• David vs. Goliath: How Small Businesses are Outmaneuvering Large Companies

    Many small business owners often look wistfully at big companies who are in direct competition and they think that these conglomerates have an advantage in the marketplace. The sheer [more]

    In-Flight Mobile Data Soon to be Available on Virgin Airlines [video]

    As part of a $106 million upgrade, Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines will offer in-flight mobile data access on its new Airbus A330. The first flight to receive the service will [more]

    3 Steps to Increase Your Business - by Increasing Word-of-Mouth

    In the days before social media and the Internet, it wasn’t as easy to listen in on your customers’ conversations about your company. Nor could you easily encourage people to [more]

    Menu Mondays: Baked Cod with Tomatoes & Home-made Chips

    The baked cod with tomatoes was a surprise winner this week. It's quick to prepare, fairly simple and tasty.There's also one surprise recipe we definitely won't be using again! [more]

    Sometimes it's better to ease into the weekend [video]

    Ease yourself into the weekend and find the determination to carry on... [more]

    5 Tactics for Tackling Nutrition Labels

    It's estimated that around 60% of food shoppers now read the nutrition facts table on packaging. Unfortunately, they don't make it very easy to use that information effectively. Here [more]

  • How to Take Your Ideas and Make Them Real – Book Review [video]

    How many times have you had a great idea, thought ‘I really should do something with that’, but then nothing ever comes of it? Wouldn’t it be great if someone could just teach you, in a straight-forward way, how to bring your ideas to life? Now there is, check out this book review, and video of the author.

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    Menu Mondays: Texan Bowl of Red

    I have been overruled and firmly put in my place. Under no uncertain terms, the family has declared the Texan Bowl of Red to be the overall winner for the week. Just because it is a great fast, light, easy and fun meal!

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    10 Powerful Lessons From Apple: How To Make Your Customers Love You

    Unless you are completely isolated from the world of business, you know that Apple has discovered the magic formula for creating exceptional value. Most people attribute that magic to the Apple products. Unfortunately, most people have it wrong. The magic of Apple is the experience.

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    4 Things You Must Consider When Turning Your Hobby into a Business

    Four-years ago I turned my glass-making hobby into a working, thriving business. The process wasn’t as simple as just putting a sign on the door, and I had my ups and downs, but I love what I’m doing now – and I’ve learned tons, about my work, myself and my business. There are four things that, if I had put some thought into them up-front, would have made life so much easier…

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    Living beyond limits: Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

    Instead of looking at our challenges and limitations as something negative or bad, we need to look at them as blessings. Magnificent gifts that can be used to ignite our imaginations, and help us go further than we ever thought we could…

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    Menu Mondays: Easy, Peasy Sauce with Pasta or Gnocchi

    Menu Mondays: Easy, Peasy Sauce with Pasta or Gnocchi – making a lovely sauce doesn’t get much easier than this

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    “Return to Work” Bonuses Used to Lure New Mothers Back into Cubicles [video]

    More and more women realise that working from home, whether starting their own business or otherwise, can be the best option following maternity leave. With the ability to balance family and work – on her own terms – being so attractive, companies feel threatened by the loss of many of their best people. If an effort to combat this show of independence, some companies are resorting to ‘return to work bonuses’ to lure women back to the cubicles.

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    25 Traits Every Successful Entrepreneur Must Have

    Regardless of your definition of success, there are, oddly enough, a great number of common characteristics that are shared by successful businesspeople. You can place a check beside each characteristic that you feel you possess. This way, you can see how you stack up. Even if you don’t have all of these characteristics, don’t fret. Most can be learned with practice and by developing a winning attitude, especially if you set goals and apply yourself, through strategic planning, to reach those goals in incremental and measurable stages.

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    The Zen of Housework: How to Make Household Chores a Family Team Event!!!

    Let’s face it, there always seem to be people in the family that need to pull their weight around the house, and it might even be you *gasp!*. Whether we’re talking about our kids, our partner, or ourselves, we know that the balance for working around the house is rarely perfect.

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    Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – easy, full of flavour and a real treat

    Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – an easy vegetarian dish, low-fat, full of flavour and a real treat for all the family

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