The Entrepreneurial Holy Grail?

 

I guess that over the years we have all read or listened to tales of the Arthurian myth quest for the Holy Grail. Well we seem to have drifted into a neo Arthurian time as the business landscape twists and turns through the trauma of the broken economic landscape. Many people will tell you where they think the business Holy Grail is or might mention someone that has that wisdom. You may ask what the business Holy Grail is and that is an acceptable question. It will tell you that it is the knowledge required to make a business hugely successful!  

If you gaze across the Devon business landscape you will see folk who seem to have found success whilst others still seem to be searching. As you gaze you will also see others that have fallen on hard times and bleed from the experience. Well here’s the thing, sometimes what you see through the commercial mist may not be all that it seems and beware of those that claim a special knowledge. 

In a troubled foggy business landscape lurk the spinners of truth who claim that connection with the mystical. How many emails have you had offering business advice, magic formulas, clever strategic tools and a tool bag full of magical fiscal charms that make the journey to that place of secret knowledge? 

Choose your travelling companions carefully! How do you do that? Well it’s not that difficult really. One starting point will be the local network groups who by their very nature attract inquisitive like-minded people. 

You can then compare and contrast. Look for funded programmes like the Business Innovation Mentor programme at South Devon College. All the staff participating must have recent or current commercial experience. 

Look for the people around you still bleeding from the battle rather than the ones with wounds that healed a long time ago when the world was a very different place.

I wrote this a little while ago for a South Devon business magazine.  Still seems a good starting point...................