How far do you need to distance yourself from day-to-day operations in order to allow other people to take charge?
Don't hire someone who is less talented than yourself or a person who has only worked for a large corporate, according to our experts.
Mike Southon claims that the concept of "free" business models represents a great entrepreneurial opportunity.
Luke Johnson puts together a top 10 "not-to-do" list for entrepreneurs. Among them? Take on too much debt, get sick, never evolve and forget your customers.
Hiroyoshi Ishibashi co-founded a weather forecasting business to avert disasters and seize a market opportunity. Weathernews now leads the world in its sector and has a stock market value of Y12.2bn.
Hiroyoshi Ishibashi co-founded a weather forecasting business to avert disasters and seize a market opportunity. Weathernews now leads the world in its sector and has a stock market value of Y12.2bn.
Many owner managers have used the downturn to re-invent themselves and, perhaps, even make their ventures stronger as a result.
Leaders at all levels in businesses will need to reinvent themselves not as a one-off change but as an ongoing commitment.
A social enterprise set up to help victims of loan sharks has found itself helping small businesses that cannot get credit from high street lenders.
Virtual vacations, instant translation, telepresence and China as the world's biggest economy: that's how the world will look in 2020, experts say.
Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced and widely published futurologist. For 25 years he's researched, written, spoken and broadcast about how future trends will affect society and business. Find out what he thinks the future holds.
Paying for groceries via your mobile phone or choosing a financial product offering carbon offsets are just two trends likely to emerge in the world of personal finance in 2008.