Showing articles written by Dave Sharp

There are ever increasing threats to business in cyberspace. DDOS, Ransomware and Phishing to name but a few. There are some proactive steps you can take as a business to help mitigate against these threats. This article outlines 7 of the more common tactics businesses can use.

How do you grab peoples attention and bring them in your door? There are a variety of techniques and approaches, this article looks at "The Velvet Rope" approach.

Managing your time and being effective is a fundemental part of being an entrepreneur or an employee. Here are my top 10 tips for managing your time and reducing wasted effort.

If you’re staring down the barrel of a technical due diligence investigation for the first time, the prospect can be daunting. The VC has brought in a specialist to dig down to the core of your business and you’re quite rightly feeling vulnerable and nervous. The following article is aimed at helping you understand what is happening and how to deal with it calmly and objectively.

We're sometimes afraid to use "No" even when we know its the right word to use. Using No can turn a negative into a positive, this article looks at that idea.

You can spend valuable time in meetings that provide no benefit. This article looks at how to manage your involvement with meetings and how to get some value for the time invested.

More work than your team can manage can be difficult. Outsourcing might be the cure, but its not a silver bullet. This article looks at the scenarios around outsourcing.

Many tech business founders feel they dont need a mentor.. This article looks at the pros and cons of having an advisor in the early stages.

Would a tech start-up do better if the non technical founders learned to code? This article looks at the pros and cons of a management team that could.