How Helpful Are Business Advice Services ?

Do Business Advisers Help or Hinder?

I heard recently from one of the Enterprise Islanders in Irvine Bay – Gordon Brown.

Gordon designs the most spectacular Tree Houses and he was doing a bit of market research and – well why am I telling you – when he has done it, he very well himself.

Anyone else experienced this kind of thing?

“I went to the local business enterprise office in town to take advantage of their research department. They gave us the contact details of the research department in Glasgow that deals with our request. Read more

How to Business Plan – The Iain Scott Way

Business Planning – The Importance of Cake

Writing a business plan has never been my first step towards starting a business. If you look at that hapless bunch on the Apprentice you wonder if they could ever start a business. They could probably bullshit their way through the planning stage but the truth is that starting a business is more than writing business plans. Read more

What’s a ‘Foto Barista’??

Blending Coffee and Photography

Here’s a surprise (not): a place I walk past any time I am in Glasgow has finally closed down – after less than a year in business. It was called “Foto Barista.” I know – I didn’t have a clue what it was and, apparently, nobody else did, either. I  think it was a juice/snack bar/cafe that had a machine for turning digital camera images into ‘fotos.’ Read more