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The commercial potential of DeepZoom

Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 10:10 AM by stevecla01
[use your mouse of the + and - signs top left to zoom in on the Paul Smith logo on the handkerchief. you'll get the full effect...also take a look at the metal on the umbrella and the bottom left of the wallet where you'll even see Made in Italy embossed] Read More...
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What does your business card say about you?

Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:42 PM by stevecla01
A friend of mine (you know whugh ) does a nice line in business cards and I have a number of his creations in my collection of cards. They always generate a response and this was proved again at MIX in Vegas. Before those I had my WeeMee card and both Read More...
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I'm on the BIMA Exec!

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:39 AM by stevecla01
I meant to mention this a while back but I was recently voted on the executive here in the UK. BIMA is the British Interactive Media Association. Who? BIMA is the industry association representing the interactive media and digital content sector. It supports Read More...
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A small business I'm rooting for

Posted Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:04 PM by stevecla01
As some readers will know, I live in Chiswick , West London, and enjoy the bars and restaurants of the High Street. A new one opened recently called Shackology and I'm really rooting for them to be successful. A lady called Sheila is behind the operation Read More...
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Thriving Office

Posted Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:25 PM by stevecla01
Essential for all you "WFH" and POETS types :) Small businesses know they must seem successful to become successful. So they play Thriving Office while they’re on the phone. This valuable CD is filled with the sounds people expect to hear from an established Read More...
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£25m up for grabs for five UK entrepreneurs

Posted Sunday, June 03, 2007 7:58 PM by stevecla01
I took an AS level in business studies when I was 16 and ditched it after a few months to take up computer studies. The teacher at the time asked me why I was changing courses and I glibly told him at the time I hadn't learnt anything in his class that Read More...
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What does your business card say?

Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:19 PM by stevecla01
Though I have an official Microsoft business card I've also taken to carrying a few other cards over the last 6 months. Main reasons: They start a conversation - I often hand a Blue Monster card when at events or with press along with my MS card. Guess Read More...
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Grand Poo Bah

Posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 8:01 AM by stevecla01
I received a great document recently from Bill Hilf who is our General Manager of Platform Strategy. He got commented on the recent Blue Monster series and we shared a few offline emails. Suffice it to say he was very supportive which is great. Still Read More...
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Winning (and laughing) in the Dragons' Den

Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 11:17 PM by stevecla01
I'm a big fan of the BBC's Dragons' Den and Core 77 noticed recently that they have put some of the winning pitches up from the last season. I remember some of them well, particularly Gary Taylor in Episode 2 with his lorry and coach cleaning service. Read More...
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UK small business research mashup

Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:48 PM by stevecla01
Simple but effective use of Virtual Earth to deliver some research that Microsoft UK recently carried out in conjunction with You.Gov Scottish small businesses are prioritizing recruitment in the next 12 months. The North East invests in customer relationship Read More...
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Training 'digital plumbers'

Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:00 PM by stevecla01
"Britons keen for their homes to be digital playgrounds will soon be able to call on specially-trained tradesmen" Back to school for me! I can now get a qualification in what I've been doing for free for years. My brother should be teaching this course Read More...
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8 Skills of People Who Perform

Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:25 PM by stevecla01
I like this one from the list of 8 - though patterns don't always show you the way, I've always admired those who can quickly spot patterns and turn that in to insight. Remember those tests at school about spotting number patterns - I know some people Read More...
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Anita Roddick discusses commerce with a conscience

Posted Monday, January 22, 2007 10:04 AM by stevecla01
A series of videos from the Body Shop founder. Roddick talked about whether business really can deliver social change. Watch video recordings of her talk exclusively here, on bCentral UK . Read More...
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How To Network: For Introverts

Posted Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:45 PM by stevecla01
I came across this handy guide to networking via Jon's blog and thought it was worth sharing as I've talked about this topic with a few people recently and also shared Never Eat Alone with them. The advice in this post is actually more digestible and Read More...
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If You Don't Fall Over, Then You Weren't Going Hard Enough

Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 6:50 PM by stevecla01
Nice short video of Tom Peters talking about putting all your energy in to a performance. You don't often get to see Tom for free so this 50s is worth a quick watch and then click on over to his website which has a tonne of good stuff that is all Tom Read More...
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