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Entrepreneurial academics are vital to growing the economy
17 May 2013
This week has seen a positive commitment from Government to increase the level of funding for research and development; this came with the Read more...
WP Now Recruiting
16 May 2013
Winning Pitch are currently recruiting for a number of positions throughout the North of England. For more information please view our current Read more...
High Growth Small Firms are Key to Job Creation in North West
15 May 2013
Latest Regional Labour Market Statistics show that although North West unemployment for the last quarter (8%) is slightly above the national average Read more...
Fast tracking growth - go and see what great looks like
8 May 2013
The impact of business and personal progression is catalysed when entrepreneurs come together to see for real what excellence looks like. This was Read more...
Searching Out High Growth Companies - Part 2
29 April 2013
SMEs will lie at the heart of economic recovery for the next decade, that's why there is so much focus being placed on flushing them out and Read more...
Searching out High Growth Companies - Part 1
17 April 2013
Searching out High Growth Companies - Part 1 The UK is home to some 4.8M businesses and 99% employ less than 50 people. The quest to identify Read more...
STOP PRESS - New Contract win for Winning Pitch
10 April 2013
April 2013 - Winning Pitch We are delighted to announce a major win by Winning Pitch. The award of the contract to supply Lancashire County Read more...
Leaders must learn to coach
8 April 2013
Leaders must learn to coach One of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs of growing businesses face is that of building a high performing team. Read more...
Sort out today
18 March 2013
In many of my blogs I talk about the power of vision and strategy, both are vital ingredients to building a sustainable and successful business. In Read more...
Are your staff on the bus?
8 March 2013
What is stopping many companies from growing? Many say its finance others say its regulation. My view is that many entrepreneurs find hiring the Read more...
Where is the passion?
4 March 2013
Any entrepreneur will tell you that passion is an essential ingredient for success, I suppose that's true for any profession. In business, passion Read more...
Empty Seats Around The Boardroom Table.
18 February 2013
As I have said in many of my other blogs a company will only grow as fast as its team. All too often ambitious entrepreneurs reach glass ceilings Read more...
Resilience - A behaviour growth entrepreneurs exhibit
14 February 2013
Running a business is full of ups and downs. The high’s are fantastic and the feeling of jubilation when we move closer to our goals provides Read more...
Growth Masterclass - another great trip to Silicon Valley
7 February 2013
Last week another group of entrepreneurs arrived back from WP's High Growth Foundation trip to Silicon Valley. The feedback again was absolutely Read more...
Powerful Collaboration - Private Sector and Universities
4 February 2013
The research is conclusive - high growth businesses are innovative! Not necessarily just in terms of new product or service development - the ethos Read more...
Strategic Thinkers & Shopkeepers
30 January 2013
Every business needs strategic thinkers . They have an ability to look over the horizon and spot the next wave of opportunity. Great entrepreneurs, Read more...
The markets - a focal point of enterprise
23 January 2013
When we hear about the power of the markets most people think about the London or New York Stock Exchanges. Well for me it means something very Read more...
Growth needs great leadership
21 January 2013
I was kindly asked to write the guest blog for my good friend Christine Oxenburgh at Freeth Cartwright Solicitors last week - a subject I find Read more...
Who motivates the motivator?
15 January 2013
Building a company is not only tough from a business and commercial perspective it's also really tough emotionally. I spend a lot of my Read more...
5 Rules of Selling for Growth Companies
8 January 2013
Any business owner will tell you that the ability to sell lies at the heart of success, however the term frightens the life out of many, as it Read more...
Growth Mindset
4 January 2013
Our mind is constantly in dialogue with itself about what it is observing in the outside world. These internal discussions stimulate a whole Read more...
Growth Business
3 January 2013
I have read some great books over the past few days – high performance entrepreneurship being the main theme. Why ? Because this is what Read more...
Get Stuck In
18 December 2012
The speed at which 2012 has passed is unbelievable. During the year many entrepreneurs put their foot on the brakes, carefully monitored costs Read more...
GrowthAccelerator - The first 1000 Businesses
17 December 2012
GrowthAccelerator’s team of over 1000Growth Managers and Growth Coaches nationwide offer personalised and expert coaching support to Read more...
Freedom - A Driver for all Entrepreneurs
10 December 2012
Why do people set up their own business? - earn loads of cash, pursue a passion, take advantage of a gap in the market place...the reasons are Read more...
Leadership - The Key To High Growth
6 December 2012
Confidence is a key element to going the extra mile. It is one of the key themes of my second book Success Factor - Master the Secret of a Winning Read more...
The Landing - MediaCityUK
29 November 2012
This evening I went to the launch of The Landing in MediaCity. What a hidden global secret this is. Inspired by the entrepreneurial drive of a group Read more...
Small Company - Punch Above Your Weight!
28 November 2012
Setting up a new company can be a daunting task. How do you differentiate? Stand out from the crowd? Overcome the challenges that come with the Read more...
Keep Reinventing Yourself
27 November 2012
You must accept that you have far greater control over your life than you realise – who you are, what you want and what you think. Your mental Read more...
Universities - Sort out your shop window
20 November 2012
Increasing pressure is being placed on universities to play a greater role in economic growth and development - quite right as well. A recent survey Read more...
Beat Yourself Up
12 November 2012
Highly successful entrepreneurs have a strong tendency to be highly critical of themselves, very often more so than they are of others. Why? The Read more...
Controlled Experiments - Vital to Innovation
7 November 2012
Fast growing companies are likely to be more innovative than those that exhibit a more pedestrian approach to life. Gazelles display an edge; this Read more...
From Zero to £10M revenue in 7 years - how?
31 October 2012
I have been asked this question on more than one occasion. How did you do it? This blog is based on my own experience with Winning Pitch. Well this Read more...
A Winning Sales Approach
29 October 2012
I have spent so much time over the last number of years speaking and lecturing on the topic of "what great selling looks like". In a nutshell great Read more...
We all need an anchor
23 October 2012
What stops you from drifting into the unknown? Your anchor keeps you close to the shore - if you are ambitious you need to be clear on what helps Read more...
Wake Up - You can't do it on your own
18 October 2012
Successful business people recognise they can’t grow a business on their own – they have a high degree of self-awareness as to what they Read more...
The MEN Financial Workshop
16 October 2012
For fast-growing service companies - Thurs 1 November - The Hive An important new event has been developed by the Manchester Evening News and Read more...
Inner Strength - Where does it come from?
11 October 2012
Business invariably brings with it challenges, stresses and strains. It's amazing how some entrepreneurs keep going when the odds are against them. Read more...
Creating the Conditions for High Growth
10 October 2012
So what are the secret ingredients of high growth and gazelle performance? The reality is, there is no one formula that we can use to flick the Read more...
Old School Sales Training - Should Be Banned
3 October 2012
Selling from within is the philosophy outstanding sales people have mastered. As one person said to me the other week "I sell best when I don't Read more...
Superior Selling - A Recipe For Success
26 September 2012
Any entrepreneur will tell you that the ability to sell lies at the heart of success, however the term frightens the life out of many as it conjures Read more...
The Extra Mile - No Traffic Jam There
17 September 2012
Putting in the minimum amount of effort to a task to achieve a satisfactory result is a behaviour associated with individuals who have little or no Read more...
Breaking New Ground - Gazelle Mindset
14 September 2012
I am delighted to announce that Winning Pitch in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University's Centre for Enterprise have set up a new Read more...
International Trade Opportunities Programme
12 September 2012
Good news, Winning Pitch has been selected by the Welsh Government as one of three Framework Suppliers to deliver the International Trade Read more...
Create Space For Thinking - Creative Zone
10 September 2012
How many hours a week do you put in? This was the question I asked an audience the other week. It was almost a competition as to who did the most Read more...
Growth Entrepreneur The Much Referred To Lonely Journey
31 August 2012
Successful entrepreneurs so often talk about the feeling of isolation they experience when pursing their desired aims and objectives. The journey to Read more...
Enterprise Rehearsal
21 August 2012
Why is it a large proportion of the workforce want to work for themselves but only a few actually go for it? My view is that fear holds so many back Read more...
Big Goals - Small Nudges Will Get You There
16 August 2012
Many individuals have big goals but only few put in the energy and effort to attain them. Why is this? Actions speak louder than words and to be Read more...
Having an Ability to Put in a Long Shift
13 August 2012
This was the answer the Yorkshire Post Sports editor gave to the BBC journalists question, why have such a large proportion of Team GB medals been Read more...
Think
2 August 2012
This was the headline of an advert in yesterday's Financial Times, it was placed by the Qatar Foundation (www.qf.org.qa -unlocking human Read more...
10 Principles for Growth
30 July 2012
I have touched on these before and updated them for individuals who want to build a high growth business - this stuff really does work. The insight Read more...
The Entrepreneurial G-Spot
26 July 2012
The Entrepreneurial G-Spot So what are the ingredients of a high growth business or gazelle as they are commonly referred to? This is a Read more...
Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector
19 July 2012
This morning I experienced a great example of public sector entrepreneurship. We recently moved to Salford Quays next to Media City (new location of Read more...
Collaboration is Key to Competitive Advantage
13 July 2012
Collaboration is Key to Competitive Advantage How times have changed in the past ten years. Companies I would have viewed as major Read more...
Entrepreneurial Learning
2 July 2012
I spoke at the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship conference earlier this week. The theme was entrepreneurial learning in Read more...
Faith Is Important
29 June 2012
The life of an entrepreneur is full of ups and downs. The high’s are fantastic and the feeling of jubilation when you move closer to your Read more...
WP are on the Move!
22 June 2012
Winning Pitch are relocating their Head Office to Exchange Quay, Salford. Winning Pitch, a specialist provider of high growth coaching services is Read more...
There Are Good Things Happening!
15 June 2012
The constant doom and gloom we hear through the media really is not very helpful to the entrepreneur out there trying to build a life from Read more...
The Hunt Is On For High Growth Businesses
12 June 2012
In the last year 480,000 new companies have been formed. There are now 4.5 million people classed as self-employed - to varying degrees these are Read more...
Lancashire Business View
7 June 2012
You can download below a copy of the Business Support pages from the May/June 2012 edition of Lancashire Business View, the magazine for commerce Read more...
Entrepreneurial Leaders - Create Space for Practical Learning
7 June 2012
It is the leaders role to create and communicate a compelling vision and strategy to staff and stakeholders. When this is done with passion and Read more...
ISBE Special Interest Group
28 May 2012
ISBE Special Interest Group ‘Entrepreneurial Learning in Organisations’ Monday 25th June, 10am-3pm JOIN US AT THE Read more...
Growth Accelerator
23 May 2012
£200 MILLION PROGRAMME DELIVERS GROWTH SUPPORT TO AMBITIOUS SMES An innovative £200 million programme to help up to 26,000 of Read more...
High Growth Foundation - A trip to Silicon Valley
18 May 2012
What delegates found in Silicon Valley was the theme of last night’s High Growth Foundation event – you could actually feel the Read more...
Government Backs Gazelles
17 May 2012
Winning Pitch & CEO John Leach have been featured in this months addition of the Insider Magazine in an article on Business Support, written by Read more...
Non Executive Directors - Try before you buy!
10 May 2012
Non Executive Directors - Try before you buy! It seems very much the rage at the moment for companies to hire Non Executive Directors (NED). I Read more...
Gazelles - Past and Present (Part 2)
2 May 2012
I wrote a blog a week ago that covered Harvey Goldsmith's view of the Top 10 greatest entrepreneurs past and present (part 1). Here is the final Read more...
The Silver Bullets - Rules for Gazelles
22 April 2012
Here they are, and they work! Create and craft differentiated propositions that stand out from the crowd – don't compete on price, compete Read more...
Gazelles - Past & Present (Part 1)
16 April 2012
There was an excellent article in the Weekend Mail a few weeks ago written by Harvey Goldsmith (entrepreneur and impresario). It catalogued his Read more...
What's your position? A lesson for gazelles
1 April 2012
I read a great article this week, passed on to me by my mate Julian Grice (he's a top lad when it comes to branding and marketing, probably the best Read more...
To be in service of a core mission
20 March 2012
Building a great business means that you should not only chase new orders but also stick close to the purpose and indeed "what you are in service Read more...
