Alan Manly
Alan Manly OAM is the CEO of CampusQ and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. To find out more, visit www.alanmanly.com.au
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When it comes to winning over customers and retaining them as fervent outspoken followers, there are a few home truths every entrepreneur must know. It is always tempting to solve a business’ problems from the top. After all, it is ingrained in us from an early age – start at the top and work your…
Leadership skills for business owners are just plain different from those required in the corporate environment, writes Alan Manly, CEO of CampusQ and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. So what leadership skills do business owners need? While 64.4 per cent of Australians are employed, only 14 per cent are identified as owner-managers of businesses…
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” Mark Twain famously remarked. Yet, many people find themselves trapped in jobs that feel more like a “day prison” than a fulfilling career, says Alan Manly, CEO of CampusQ and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. They suffer…
When is the right time to cash in on your great new idea that has a unique value proposition? The answer is perhaps best summed up by the phrase “Timing is everything,” attributed to Buck Brannaman, America’s renowned horseman. This quote, easily understood in the context of horse riding and its inherent risks, is…
Once a startup or small business has commenced trading, the idiom “the train has left the station” sums up the situation: No more second thoughts, no turning back. Alan Manly, CEO of CampusQ and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur, explains that if business plans were put to music, the lyrics of the folk song “This…
The decision to commence a startup is a watershed moment in an entrepreneur’s life. The great new idea has matured into a Unique Value Proposition and hopefully there is a business plan that suggests a viable business can be built. Now what? asks business strategist Alan Manly, author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. Now it’s the…
If you run a quick Google search on why startups fail, the screen lights up. After hours of reading, there are many really nicely written reasons why startups fail that touch all number of topics. However, we don’t just want to know why a startup fails, we also need to know what to do…
If you’ve decided that your business needs to grow, there are several issues to consider before you invest the time, effort and money into expanding, writes Alan Manly, author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. The first thing to ask yourself is if you really want it to grow and if you’re making enough money in…
Once the decision is made to follow a certain career path there is one question to ask – what skills will be needed? CEO of Universal Business School Sydney and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur, Alan Manly explains the five key skills all successful entrepreneurs must have. In the case of skills to be…
As an entrepreneur with decades of experience, Alan Manly OAM is now the CEO of Universal Business School Sydney (UBSS) and author of The Unlikely Entrepreneur. He shares the five toughest business lessons he learned the hard way, so you don’t have to. When you’re winning, people perceive that you’ve learned the required lessons, and…
