneur is not for the faint hearted. Worrying about revenue, service delivery, costs, administrative issues, client relationship building, and your team’s growth and development are just some of the never-ending pathways you travel. It takes Passion, Persistence and Patience – My 3 P’s for this season. I am finding that…

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It’s been a while….

Finding the time to write, in my personal capacity, has eluded me for some time.  I determined this morning that I would take a moment to write, it is a cathartic experience for me.  It helps me self-articulate all that has been impacting me over the past months and wow what a couple of months…

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We have continued to build….. 7 years in!

This posts timing in some way defines just how busy I have been over the last few years. I completely by-passed the 6-year mark post, as I have just passed the 7-year mark of true entrepreneurship.  1 July 2019 marked the 7-year journey on this road, together with Adrian Larkin and the rest of the…

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The business of growing, a daily challenge in humility

It is hard to believe that I am just 1 month short of celebrating my 6th year as business entrepreneur, in my role as co-owner of Brandesign Group. It has been a journey of many facets, all of these taking me through a variety of emotions. I have experienced movements of absolute highs and times…

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6 months in……..

So happily we have sorted out all of these things (barring the VAT number) and then hopefully we can get down to the art of rustling up business. Who knows we may just be successful at it…..

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Corporate Management challenges

I have this theory that the best corporate person that an organization can find for a managerial role is somebody that is 51% corporate and 49% entrepreneur. What do I mean by this?