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Trumix.com listings available of Mind Your Own Business Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. #84 Mind Your Own Business 2008-06-30 In one of their occasional ‘semi-live’ shows, Guy Kingston and John Richards catch up on some listeners’ comments and take a look at what makes a good business idea. How ruthless should one be in assessing an idea? And, just how important are the size of the addressable market, the marketing and pricing strategies? How innovative does a business idea have to be? And this discussion leads to a follow-up on Show 80, Business Plans, where again Kingston and Richards debate the a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #83 Mind Your Own Business 2008-06-16 Guy Kingston and John Richards take a look at the world of project management. Is it really as mystical and complex as consultants, software producers and self-appointed experts try to make out? Or, is all one needs is a bit of common sense? Do entrepreneurs and small business owners need special programmes, structures and implementation plans, or can we do perfectly well with a bog-standard spreadsheet? This podcast deconstructs what project management is all about and focuses on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #82 Mind Your Own Business 2008-06-02 Staying in the work zone, a follow up on our Working From Home podcast. In this show we take a look at how to work efficiently and effectively. How do we define the Work Zone? What does it mean? Working from home has many comforts but also plenty of distractions. What about the need to discipline yourself if working from home? Two standard approaches to maintaining productivity – the Charles Dickens method and the Anthony Trollope method. The third approach – the entrepreneur� ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #81 Mind Your Own Business 2008-05-19 “Don’t Get Mad, Get Even” goes the old saying. In this podcast Guy Kingston and John Richards take a look at the options open to entrepreneurs to resolve disputes. Is it wise to use the courts? Who wins? Is it just the lawyers? But, what happens if you get a reputation for never defending yourself? Based on their real-life, practical experiences Kingston and Richards impart a few tips and cautionary tales on the best way of getting what you’re owed and protecting yourself f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #80 Mind Your Own Business 2008-05-05 “You really need a business plan” – so says the consultant who makes money out of planning. Entrepreneur podcasters Guy Kingston and John Richards lock horns over the pros and cons of business plans. Do they provide essential preparation and guidance or do they stifle motivation and initiative? Business plans may indeed focus the mind and focus thinking. They are almost certainly essential tin order to impress investors. But does the process of preparing market resear ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #79 Mind Your Own Business 2008-04-21 In this show Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the concepts behind Michael Gerber’s best-selling book The E-Myth Revisited. Is the concept behind the E-Myth really all that startling or revelationary? Or, is it just common sense and pretty obvious? Having addressed these questions they then expand the discussion and go on to consider detailed systems, procedures manuals, delegation (is the One Minute Manager any better?) and enterprise skills. Also in the show, we take a look at a ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #78 Mind Your Own Business 2008-04-07 Do Mission Statements serve any useful purpose in dynamic, entrepreneurial businesses? Or, are they the prerogative of PR agents and mindless public sector automatons obsessed with process than useful results? Guy Kingston argues with John Richards in this podcast, which takes a look at objectives, strategies and statements of purpose. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #77 Mind Your Own Business 2008-03-31 A special show looking at the world of the freelancer. Are freelancers entrepreneurs? Are entrepreneurs freelancers? What types of freelancers are there? This podcast discusses the challenges faced by freelancers and the business environment in which they work. As to be expected from a Mind Your Own Business podcast, this show is full of useful information, analysis, practical advice and tips, including a discussion of an ethical problem particular to the world of a freelancer. Our occasion ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #76 Mind Your Own Business 2008-03-17 Does having a positive mental attitude matter in business? Entrepreneurs need various mental disciplines but can self hypnosis work? Or, is it dangerous? What about mental re-programming? Is it contrary to the spirit of the entrepreneur? What to commentators such as Derren Brown have to add to the debate? Do motivational and inspirational speakers have to offer other than palliative sound bites? Can such books as the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People really help us? Are these grounded ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #75 Mind Your Own Business 2008-03-03 In another ‘almost live’ show Guy Kingston and John Richards respond to a listener’s request for advice: should he put his energies into expanding his existing business or start a new one? What is more important: staying focussed or benefitting from administrative economies of scale? These and many other questions are discussed as the pros and cons of both courses of action are considered. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #74 Mind Your Own Business 2008-02-18 What every business always wants, and especially new, start-up enterprises, are new clients. But, how do you find them? Is it contacts, advertising, pr, low prices, better quality? In this show Guy Kingston and John Richards take a close look at the strategies entrepreneurs can employ to build their client base, with particular focus n service industries and start-up enterprises. Millionaire Masterclass Videos: Listeners are invited to watch our video previews and sign up for a special, pre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #73 Mind Your Own Business 2008-02-04 A very timely subject: if you’ve been following the recent economic and financial market turmoil you can’t have failed to notice there is a very real prospect of an economic downturn in the offing. John Richards and Guy Kingston recorded this discussion a couple of months ago. To them all this sudden talk of economic crisis has come as no surprise – the warning signs have been round for a while. But, that’s not much use now, to coin a phrase: “we are where we are”. Whether you s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #72 Mind Your Own Business 2008-01-21 Russell Pearson of Crimson Fox suggested this week’s topic: How Much Insurance Is Too Much Insurance? And, as ever, Guy Kingston and John Richards attempt to dissect the subject, analyse it and offer meaningful insights for business owners. Listeners’ Links makes a welcome return, featuring: Unspeakable Horrors, the cartoon and blog from TJ Burke; James Hammond’s brand consultancy business is called Brand Halo & headed by David Bell, SUGAR Web Development is a small team offering web ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #71 Mind Your Own Business 2008-01-07 In our first show of 2008 Guy Kingston and John Richards take a look at a topic suggested by one of our listeners, Kees Rozemeijer: Hiring Good People for a Reasonable Cost. Unlike established corporate empires the small business person and the entrepreneur often cannot compete with the highest salary offers? So, how do you attract and keep good people? What other alternatives are open to entrepreneurs to entice the best people and get them to stay? Is posting on an internet job board enoug ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #70 Mind Your Own Business 2007-12-17 Effective promotion is the Holy Grail of business. Business is all about marketing, a fact all too often overlooked, and in this podcast Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss revisit this essential topic, suggested by listener Russell Pearson. Is Big really Beautiful when it comes to marketing? Is all publicity good publicity? Do we all need our 15 minutes of fame or are there better strategies? What makes for the best advertisements? Those that win awards? Those containing cunning, subtle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #69 Mind Your Own Business 2007-12-03 Recorded before the recent Australian election, Guy Kingston and John Richards take another look at current global economic and business trends? What affects is the credit crunch having? Is a recession on the way? What does this mean for entrepreneurs and business owners? How will America and Europe be affected? Australia, China and India? Which countries offer exciting business prospects? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #68 Mind Your Own Business 2007-11-26 In this show Guy Kingston and John Richards revisit the topic of how to get decent business advice. What are the best sources one should use for advice? Should one pay for it or is free advice better? Are advisers and consultants objective? Can those who’ve never owned a business offer meaningful advice to real entrepreneurs? What about giving advice? Do entrepreneurs have an obligation to ‘pay something back’? Do they make good advisers for the next generation of business owners? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #67 Mind Your Own Business 2007-11-19 In this show we explore the pros and cons of financing your business with debt, equity or both. With a credit crunch in full swing and a possible recession round the corner are many business owners in for a nasty shock if they have to serve higher debt payments on lower, or non-existent, profits?Does Private Equity (ironically using a system of debt finance) set a good example and a model for others to follow? Or, is the Venture Capital industry a better example with multiple rounds of fina ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MYOBPOD Announcement 22 Oct 2007 MYOBPOD Announcement 22 Oct 2007 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #66 Mind Your Own Business 2007-09-24 It has taken us a while to get round to having a rant about Health & Safety rules and regulations, but here we are. Has the obsession with these sorts of rules gone too far? Are they disproportionate or are they justified? Who really runs the economy, who really runs our businesses? Has business control been effectively hijacked by people utterly unaccountable for the impacts of their actions? Guy Kingston and John Richards explore the effects of this trend and analyse the advantages and di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #65 Mind Your Own Business 2007-09-17 Why buy an existing business? To get into entrepreneurship perhaps, or expand your empire. What should a buyer look out for? What should he look out for? Why is the seller selling? What are the real reasons? Have the figures been ‘dressed up’? What pitfalls await the enthusiastic but inexperienced? Finally, what about using brokers and advisers – what to look out for and how not to be ripped off. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #64 Mind Your Own Business 2007-08-27 Why buy an existing business? To get into entrepreneurship perhaps, or expand your empire. What should a buyer look out for? What should he look out for? Why is the seller selling? What are the real reasons? Have the figures been ‘dressed up’? What pitfalls await the enthusiastic but inexperienced? Finally, what about using brokers and advisers – what to look out for and how not to be ripped off. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #63 Mind Your Own Business 2007-08-13 Per-Hour Billing. Have you ever felt overcharged by a professional adviser? Could their way of charging customers be the fault? In this show we take a look at way accountants, lawyers, consultants and other advisers charge their clients. We examine the inherent conflict of interest in a per-hour billing system and explore alternatives, solutions and lines of defence for entrepreneurs. We examine the two basic pricing systems: cost plus and value. Which is better for the customer? Should pur ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #62 Mind Your Own Business 2007-07-30 Brand Beckham - taking a look at the business savvy behind the celebrity money making machine that is David and Victoria Beckham. We examine what to look out for if employing a celebrity to promote your brand, whether celebrity entrepreneurs are good for business in general and, indeed, whether or not entrepreneurs need to be celebrities to be successful Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #61 Mind Your Own Business 2007-07-16 Why Great People Make Stupid Mistakes - Guy Kingston is joined by John Richards for a discussion on why apparently intelligent people do stupid things. Recently the London 2012 Olympic Committee announced a new logo to almost universal criticism. How did this, and other decisions like it manage to get made? Why doesn’t anybody stand up before it’s too late and say ‘this is rubbish!’? And, most importantly, what can business owners do to ensure such distorted thinking and decision ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #60 Mind Your Own Business 2007-06-25 Do-It-Yourself MBA - In our 60th show we have a discussion about the skills an entrepreneur needs. Guy Kingston and John Richards take an in-depth look at what practical skills business owners do and do not need and come up with their own formula for a do-it-yourself MBA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #59 Mind Your Own Business 2007-06-04 Show #59 Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the Fear of Failure. How does it affect entrepreneurs and business owners? Does it have a major influence in stopping people from starting a business in the first place? Does irrational fear lead to poor business decisions or is it a necessary survival trait increasing acumen and generating greater success? Should we ignore our fears or pay attention to them? Listener’s Link: CPD Wise(www.cpdwise.com), an e-learning website for Continuing Pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-05-21 Show #58 Price vs Performance: Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss a listener-suggested topic, Price vs Performance. Which is more important, to offer keen process or good quality? Can brand reputation allow be sufficient to charge a premium price? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-04-30 Show #57 Rory Laing Interview Interview with Rory Laing, a candidate in the current UK season of The Apprentice. Rory talks about the show, the personalities, the tasks and his firing. Video Podcasts: We are shortly going to start filming some video podcasts. Presented by leading business expert Guy Kingston, each episode will involve Guy visiting a different business, helping solve any problems and offering useful advice. These will be filmed and later released as video podcasts. If you wo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-04-16 Show #56 Green Businesses. Guy Kingston and John Richards take a look at Green Businesses. Is the current talk about global warming and climate change just a passing fad, or are there real business opportunities for entrepreneurs to exploit. This podcast explores where the opportunities might lie, what makes a viable ‘green business’ venture and highlights some of the pitfalls to avoid. Video Podcasts: We are shortly going to start filming some video podcasts. Presented by leading busin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-04-02 Show #55 – Green taxes. Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss road pricing and green taxes – not just another couple of talking heads blathering on about the environment but instead a discussion about the impacts on entrepreneurs and their businesses. Plus details about the new UK series of The Apprentice, which features former Mind Your Own Business Podcast contributor, Rory Laing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-03-19 Show #54 – Part Time Businesses. Guy Kingston and John Richards respond to a listener’s suggestion and discuss the idea of part time businesses. Are they viable? Are they entrepreneurial? How many lifestyle and hobby business really breakout and turn into something big? Do the stories we hear about in the press represent everyday reality for the rest of us? Then, in the second part of the show, they move on to have another look at working from home a topic first discussed in show 36. Fe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-03-05 #53 Political Impacts. Once again, Guy Kingston is joined by John Richards. This time they discuss the benefits and drawbacks brought to entrepreneurship by various governments. Should we applaud or condemn our political leaders? What have they ever done for us? .. so asks one listener. And, what of the future? What can we expect in the coming months and years with regard to the global economic environment, the legacy of today’s politicians and what to expect from tomorrow’s. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-02-26 #52 Knowledge Management. Agggghhhhhhh! Another buzzword phrase straight out of business school! What is Knowledge Management? Does it serve any purpose? Should we be worried? As usual Guy Kingston and John Richards get right down to the nub of fancy business-speak and debunk this fancy-sounding, in vogue phrase for filing! Networking: Guy Kingston explores the on-line networking site LinkedIn. Listeners’ Link: www.anthonysutcliffe.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-02-12 Is the brand dead? Yes, says John Richards; no, says Guy Kingston. How do you define a brand? What exactly does it mean? Why might some people feel it is an archaic concept while others feel it is the very essence of an outstanding business. In this lively discussion, Guy Kingston and John Richards debate these matters. And, as ever come up with some interesting insights to stimulate and provoke the entrepreneurial mind. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-02-05 In this 50th episode of the Mind Your Own Business Podcast Guy Kingston and John Richards take a look at customer service. Why is customer service so important? What are some of the most common errors businesses make when they fail to deliver good customer service? How to maximise your firm’s reputation for excellent customer service and, with it, a boost to profits. This week we feature Warley Park Golf Club:. The winners of our Christmas and New Year competition are announced in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-22 #49 Employers vs. Employees: In this show Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the never ending conflicts and challenges between employers and employees. Guy Kingston launches his new blog (), detailing the dispute between this podcast and the BBC. Last chance to enter the Christmas and New Year competition. Details in this show. Closing date 31st January 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-15 #48 Future of the Internet. Guy Kingston and John Richards are joined by technology expert Paul Winser for a discussion about the future of the internet. What are the likely developments over the foreseeable future and how are these going to impact on business owners’ ventures? What can entrepreneurs do to be in a position to take advantage of new developments as they arise? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-15 #48 Future of the Internet. Guy Kingston and John Richards are joined by technology expert Paul Winser for a discussion about the future of the internet. What are the likely developments over the foreseeable future and how are these going to impact on business owners’ ventures? What can entrepreneurs do to be in a position to take advantage of new developments as they arise? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-08 #47 When to Give Up. “Never give up!”, scream the motivational and inspirational speakers but sometimes giving up is exactly the right thing to do. What if your business venture just isn’t viable? The sooner you get out the sooner you stop losing money and the sooner you can do something else more profitable. In this short ‘almost-live’ show Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss when to pull the plug on a failing business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-08 #47 When to Give Up. “Never give up!”, scream the motivational and inspirational speakers but sometimes giving up is exactly the right thing to do. What if your business venture just isn’t viable? The sooner you get out the sooner you stop losing money and the sooner you can do something else more profitable. In this short ‘almost-live’ show Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss when to pull the plug on a failing business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-01 #46 Starting Over 2 of 2. Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the practicalities of starting up in business again following on from a less than successful first venture. Another opportunity to enter the Christmas and New Year competition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2007-01-01 #46 Starting Over 2 of 2. Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the practicalities of starting up in business again following on from a less than successful first venture. Another opportunity to enter the Christmas and New Year competition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-12-25 #45 Starting Over 1 of 2. Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the psychology of starting again following a previous business failure. How to rebuild self-confidence and learn from mistakes. Listeners’ Link features , a webhosting provider and design consultancy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-12-25 #45 Starting Over 1 of 2. Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the psychology of starting again following a previous business failure. How to rebuild self-confidence and learn from mistakes. Listeners’ Link features , a webhosting provider and design consultancy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-12-11 #44 Jargon Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-12-11 #44 Jargon. Enter our Christmas and New Year Competition! Guy Kingston and John Richards discuss the corrosive influence of jargon in the modern business world. Why do people use it and why does it do so much harm? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-11-27 #43 Barter. John Richards and Guy Kingston discuss the role of barter in modern business. What are the advantages and what are the disadvantages? More comments on Dragon’s Den. Listeners’ Link features , an Estonian venture capital consultancy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-11-27 #43 Barter. John Richards and Guy Kingston discuss the role of barter in modern business. What are the advantages and what are the disadvantages? More comments on Dragon’s Den. Listeners’ Link features , an Estonian venture capital consultancy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-11-13 #42 Human Resources Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-11-06 #41 Time Management Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2006-10-30 #40 Dragons Den Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-12-19 Win an iPod Nano in the Xmas Quiz! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-12-12 Interview Special – BJ Cunningham Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-12-05 Are Entrepreneurs Nasty People? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-11-28 Government interference & doing business with friends Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-11-21 Business on TV pt 2 & social entrepreneurship Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-11-14 Business on TV pt 1 & Duncan Christie-Miller Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-11-07 Outsourcing, the opportunities and the pitfalls Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-10-24 3 Main Causes of Business Failure Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-10-17 Risk, the Entrepreneur’s Unique Relationship Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-10-10 B2B West Exhibition Special Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mind Your Own Business 2005-10-03 Is There a Moral Duty to Pay Tax? 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