Posted on January 23, 2009 by Nick
My friend and social networking dude Leon Benjamin has just posted an interesting piece about what he calls “fractional work”.
He’s specifically referring to splitting a job into lots of small pieces, which can then be produced by different people. This is nothing new – Henry Ford’s genius in inventing the production line was that different people [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008 by Nick
Unemployment is up by a whopping 160,000 in the past three months- the highest increase in seventeen years. Which means now would be the ideal moment to welcome 160,000 potential entrepreneurs to the world of running their own businesses.
I started my first company because I’d just left college, and the sorts of jobs I wanted [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Nick
Soothsayers and sleight-of-hand merchants, magicians and Victorian side-show owners. They’re as good a bet in understanding the current economic climate as anyone in the press.
I mean, what sort of misguided fool would proffer their opinion on this recession? Who’d be daft enough to stick their head above the parapet?
Er… me. I can’t help it. So, [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by Nick
I hope this week finds you well!
At the end of last week, I had to tell one of the several writers who work for me on a freelance basis that we were parting company. It’s obviously not as painful as releasing a full-time employee, but it’s still an unpleasant experience on both sides. Before you [...]
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