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Burgo replied to the topic I’m back in the forum New here? Share your story 1 year, 1 month ago
Thanks Paul
I thought I would be on here more often but shewhomust has Parkinson’s and as her full time carer I’ve been run off my feet
At this point we’re having some respite so I’m trying to get some of my life back and this forum has always been stimulating
I turned 80 recently and suddenly realised I can’t do some of the things I used to t…[Read more] -
Burgo started the topic Peter Drucker in the forum New here? Share your story 1 year, 1 month ago
When I studied Management back in the late sixties one of the Management Theorists at the time was a man name Peter Drucker.
Mr Drucker in his Principles of Management stated that Profit was the result of how good your products or services were.
Which simply means
If your products are not up to your customers satisfaction they wont buy
If…[Read more]
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Burgo replied to the topic As a solo biz owner, when do you get time off? in the forum Wellbeing & balance 1 year, 4 months ago
Many years ago on this forum we talked about getting the right balance I know when I first started as the business grew so did my work load
This went on for a number of years then one day someone asked did I know of any part time jobs
Training took place over a few weeks and my first subbie started then word must have spread before I knew it I had…[Read more] -
Burgo replied to the topic I’m back in the forum New here? Share your story 1 year, 4 months ago
Thanks Suze
Business haven’t really change that much over time
So we live in a digital time which doesn’t change business basics
If we haven’t got business basics then you won’t succeed
It’s been interesting looking at small businesses as to how they operate how they treat potential customers and how they treat their staff.
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Burgo started the topic I’m back in the forum New here? Share your story 1 year, 4 months ago
I can’t remember the last time I was on the forum but Suze let me back in
Robert Gerrish invited me to join in 2008
From memory there were 6 of us that made up the forum
For the first 25 years of my working life I built small businesses then for the next 30 years I was involved in the cleaning industry running my own business and helping d…[Read more]