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Managing Employee Exits Without Damaging Your Business

No matter how strong your hiring strategy, sooner or later, every business owner faces the challenge of managing employee exits. Some employees leave to pursue…

Jan Cavelle21 November 2025

Teams and culture Featured

Escaping the Micromanagement in Leadership Trap

Micromanagement in leadership is a silent killer. It doesn’t always look dramatic. It often begins with the best of intentions: staying close to the team,…

Jan Cavelle14 November 2025

Business Strategy Featured Teams and culture

Micromanagement in Leadership: How Letting Go Makes You a Better Boss

Micromanagement in leadership is one of the quickest ways to drain your energy, stifle creativity, and damage workplace culture. Many leaders don’t even realise they’re…

Jan Cavelle7 November 2025

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Scaling a Startup for Sustainable Growth

Scaling a startup is one of the most exciting—and risky—periods in a business’s life. When done well, scaling a startup can catapult a small operation…

Jan Cavelle31 October 2025

Startups Business Strategy Featured

How to Ideate – the Super Power of Being Customer-Led

Discover how ego can hinder innovation, and how to ideate grounded in customer needs is key to startup success. Real-world tips for design-led thinking and…

Jan Cavelle24 October 2025

Marketing Featured

Niche Marketing Strategies That Work (and Fail)

Niche marketing is often described as the secret path to business success. The idea of carving out a small, targeted space in an overcrowded marketplace…

Jan Cavelle19 October 2025

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The Truth About MVPs (And Not Just for Tech)

When I first heard the term MVP, I thought it referred to football. Years into running a business, I discovered it meant “Minimum Viable Product.”…

Jan Cavelle17 October 2025

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Power Users in Marketing: A Secret Weapon

Power users in marketing are the customers who shape your growth. Every business dreams of loyal customers — the ones who come back again and…

Jan Cavelle26 September 2025

Teams and culture Featured Scaling up

Scaling Pain: When Startups Outgrow Their Teams

Scaling a startup sounds like a dream—until your team starts to fall apart. Most startup advice focuses on fundraising, growth hacks, or customer acquisition. But…

Jan Cavelle12 September 2025

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The Exit Experience: Building a Business from Startup to Acquisition

Entrepreneurship is addictive. I realise that now. Two years ago, when my co-founder and I were exhausted from five years running our business and in…

Ed Johnson5 September 2025