I may have mentioned before that in another part of the forest I have an online CD shop, selling mainly on the Discogs platform and at record fairs. One of the things that continues to puzzle me is the confusion between price and...

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I originally wrote this piece back in 2017. It keeps cropping up, mostly thanks to Angela Fumpson who reminds me of it often. I thought I would dust it off and add some new thoughts which also introduces a new word…Mentor. The...

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I’ve been looking around for stats about business lifespans in the UK. According to the FSB it seems that there are 3.1 million sole traders, out of a total of 5.6 million small businesses. After a bit more rummaging around the...

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