Is An Online Business Now The Safe Option
Who would have thought an online business would be the safe option? Here’s why it probably is. The last of the covid 19 furlough payments ends in a couple of days. The final SEIS grant has also been paid to self employed people who qualified for it. What next? Well if things go as they…
Zoom Virtual Backgrounds
I guess it’s not surprising that in our current locked down world of most of us are desperate for a change of scene. That’s not an option for the time being but we can at least change our Zoom virtual backgrounds. We can do it on Skype too. If you haven’t played with those options…
A Productive Lockdown
I have to say that its actually been a pretty productive lockdown period for me, creatively at least. In part that’s been a result of my partner Mo being unable to work for most of that time. She has been paid 70-80% of her income as a driving instructor however so there’s been no real…
Using Garden Leave Wisely
Strikes me that furlough schemes and Covid 19 grants are a lot like Garden Leave. Both offer paid time off that should be used wisely. When I was laid off a couple of years into the 2008 recession I was given 3 months garden leave on full salary. Sounds lovely doesn’t it? Sitting in the…
Moving Into The Digital Economy
Moving into the digital economy – the internet economy – from the now desperately ill traditional one is a lot like moving house. In fact in a very real way I did both at the same time. I’d proven to myself that I could generate an income online from anywhere. That gave me the confidence…
Your Post Covid Outlook?
When I was walking along the main street of my local town this weekend I thought to myself “Dunoon is open again”. Moments later a council sign attached to a lamp post confirmed it “Dunoon is open again, welcome back” it said. Actually many of the shops and local businesses are still not open but…
What You Did In Lockdown
What you did in Lockdown if you were one of the many furloughed or grant funded self-employed people might well have long reaching consequences. Hopefully when you look back on it in years to come it won’t be with regret. Hopefully what you did in lockdown – how you used all that rarest of commodities:…
Preparing For The Coronavirus Depression
The Coronavirus depression is a term coined in one of two excellent articles I read today on Medium. It refers to what’s looking like being the worst recession in our history triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic. In his article “This is How an Economy Implodes”, Umair Haque outlines America’s economic divebomb. “You still have…
Making Self-Isolation Pay
Self-isolation due to the Coronavirus lockdown is pretty strange for most of us isn’t it? I’ve been working from home for a number of years so the stay at home side of things isn’t such a big deal for me. It also hasn’t adversely affected my income since my business is web based and sells…
8 Ways Entrepreneurs Tackle Decision Paralysis
Decision paralysis or option paralysis is to entrepreneurs what writers block is to authors or “corpsing” is to actors. Einstein defined it as “Indecision in the face of too many choices”. It comes with the territory in other words. For entrepreneurs or wantrepreneurs the symptoms are a mind bursting with ideas which they seldom act…
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