How to balance family and entrepreneurship
As a parent or partner running a business or holding down a full-time job, it’s sometimes easy to overwork yourself, and often to the detriment of your personal life.
How to plan your startup around life’s other commitments
Why do many potential business owners end up not following their dream? In his latest entry for Founder’s Diaries, Rob Drury seeks to answer this vital question.
Family members running a business is bad news? What absolute garbage
Most people have heard the old generalisation, “those who can, do, and those that can’t, teach”. But less commonly known is, “those that know business, become entrepreneurs, those that don’t become city academics”.
How adultery service Ashley Madison matured after two years in exile
Two years ago, infidelity site Ashley Madison was at the centre of a hacking scandal that leaked details of over 30m users. However, the company has now exclusively told Real Business about how the attack made it stronger and, ironically, more mature.
The good, the bad and the ugly: Going into business with friends and family
Going into business with friends and family is a popular route for many entrepreneurs and for good reason. You already know each other’s strengths, weaknesses and passions, plus the likelihood is that you came up with the business idea together so you are both hugely invested in it.
Property market gold mine for entrepreneur who bought house before finding work
His mother wasn’t impressed at the time, but James Davis’ purchase of a house, before finding a job after leaving university, has created him a property market gold mine.
Not having a succession plan led to my business going under
Jan Cavelle continues her diary series, charting the decline of her manufacturing firm, by explaining how a succession plan was never really put in place.
Entrepreneurs plug funding gap with £7.2bn from friends and family
With many entrepreneurs facing a UK funding gap to cross before they can launch their business, friends and family have been responsible for lending £7.2bn worth of investment to their loved ones.
Five surprising things about maternity and paternity leave that every SME boss should know
The decision by Mark Zuckerberg to take two months off work as paternity leave has grabbed the business news headlines. How can the man who runs one of the world’s most valuable, dynamic and most closely-watched companies be out of the office for eight weeks?
The five worst things about business travel – and what do to about them
Despite the widespread use of Skype, virtual teleconferencing and other communications technology, millions of us still travel regularly for work – and many of us hate it.