All posts tagged "business challenges"

How to beat loneliness in entrepreneurship

They say, “it’s lonely at the top”, but does it have to be? When I started Agent99, I was so excited at the prospect of being my own boss. Having been in the game for...
Diamonds in plain sight: Business women and the challenges of the modern environment

It’s fair to say that business is challenging full stop. This is how competitive environments function. However, it’s also fair to say that despite this being the 21st Century and a host of equality initiatives...
Overcoming the working mother guilt trap

Mother guilt: that feeling of not being enough, not doing enough and not being able to fulfill everyone’s needs. There seems to be no end to the impossible standards and expectations of being a working...
4 Common problems that all businesses have to face

Businesses face a lot of problems on a regular basis. While you cannot really get rid of ‘em all, as many problems come unannounced, you can do planning to fight ‘em better. To help you...
Seven ways to inject creativity into your small business

We’ve all been there – sitting at a desk, staring at a screen and trying to come up with an original idea for that logo, presentation, blog article or website. It can be easy to...
Rise of the machines in business: How smart bots are harnessing data

The internet is literally bursting with data. Thanks to two decades of filling it with innovations, information and endless pictures of cats, it’s easy to become entangled in the world wide web and feel information overload....
What do a Harvard MBA and burlesque have in common with disruption?

A few months ago I started my first Burlesque class and was accepted for the Harvard Business School MBA subject “Disruption and Innovation”. You may wonder what have these two topics got in common with...
When things go wrong in business: how to respond

Your business is your life, a venture you’ve poured your heart and soul into. It’s likely to be your primary source of income and therefore your livelihood, and so making it work is incredibly important....
Don’t lose yourself to your business

Being a business woman can be hard, particularly running your own business. Unfortunately, many business avenues are still male-dominated. Fortunately, we women are very good at proving people wrong. Succeeding in business depends on the...