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Robert's Views on Life, the Universe and everything he can't post on this website are now available here  

Kia Ora Rob have just purchased your book "The Life Plan"

"my wife and I are looking to enter the tourism trade and your book is helping us to organise ourselves in a much simplified way"

Te Miri & Te Awe Awe-Bevan (New Zealand)

East Lindsey

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Vicky Pickles
Business name:
VIP ADRENALINE LTD
 
website:
 
Three ways we can help Vicky: 
  • If you know a company who are looking to impress a new customer or supplier and in the process get to understand their business better please let us know.
  • If you know of any companies who have recently created new teams or merged teams please let us know.
  • Please share the things you like about our business with as many people as possible and anything you feel could be improved or any new activities you’d like to see listed with us so we can improve our customer offering.

What Vicky gained from bootcamp:

‘I now have a very good idea of where I’d like the business to be and how it should look and operate at each stage.’
    

 

Carol Butlin
Business name:
ALT. Mablethorpe
 
website:
 
Sells
alternative clothing and accessories at the Book in Hand market, Mablethorpe
 
Open-minded about what the bootcamp can offer her

What Carol gained from bootcamp:

‘I have attached my goals for you to have a look at’

 ‘Thanks for today, I found it very interesting’. 
  

Helen Matthews

Business name:
Poplar Farm Holiday Cottages & Farm Shop
 
website: 
 
Three ways wecan help Helen:
  • You can help me by focusing on my strengths and help develop where my next steps in business should be
  • You can help me by supporting and guiding me in how to develop the on-line side of the business.
  •  You can help me find the right business work balance that is seriously lacking in my life at the moment.

What Helen gained from bootcamp: 

‘I have been invited onto an ELDC Local Area Group as a local business woman to suport an EMDA bid for diversification of farm land so if we are successful will be able to explore the possibility of rural gallery etc.’   
  

Nicky Mitchell
Business Name: 
Bluecrab Internet
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three ways we can help Nicky:
  • Introduce us to people who might need our “one stop shop” internet solutions.
  • We have a great service. How do we let people know about us?
  • Teach us better time management skills

What Nicky said:

‘I’m looking forward to our second meeting on Wednesday. Who knows - I might be able to get my two pieces of business wisdom!’

 

Paul Waygood
Business name:
Waycam Technologies Ltd
 
 
 
website:
 
 
 
Three ways we can help Paul
  •  Introduce us to corporate companies who might need our recycling services or introduce small businesses to our website where they can arrange the recycling of their computers online when it suties them.
  • We are struggling for parttime staff to fulfil a telesales role
  • We are looking for nationwide contracts for transport and recycling

What Paul said:

‘I'm still struggling to cope with motivation when the phones are quiet so some advice and help in that direction would be appreciated.’

  

Debbie Watt

Business:

Osteopathy & Acupuncture

Three ways we can help Debbie :

  • You can forward my details to anyone who is suffering and may benefit from my services.
  • I maybe looking to create a website but I am fairly green on the subject can you offer any advice
  • I am looking for company contracts to help keep employees fit and well and at work. Do you know of any businesses that may be interested

 

  

What Debbie said:

‘Hip hip hooray I became a page three girl today !!! Louth target newspaper’

‘Attached is a draft copy of my new flyer. What do you think?’
  

Marjorie Stein

Business name:

Eden Farms

Website: 

 
Three ways we can help Marjorie:
  • Introduce us to people and organisations who might buy our produce, or who might be interested to learn more about organic farming and produce.
  • Help us with new marketing ideas for new and existing products.
  • How to access large local organizations- schools, workplaces etc, who have environmental and healthy eating initiatives and get Eden Farms involved with a view to getting sales.

 

Marjorie's thoughts:

‘Robert, interestingly the more distant the goal, the harder it is to be specific- I expect you know that, but until I tried to do this excercise I hadn't really recognised that trying to flesh out even a 1 year business objective into a realistic goal is very difficult!’

 

 

Ian Dawson

Business name:

LMR Services Limited

Website:

www.lmr.org.uk

Three ways we can help Ian:

  • By bringing me your business.
  • Attending networking events.
  • By passing my name on to your contacts.

 

 

Ian has gained:

‘As for press coverage, I have secured a machinery hire deal with Burdens, and they have promised me some joint publicity when I find their 1st customer.

This has happened’