Growth

Growth, How to Start a Business, Startups 9 min read

5 (Not Obvious) Integrations Every E-commerce Store Needs

5 (Not Obvious) Integrations Every E-commerce Store Needs

Samantha de la Porté

21 July 2021

One of the major benefits of being an e-commerce business owner is the ability to connect your e-commerce platform to a range of other systems that can all work together in unison. These help to build stronger insights and more...

Business, Financial Forecasting, Growth, Startups 40–48 min read

How to Start a Photography Business

How to Start a Photography Business

Tim Room

03 March 2021

Like all businesses, starting a photography business isn’t as simple as registering and getting hired as a freelancer in photojournalism. No need to fear, as this in-depth guide will provide you with all the details you need to start your...

Cash Flow, Financial Forecasting, Growth 17–21 min read

6 Cash Flow Analysis Examples for Exploring Key Business Scenarios

6 Cash Flow Analysis Examples for Exploring Key Business Scenarios

James Beer

15 October 2019

Once you've created a cash flow forecast, you're in a great position to start examining future scenarios for your business. In this article we look at 6 common scenarios that almost any business should be modelling....

Budgeting, Goal Setting, Growth 17–21 min read

How to use financial analytics to drive business growth and achieve your goals

How to use financial analytics to drive business growth and achieve your goals

Robin Booth

16 July 2019

The third and final part of the Beginner's Guide to Variance Analysis! In this article, we recap the methodology of actuals vs forecast analysis and look at how to interpret the results. It turns out that re-forecasting and course correction...

Business Management, Growth, Workplace well-being 18–21 min read

How you can make your small team punch above their weight

How you can make your small team punch above their weight

Robin Booth

25 June 2019

What makes some small teams more successful than others? And what are the key ingredients that make for a superstar small team? This week, we’ll show you our own experiences running small teams in an entrepreneurial environment and to teach...

Growth, Marketing 37–44 min read

Content Marketing: A Simple Guide for Beginners

Content Marketing: A Simple Guide for Beginners

Robin Booth

25 November 2018

Content marketing is a great and until recently, unsung marketing tool. Read our guide to find out why you might already have good content, even if you don't realise...

Growth, Marketing, Startups 12–15 min read

3 Simple Secrets to Online Success For Your Small Business

3 Simple Secrets to Online Success For Your Small Business

Robin Booth

28 May 2018

Even if your business does not trade online, it is incredibly valuable to have an online presence. In this article, Kayleigh Alexandra from Micro Startups explains the best ways to optimise your web marketing...

Business Management, Growth 8 min read

Reducing the SME administrative burden

Reducing the SME administrative burden

Robin Booth

26 February 2018

The burden of excessive bureaucracy is one of the leading causes of lost productivity for businesses. Admin, record keeping and infrastructure are necessities and can't be avoided. But many of them can be...

Growth, How to Start a Business 15–18 min read

How to Write a Business Pitch to get Funded

How to Write a Business Pitch to get Funded

Robin Booth

19 February 2018

In this guide we’re going to look at what’s important in a pitch, with a lot of specially selected examples from great speakers, coaches and...

Business Management, Financial Forecasting, Growth 13–16 min read

How to organise your business planning cycle

How to organise your business planning cycle

Robin Booth

20 November 2017

Having a quarterly business planning cycle helps your vision to keep on track, but what exactly is the process? Read more to find out how we manage...

Business Management, Growth 8 min read

Accounting news: keeping up to date online

Accounting news: keeping up to date online

Robin Booth

30 June 2017

Keeping up to date with accounting news and views can be a struggle. Check out our list of the best tax and accounting podcasts, webchats and Twitter...

Growth 6 min read

If you’re starting a business you may already have good content

If you’re starting a business you may already have good content

Robin Booth

30 March 2017

Today I’m going to talk about content, and give a bit of a retrospective on our learning curve content-wise. Becoming an online business is a steep learning experience. It has been nearly a year since we launched Brixx as a beta...

Business Plan Writing, Growth 8 min read

A quick guide to starting up your own startup

A quick guide to starting up your own startup

Robin Booth

07 September 2016

Startups can happen quickly Or at least, they appear to from the outside. The first business I was involved with was a startup in the UK. When I started writing my university dissertation the business just didn’t exist. By the time I...