Thought leaders

The Importance and Implications of Balance, Integrity and Quality to Successful Entrepreneurship (Mark Hughes, mch consulting)

The Values and their Importance

In my view, three core values are required for successful entrepreneurship; balance, integrity and quality.

Accelerating to market through outsourcing (Mike Bartley, TVS)

Developing new or updating existing high-tech products and then bringing them to market is a complex and potentially costly process. It usually involves a number of skills and/or resources some of which your company does not possess. Hiring is one option, but it can take time to get the person you want and will add to your fixed cost base. Outsourcing can provide a solution with many strategic benefits.

Progression to recession (Adrian Exton, The Leon Partnership)

The waves of a consumer cycle

As we hurtle through the years we quickly become accustomed to the ease of communication that simply wasn’t possible a few decades ago.  Imagine doing business today without the internet and mobile phone.  And with ubiquitous communication comes progress.  Progress in new design, new products, new services and new ideas.  We find business partners quickly, outsource services, refine designs and then market our new products quicker than has ever been possible.

Who is the new consumer?...... You may be surprised…. (Matt Connolly, Enable Interactive)

Matt Connolly, Strategy Director at Bristol based digital agency Enable Interactive talks about marketing to the new and green consumer.