Review: Whisk – the recipie iPhone app

I’ve always been very involved in the world of mobile as far back as I can remember when I ran social network PPLparty and then as online product manager for Doug Richard’s company – Trutap. So I thought it was about time to start reviewing iPhone applications starting with cooking app Whisk, created by James [...]

‘Obsessed with Facebook’

I seen this post on Mashable about Facebook and just had to share it: Amazing stats. From SocialHype and OnlineSchools.org.

How ASDA tip-toed into Social Media

When Asda first started exploring the big bad world of Twitter and all things social they did it slowly, carefully and with confidence. This is a small blog post on how they did it after I was lucky enough to hear recently. What they did first ASDA key PR employees were the first to take [...]

Famous Family Businesses

Family businesses have been the backbone of entrepreneurs for many years. Parents often dream of handing over their pride joy enterprise to their siblings. Not all are successful, but here are some famous family businesses you’re sure to know. The first of any list of family businesses have to involve the Rothschild family, which is [...]

Social media fail: McDonalds

Social media risks

How do you manage the risks of social media? Part 1 – Ownership In my recent discussions with board members at a number of PLC’s and mid-sized organisations, the was an apparent lack of understanding of the risks of social media. All those that took part in the discussions had already created Facebook pages and [...]

I’m feeling lucky, to let Google drive my car.

When I heard about Google’s latest blog where it revealed it has been creating secret automatic cars I was excited but unsurprised. The reason I say this, is the way they have been developing their street view features, their advanced terrain mapping would all point to gathering information in ways which can be used for purposes [...]

Fierce over 40: entrepreneurship is not just for yupees

Starting young in business as I did, is great fun and has many advantages (as well as its fair share of disadvantages) but what happens to those who try later in life? Entreprenurship isn’t exclusivley for the ‘dot com kids’ or the ‘yupees‘ its for the brave and the imaginative. So here’s a selection of those [...]

August Roundup

August has been a busy month, I managed to get away on holiday to the south of France which was great fun and I achieved a proper sun tan (although not something to shout about on a CV, but I was pretty pale. If you seen me before i’m sure you’ll agree). I thought i’d [...]

Success after bankruptcy

Bankruptcy doesn’t have to be the end of all things financial; quite a few famous people have had to file for bankruptcy but still went on about their business and rose from the ashes like a phoenix. In this current climate especially people are experiencing a multitude of challenges (and even rewards), from these examples [...]