It has never been tougher to get a new business off the ground, with traditional forms of funding all but cut off. Now, however, perhaps the most famous entrepreneur in Britain, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, is determined to change the landscape with Virgin Start...
We work with a lot of personal trainers and get asked an awful lot what to do on a low budget! Here are some things we pass on regularly: Be Social! Being a personal trainer is all about giving the right advice and building your business on recommendations,...
What an interesting couple of months it's been over here at The Startup Guys, full of fun - but incredible amounts of stress and hard work too! It's currently 19:50 on a sunday evening and Josh and I have spent the past 4 days straight working...
This week we have quite a lot going on - we're under negotiations with a group of investors about investment in The Startup Guys to help us expand within the UK, we're further building on our partnership with Premier Training International here in the UK and looking...
We've had a lot of people, mainly from Google, searching for "The Startup Guys" and asking if we are anything to do with the video below. Although that does tickle our sense of humour, no, we definitely are not like this in real life! Now, back to...
Well, it's been quite an interesting week following my happy post about being a business owner just a couple of weeks ago! On Monday around 1:30pm we experienced a server crash, our first in 4 years, and it's been a difficult process to manage. For those...
Running a small business has all sorts of challenges, especially when it's just yourself or a few of you - each of you has to pitch in everything at some stage. One trend I'm seeing though and taking a disliking to is the negativity surrounding running a small...
My experience of running 3 businesses over the past few years has taught me a variety of lessons, but the most important one has been the importance of advertising. Us Startup Guys don't hang around, and our very own Matt thought it was best to try...
Following 4 months of business planning, meeting bank managers and pulling an effective team together, today marks the official launch of The Startup Guys! We will be on an ongoing mission to support small businesses, especially through the digital space, so they can take on the...