Welcome to Two Reds are Better than One – the Chris Barrow and Ashley Latter Podcast. In this episode we interview Ushma Vaidya, Marketing Manager for Tri-Dental, an 8-location micro-corporate in the UK. You can listen to the podcast episodes using your favorite player or where we publish them on Libsyn. You can also catch the
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It’s really hard to swallow isn’t it? When a member of your team hands in their resignation and tells you that they are moving to another practice in the area for a few more pounds/dollars per hour? 20 years ago I was running a dental workshop in my home town of Manchester, attended by a
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Of one thing we can be sure. In 5 years from now, your business will be indescribably different from the way it is today. That’s what technology has created – a pace of change more rapid than at any time in human history. You and I are not particularly well-suited to that. Neither are your
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I’m delighted that this event is going ahead from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October 2017. Those attending are going to benefit from total immersion in their 2018 personal and business plan – personally coached by me and sharing the experience with similar couples, all of whom share the ownership and work inside independent
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There’s a great comedy moment in the new Justice League movie where Bruce Wayne (Batman) is asked “so what’s your super power?” He answers, “I’m rich.” When a similar attitude is expressed by the elected leader of a super-power, the effect is astonishment and horror. The decision by members of The White House to release transcripts
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Once upon a time, I was the 7th of 7 people in a company who were asked to proof read a client newsletter – and found 11 typos in the document. Rather than blow my top, I simply returned the attachment, with the typos highlighted, corrected and a note to ask why the other “readers”
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My recent wet weekend at Kendal Calling (music, beer, mud) may have been washed out (along with a number of other British music festivals) but it was a timely reminder of just how tribal we still are – and how that impacts the way we promote our businesses. On Saturday evening I watched and listened
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The Business Course Part 1 At the Campbell Academy, we run a Business Course that we call TBOB (The Business of Business) it’s just a nickname for the course that we started in February. If you want to know what it looks like here is link to the video. It’s really good, try and watch
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As part of a government strategy to improve air quality, Britain is to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health. The Guardian In the UK: It is estimated that air pollution causes 40,000 deaths a year
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Recently, I have met three young dentists who have bought practices under what I can only describe as questionable circumstances. Three different locations around the UK and yet the audit trail of events that is disturbingly similar: Existing owner in mid-50’s decides to sell whilst goodwill values are at an historic high; Sales figures for
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