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miketrup
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Is Ageism the Last Socially Acceptable Prejudice in Business?
Young and Old together
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miketrup
- Oct 18
- 1 min
Get Real About Your Business, the Role or a Business Mentor
Knowing the risks of your decisions
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miketrup
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Is Passion Essential to Being a Founder? It Can Harm Your Decision-Making.
One reads a lot of start-up literature and interviews, and they almost all talk a lot about ‘passion’. I am not sure either is very...
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miketrup
- Aug 1
- 2 min
A Fresh Cup of Tea and Business Decision-making
One of the most well-known teachers and writers on Zen Buddhism was Shunryu Suzuki. He wrote an excellent book called Zen Mind, Beginners...
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miketrup
- Jul 27
- 2 min
In business, Exiting can be Harder than Starting
Lots of people write about starting a business. Few talk about how rare and difficult it is to exit one profitably. According to U.K....
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miketrup
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Wild Horse Management
Having started and managed a business that went through more than one phase of rapid growth, I recently read a short Zen story that...
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miketrup
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
No Goals This Year!
It's that time of year again when coaches and others can't resist discussing plans and goals for the new year. Humans are programmed to...
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miketrup
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
What Went Wrong?
Many start-up founders seem to have a rather unrealistic view of business. Business is messy and full of surprises needing tough...
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miketrup
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Grit or Quit
I get tired of reading so many coaches and mentors praising Grit. In my experience, relentless persistence often means ignoring the...
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miketrup
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?
How many times have I heard the Classic coaching question 'What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?' Far too many, in my not...
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miketrup
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
10 Reasons You Should Consider a Business Mentor
Many entrepreneurs and senior executives ask me why they should consider having a business mentor and how doing so differs from a...
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miketrup
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Spacs - The Final Frontier
No, it's not a typo and a blog about Star Trek but rather a metaphor. Spacs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) are currently being...
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miketrup
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
You're Hired
As the CEO of an SME, I often wonder what I was supposed to be doing. I had been very successful at hiring people better than me in...
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miketrup
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Playing Football Without Goals
I am amazed at the number of small and medium-sized businesses that do not have written business plans. (It doesn’t have to be a...
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miketrup
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Relationships and Business
Relationships used to mean a lot in business. However, following the 1981 recession (the first white-collar recession) and the...
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