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Throughout my career, I’ve been making and receiving pitches. Some good and some bad, on both counts. More recently through my role of Business Advisor with Hampshire County Council and now Entrepreneur In Residence at Portsmouth University, I have been working with entrepreneurs at the launch and growth phases of…
I love historical stories of great marketers who weren’t actually marketers (see my articles on Cicero, Aristotle, Cave Men). This week I discovered Frederick the Great’s Marketing Problem. He ruled Prussia from 1740-1786 and although he is probably best known for his military activities, he was also a great moderniser for…
A colleague recommended I read “Black Box Thinking” by Matthew Syed. Not quite knowing what to expect, I did. And what a powerful message. A message about the value of learning from mistakes, and the critical importance of maintaining an organisational culture that welcomes the opportunity to learn from failure…