by Simon Moran | Jan 21, 2020 | Business, English Schools, Personal
The first in an occasional, irreverent series looking at the lesser-reported charms of school ownership. There are lots of how-to guides, online gurus, coaches and people who claim to have a method for something. There are lots of people doing their own thing. Many of...
by Simon Moran | Jan 13, 2020 | Business
We sat excitedly at a table in the Dog and Parrot on Clayton Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, a pub and live venue we’d debuted at some 10 months previously. We were waiting for the A and R man from London Records. This had come about as my guerrilla marketing skills...
by Simon Moran | Dec 16, 2019 | Business
We developed proficiency individually by practising on our own. We developed proficiency as a unit by practising together. The creative aspect was enhanced by regular song writing sessions by me and the guitarist. As we were getting older, these were often fuelled by...
by Simon Moran | Dec 9, 2019 | Business
By 1983, we’d been through several personnel changes and had firmed up as a three-piece. In two years of hanging around, occasionally rehearsing, all the while dreaming, we had dispensed with two bass players, one vocalist and a keyboard player. The original drummer...
by Simon Moran | Dec 2, 2019 | Business
Most people are familiar with the format of rock and pop bands. Drums, bass, guitar or two, singer or two, sometimes combined. Sometimes just a three-piece. In the summer of 1981, the first ‘proper’ band I was in spent most days of the summer holidays watching Richard...
by Simon Moran | Nov 25, 2019 | Business
When working with clients to help them organise their businesses, there are several things we start with. One of these is a personal mission statement, and the other is a mission, vision and values statement for the business. The personal vision statement focuses, of...
