Real Business

Venture capitalism can make dreams happen, but it comes at a cost. The best thing to do is treat the relationship like a marriage, suggests Jo Haigh.

In a high-growth business, being a board member means more than just understanding the company's issues. Jo Haigh knows the ten steps to becoming a high perfomer on the board.

What should you do when, at the last minute, a buyer tries to renegotiate the price?

Topics: Finance

Putting your business on the market? Here's how to add sizzle to your sale.

Topics: Management & HR

What should you consider before accepting a board position? Here are 23 questions to help ensure the company is right for you.

Topics: Management & HR

Don't ignore your board – ensure you evaluate your board every year. Not sure how to? Here's how to get going.

Topics: Management & HR

You dread meetings with your bank manager, who doesn't "get" your business. Meanwhile, your bank manager's miserable because his lending powers have been cut. No-one's happy. Here's how to call it truce.

Topics: Finance

You're about to raise a second round of funding. Contrary to popular belief, the part of your business plan most likely to sway investors is not your cash flow. It's your executive summary.

Topics: Finance

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wants this decade to become "the decade of employee share ownership". But do business owners really want to share a slice of their pie?

Topics: Management & HR

The majority of exits have more ups and downs than a scary ride at Disney World. Here are the ten most common problems when selling a business.

Topics: Finance

Ten tips on selling your business for the best possible price.

Topics: Finance

Don't rush to promote your fabulous manager to a director-level role. It's likely to end in disaster.

Topics: Management & HR

I heard the phrase “I don't know how you do it” for the gazillionth time this week. Here's how I juggle my business with everything else.

Topics: Management & HR

Relationships and recruitment have one thing in common: a high failure rate. I can't fix your love life but here are eight ways to improve the way you recruit.

Topics: Management & HR

I know lots of people who are extremely able and intelligent but have not been able to reach their full potential and possibly never will. The reason: they are poorly connected.

Topics: Sales & Marketing