A Dragon in the Den, A Dunce who should think and more
Two people in the media have said things this week that really highlighted why one is a VERY successful entrepreneur and one is nothing short of a fool.
I was watching Dragons Den and Deborah Meaden said something that really struck home. During the program she was talking to a business owner who wanted investment in his business and said this… (Paraphrased)
"As a business owner it is YOU that is totally responsible for the success of your business, no one else. Failure or success is down to you, no excuses."
That says it all really, no matter what the economy, the business you are in or the customer/clients who buy from you your success ultimately relies on you.
I agree.
Now, if you want to see a prime example of someone who couldn’t run their own business, never mind the economy of the country you only had to listen to Alistair Darling’s comments about the UK economy last week. In one sweeping statement he gave everyone who needed a one an excuse to blame anything but themselves.
I am not debating political allegiance here, or policy, I am lambasting his comments that did more potential damage to how the UK business and public view this so called credit crunch.
To quote…."It is not the job of a Chancellor to talk down the economy - be realistic by all means, but being gratuitously alarmist is unforgivable"
The media over the recent months have done more than fair share of negative reporting about this economy that it didn’t need a politician, who should know better, to spout off and drive in the imaginary knife further.
Give me Deborah Meaden’s view anytime.
One set of people who have grabbed the bull (and economy) by the horns and made a success of their businesses are the Gold & Gold+ Members of the Internet Marketing Review who will be speaking at this years UK GOLD Event in November.
This is your chance to come and listen to, meet with and ask questions of people who are JUST LIKE YOU, running information marketing businesses in niche markets and doing very well thank you.
Last year’s event was a great success and the overwhelming opinion was to run another one this year.
This year we have people in different markets from leisure to crafts and animals to assets!
The website will be live towards the end of this week as we are in negotiations to bring in a very special guest as a Keynote Speaker for the event. This is someone who has built, run and sold Internet Businesses worth millions, and is UK based.
You can sign up for the early bird notification list on the site now http://www.UKGoldEvent.com
We are already over 50% full due to past attendees ringing Karen to reserve their place BEFORE the website went live. We will be holding the event at our normal hotel and as such will be limiting the numbers. (Call Karen to reserve your place and claim the ‘August early bird discount’ in September today Tel. 01257 472120)
If you’ve been to one of our events then you know when we say limited numbers we mean it!
Visit http://www.UKGoldEvent.com today.
At the UK Gold Event this year Neil and I will also be presenting several new sessions on different parts of our business including our new ATAC(tm) traffic & profit system and our ‘Recession Proof Your Life’ project.
New Team Member
We will have a new full time team member join us on September 29th as our Web Content and Business Development Manager. You’ll ‘meet’ him online closer to the date however, if you’re in the UK then you may already know of him as he has been around the Internet world for a couple of years and has his own online presence.
Watch this space!
Don’t forget to always check who is influencing your thoughts whether it’s a politician, your friends & family or successful UK Entrepreneurs….YOU choose your input which will determine your output…positive or negative.
I know who I choose.
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