SmallBizKaizen: Recent Episodes
Brian Venge
Just-in-time in real life. Grounding strategies, self exploration and continuous improvements for entrepreneurs.
This remarkable episode takes us on a journey like never before. A journey all about the importance of physical wellbeing and how this is a vital part of your business strategy. I talk to my good friend, Jon Denoris, founder of “Club 51” London’s exclusive bespoke fitness studio, about the role that good health and physical well-being plays in business. It’s phenomenal, to say the least. Jon, a trained “Exercise Scientist” who specialises in Exercise Psychology and Behavioural Change walks us through the striking similarities between a successful health and wellness regime and kaizen! I found this fascinating and amazingly true. Read more ›
Kelvin Newman is the resident expert on Internet Marketing Podcast, UK’s most popular internet marketing podcast, downloaded by over half a million people. In this episode, I ask him what it takes to have such a well-respected podcast that continues to attract a huge following. Read more ›
Today’s episode is a special one as I go back to my true Kaizen roots and speak with Bruce Hamilton, the President of the GBMP (Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership), a non-profit provider of lean technology. Bruce has extensive experience in…Read more ›
Problem Solving is the essence of any Continuous Improvement effort. In this episode, I go back to the fundamentals of Kaizen and focus on the art of problem solving as a basic business improvement tool. I discuss 10 common problem…Read more ›
IdeaScale is a powerful online tool, based on empowering communities to have a say in driving innovation for a business by automating the process of collecting ideas and listening to your customers.Read more ›
Running any business without the use of Intelligence or Insight is foolhardy. It’s akin to driving a car in pitch darkness, with the headlights turned off ! Although you might start the car, move a few metres, will you reach your destination?…Read more ›
Writing a solid Business Plan doesn’t have to be as hard as you think. If 2011 is the year you want to start a business, chances are, you’re going to need a Business Plan. Whilst some people see the process…Read more ›
A really special episode in which my son, Tinashe, a Journalism and Communications undergraduate student, interviews me about my book, PIMP YOR BIZ, launched this week. It was great to be in the hot seat for a change and face the music. Amongst other things, I get grilled on:Read more ›
Why not tap into the many, mostly free, productivity and business improvement tools available and unleash the power of web 2.0 business tools for your business.Read more ›
In this part 2 and conclusion to the Google Introduction to business products presentation, Daniel Bornstein takes us through how YouTube has started to transform the face of search with some amazing statistics.Read more ›
Google Adwords offers one of the quickest routes for your website to rank highly to give a good Return On Investment (ROI). Read more ›
We conclude the “10 Ways to Optimise your Website and Boost Conversion”. This episode focuses on often overlooked things like optimising the size of images, configuring javascript so it loads asynchronously and the concept of “keep alive”, a setting allowing your webserver to keep a connection to the browser openRead more ›
Optimising your website for speed brings with it numerous benefits for your online business. An increase in conversions, customer satisfaction plus a reduction in operational costs all positively impacts the bottom line. In terms of SEO, the faster your website the higher it will rank in the natural or organic searches. Yet, how often do we sit and wait for clunky and slow, image heavy websites to load?Read more ›
In this episode I announce an exciting book project that’s been keeping me busy for the past few months but nearing completion. The book is entitled PIMP YOUR BIZ – A Complete Guide to Improving Your Business under Any Circumstances.…Read more ›
Local Search Engine Optimisation and Navigation for online shops is the topic of this 2 part interview. I speak to Katrin Jaehnke of FACT-FINDER to understand how product specific search works, how this is different to your normal Google search…Read more ›
E Commerce Expo 2010, London provides the scene for this week’s podcast episode. This is an event organised for anyone interested in E Commerce to explore what the web has to offer. Enjoy listening to some of the industry’s top…Read more ›
Chris Lee of Planet Content expertly covers the subject of Marketing, PR and the Social Media opportunities for Small Business owners and breaks it down to what really matters - the tactics, tips, do’s and don’ts of PR and Social Media. If your business is online you can’t afford to lag behind. Geo Social Networking is the new kid on the block. Read more ›
An interview with India based Sandeep Mahajan about what inspired him and 3 colleagues to quit their jobs with a leading software developing firm and start Impinge Solutions, now a rapidly expanding web solutions company. Working 20 hours a day initially, the 4 young guns stuck out the initial challenges to turn Impinge Solutions into a lucrative, 85 manpower -strong software and web-solutions business.Read more ›
Exploring the pros and cons of using WordPress, as an option for your business website confirming why this is a Content Managed System on steroids.Read more ›
A look at Leadership and Change Management approach to changing and succeeding under any conditions from John Kotter's incredibly simple fable "Our Iceberg Is Melting". Read more ›
A review of the Kodak Zi8 Pocket HD Camcoder as an easy entry to creating professional looking business videosRead more ›
Life coaching - what it takes to be an executive and life coach, competencies and skills required, how to avoid common mistakes in life coaching & the coaching opportunity in leadership for entrepreneurs.Read more ›
valuable lessons in business about self belief, learning from mistakes and how the non-linear relationship in business requires an open and diverse mind to survive in today’s tough economy.Read more ›
A Kaizen podcast aimed at SME businesses & entrepreneurs and looks at Continuous Improvement as a discipline and a core part of business strategy. Read more ›