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Comments on and within the UK SMB Community (Formerly ‘UK SMB Girl’)

SMB Nation: How was it for you?

Your brain is a muscle that needs to be exercised to keep it in working order. After SMB Nation, my brain feels like it’s run a marathon! My mental excercise came from what Susan Bradley refers to as ‘milkshake’ discussions; these are the real gems you find by meeting peers and talking about their business practices. […]

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Random posting as a result of jetlag…

“You cannot teach a person something he does not already know; you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.” - Galileo
Think about this statement in terms of your employees, vendor partners, customers, and anyone else you work with; it should help make pitching your thoughts easier…

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SMB Nation: Day 1

Whilst my head is still trying to readjust to a new time (whilst it’s 2pm it’s 10pm back home), I have been sitting in the first day of the workshops
The keynote was presented by Marie Huwe from Microsoft who emphasised the importance of their accredited SBSC partners to them. Here are a few facts she […]

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Touch down…

Anyone who knows me will understand how difficult it was for me to sit still for 9 hours travelling. I watch 2.5 films, read a book, ate food I wouldn’t normally even cook for myself, and managed successfully to avoid having my knee bashed by a passing trolley. These little achievements are important when you […]

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It’s life Jim but not as we know it…

I write my last post before hopping onto a plane for nine and a bit hours over to Redmond to take in this year’s SMB Nation Summit.
Finally, I have packed and printed out all the booking references for the hotel, shuttle, flights etc… and I’m sitting down to have a quick glance over the agendas […]

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