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The hotel Dave and I are staying in is an OK hotel, close to Heathrow Airport and Dave's two office locations, and we knew this was not a vacation so have no problem not being in the centre of London. When we arrived on Sunday morning my first impression was that it was a lovely hotel, there is a large pool with a bar in the middle and tropical trees and plants complimenting the setting. Our room is very comfortable, large, quiet and we were greeted with a nice bottle of red wine. So, what lets the hotel down in my opinion? Let me count the ways....

 

I was recently lucky enough to be invited to speak to a group of small business owners in Ireland and, like a lot of countries today this beautiful place is going through the recession still and it is quite noticeable in some areas.

A couple of things discussed were how to change the way we think, and an example of this could be, you have always worked in retail and after losing your job you are struggling to replace that job with another one in the same sector, doing the same thing you have always done.

I read this interesting article via @rickross10, a great guy I follow on #Twitter.

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/small-business-lessons-from-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-companies

We tend to blame lack of money or knowing the *right* people on why our small business does not grow to the success level we perceived it would. Maybe we should look at other ways to move forward?

Your thoughs are always appreciated, what do you think about this article?

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