March « 2011 « The Foundation East Blog

The journey of my business

Two years ago I would never have imagined I would be in the position I am today. After leaving a well-paid job I took what I like to call my ‘leap of faith’ into the business world for the first time.

With a keen passion for marketing and design, after finishing my education I [...]

What makes a good business plan?

If you talk to a military man, he will tell you that a plan is unlikely to survive the first hour of the battle.

I once served on a joint government / private sector committee that focussed on British business in the Middle East and North Africa. Part of my time was devoted to [...]

Never judge a book by its cover

Throughout my teenage years I focused quite a lot on what people looked like on the outside, I didn’t really know how to make a judgement about what someone was really like on the inside.

In my twenties I got married and moved abroad and onto an army estate, this forced me to open [...]