Ideas & Stories

The Grand Circle

This is something very special for those who have the passion and desire to see the very best the planet has to offer. And it helps if you love to drive and capture memories. You may have heard a new term recently, “cramming”. Nothing to do …
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Calling for help… timing is everything!

“I hate my business now. I just want out”. Unfortunately, we have heard this desperate plea too many times over the years. For some of those business owners, it was… too little, too late. Big losses, big debt, big task ahead. At best it …
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Using equity as a carrot to keep your best people.

Are you really ready for a ‘partnership’? What steps can you take to optimise success? What price? What terms? How will they pay? So many questions! Perhaps with the general exception of family businesses, sharing equity in a business has …
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Hitch-hiking in a wheelchair

Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? Well, way back when I was a 15-year-old teenager, that’s exactly what I did. I had been a paraplegic for only three years and, much to my mother’s exasperation, I loved a good challenge. It all started out when …
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