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Nobody understands the pressures you face on a daily basis and the threats and challenges you have to overcome to succeed. You might say it’s a bit like being a superhero.

There are a few ways that you can customise your message, cut through the noise and keep your audience engaged with what you’re saying.

The concept of working to live rather than living to work reigns true in many people’s minds and issues like limited work-life balance, unsatisfactory pay and lack of development opportunities become big reasons why staff leave.

For all of the well-known entrepreneurs, there are many who take too great a risk, only to fade into insignificance, never to be heard of again.

With the end of the financial year behind us now is the time of year to come up with resolutions, especially for small to medium sized enterprises.

The last few months, we have been reverse engineering our business, website and services to evolve and the process has been interesting, but challenging.

Traditionally deadly sins have come as a neat package of seven, however, entrepreneurs appear to be more readily tempted by what we will call the “five deadly sins for entrepreneurs”.

Even small business owners are project managers — no matter what business you may be involved in, from construction to Internet services, you are involved in project management.

Competition is no longer linear. The ‘unknown unknowns’ are waiting around every corner. Every industry, every sector, is suffering from the competitor they didn’t realize they had.

“As long as women have passion and drive, and can stay strong in the face of adversity, starting a business will transform your life,” says Amanda Stevens, a leader in the small business start-ups sector.

Everyone has the same frustrations – it’s always about being exhausted with no time, having no team or a dysfunctional one, and seeing no profit. But did you know that turning your business around starts with you?

Have you ever wondered why someone with a great idea can turn it into a billion-dollar business, whilst someone with exactly the same idea (and resources) runs it into the ground? Clearly, it’s all about the person behind the idea.

When reality hits, if we manage to survive the first year in business, we are more than likely living the life of our nightmares, rather than the dream we imagined. What went wrong?

Successful industries are constantly reinventing themselves. Thus, to remain relevant in tomorrow’s world, the ‘beige’ leader, in whatever format, needs to be removed and replaced so a new curve can be started.

Drive and determination is what makes many entrepreneurs successful, but as well as being your greatest strength, it can also be your greatest weakness.

Everyone knows about the difficulties and the risk of failure, but you have decided to take the plunge anyway. Great, but here are five things that are essential to your ability to succeed.

Deciding whether you are an entrepreneur or a business owner is the most critical decision you will ever make for your future and the future of your business.

Women are starting small businesses at twice the rate of men, from the highest levels of the private sector to showing great strength and courage by starting up home-based businesses.

If you’re a service provider, your positioning is what makes your business different. You are what makes your business different. People buy YOU and refer YOU.

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