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The Most Dangerous Plan In Your Business

In May, AFC Bournemouth achieved something remarkable. A club with one of the smallest budgets in the Premier League secured European football for...

Your Business Doesn’t Need More From You

Over the last few weeks, we’ve explored a pattern that many growing businesses quietly experience. Not a lack of demand Not a lack of ambition Not...

The Most Expensive Decision You Make Under Pressure

There’s a sentence that appears in almost every growing business eventually. Usually said under pressure. Usually said when everyone feels...

Growth Can Expose Weaknesses You Couldn’t Previously See

Next month will mark our tenth anniversary of moving to live in Portugal. In that time, we have seen how seriously forest management is taken...

You’re Not Overworked, You’re Misallocated

Last week I started with a simple question: “How are things?” With, for many of us, the most common answer being “Busy. I’m not sure exactly why.”...

What Do You Really Mean When You Say “Busy”?

“Being busy is a form of laziness — lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.” Tim Ferriss “How are things?” We get asked this question all the...

You Don’t Need More Clients—You Need Better Pricing

Over the past month, I’ve written about pricing from four different angles.Not as a calculation, but as something far more influential: A reflection...

The Most Expensive Decision You’re Not Making

By now, you probably don’t need convincing. Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at pricing from different angles. Not as maths, but as: ...

Five Signs Your Pricing Needs to Change

By now, you probably don’t need convincing. You know pricing isn’t just maths. You know it shapes perception. You know it affects the...

When the World Shakes, Your Cash Flow Speaks

When I finished work last evening I came down to have dinner with my wife and CNN news was on the background. My wife said, “Don’t expect any good...

The ONE Thing

Do you know the ONE thing for your business? This is the only place where growth truly begins.

The Reverse Planning Method: How To Achieve Your 10 Year Goals

Niall McGinnity, CEO @ Nuvem9 One of the biggest driving forces in our decision to move to Portugal and live beside the ocean is that the beach, sea...

Three Most Important Questions

We’re back for the final instalment of Making the First Move. Missed ‘Making The First Move' so far? Here's how you can: Forget The Firefighting –...

How To (actually) Be Effective

I'm back for part 3 of 4 this week. If you’ve missed parts 1 & 2 of ‘Making The First Move’, you can find step 1 here - Forget Firefighting, and...

Forget The Firefighting – Do This First

“What do I do first?” This was a question asked by an overwhelmed business owner recently. Whether a Founder, a Managing Director, or maybe a solo...

The Compass Every Business Owner Needs

Have you ever faced a decision in your business and not known how to make a decision on fixing it, never mind the what and when to fix? To gain...

Top 3 Business Boot Camp Goals For a Growing Business

Here at Nuvem9, we recently held our Annual Business Strategy Boot Camp to talk all things strategy, improvement and innovation. The results showed...